Gaillardia Country Club vs Oak Tree Country Club
Gaillardia, in northwest Oklahoma City, and Oak Tree Country Club, in Edmond, are both private clubs central to golf-oriented home searches in this market, but they sit in structurally different settings. Gaillardia is the golf and social centerpiece of a single, purpose-built 667-acre gated community with one 18-hole course. Oak Tree Country Club offers 36 holes -- the only 36-hole private club in the OKC metro -- inside the much larger, multi-decade Oak Tree neighborhood in Edmond, where it shares the 'Oak Tree' name and a shared broader residential footprint with the separately owned and operated Oak Tree National, one of Oklahoma's two destination-exception golf venues.
Side by Side
How They Compare
Holes / courses
Gaillardia Country Club
18 holes, 1 course (Arthur Hills, 1998; later Tom Kite redesign).
Oak Tree Country Club
36 holes, 2 courses (Pete Dye: West 1978, East 1982) -- the only 36-hole private club in the OKC metro.
Residential setting
Gaillardia Country Club
Single-era, 667-acre purpose-built gated master plan (mid-1990s).
Oak Tree Country Club
Part of the larger, multi-decade (late 1970s-present) ~1,154-acre Oak Tree neighborhood, shared (in footprint only) with the separate Oak Tree National.
Operator
Gaillardia Country Club
Independently operated club.
Oak Tree Country Club
Operated by Invited Clubs (formerly ClubCorp), with optional access to a 350+ club national network.
Access model
Gaillardia Country Club
Membership optional (Full Golf, Junior Golf, Lifestyle); fees not published.
Oak Tree Country Club
Initiation fee plus dues across multiple tiers; fees not published.
Membership bundled with home purchase?
Gaillardia Country Club
No -- confirmed via the club's own membership page and multiple real-estate sources.
Oak Tree Country Club
No -- confirmed via the club's own Invited Clubs membership pages; no evidence of bundling with Oak Tree-neighborhood homeownership.
Course & Scale
Oak Tree Country Club offers 36 holes across two Pete Dye-designed courses (West, 1978; East, 1982) -- double Gaillardia's single 18-hole Arthur Hills/Tom Kite course (1998). Buyers prioritizing golf variety within one membership have significantly more of it at Oak Tree Country Club.
Access & Membership
Both clubs require an initiation fee plus dues that neither publishes online. Gaillardia offers three tiers (Full Golf, Junior Golf, Lifestyle). Oak Tree Country Club is operated by Invited Clubs (formerly ClubCorp), offering multiple tiers including options with expanded access to Invited's broader 350+ club national network -- a differently shaped value proposition than Gaillardia's standalone, single-club membership. Neither club bundles membership with a home purchase in its surrounding community.
Residential Setting
Gaillardia is a single, cohesive 667-acre master plan built in one development era (mid-1990s) with uniform 24-hour guarded, gated security. Oak Tree Country Club sits inside the much larger, roughly 1,154-acre Oak Tree neighborhood, developed across residential phases from the late 1970s to today, and shares that broader footprint (though not membership or ownership) with Oak Tree National directly across the street -- a genuinely different kind of golf-residential setting, layered and multi-decade rather than single-phase, and carrying a documented history of PGA Tour players choosing to live there.
What This Means for Your Search
A buyer who wants a single-era, cohesively planned gated community with one high-quality course should look at Gaillardia. A buyer who wants maximum golf variety (36 holes under one membership) and is drawn to a neighborhood with genuine golf-professional pedigree -- while understanding that neighboring Oak Tree National is a completely separate club and membership, not an added perk -- should look at the Oak Tree neighborhood. Confirm current initiation fees and dues directly with each club, since neither publishes pricing, and never assume proximity to Oak Tree National confers any access to that separate club.
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