Thunder Creek's old course was one of the most unique courses you could find anywhere. It's exceptional layout had a theme all its own and is separated from the rest.

          The designers of Thunder Creek had their own distinctive ideas. They combined the area's natural resources of trees, water, and rocks with an occasional touch of gravel to build a facility that would test even the most talented golfers. The narrow fairways and sloping greens definitely made it an extraordinary golf course. But was it in the right place at the right time? In McAlester, there was no public golf course in the immediate area and Thunder Creek was billed as a "municpal" golf course. However, was anyone really expecting the enormous challenges that golfers would find themselves facing?

Probably not.

To sum up a few of the difficulties of Thunder Creek, there are no fewer than nine holes where the golfer has to deal with water hazards. Four of these water hazards are located immediately in front of the greens. There are two holes that will put them in gravel if they leave the fairway and there are another two holes with huge rocks in the rough.