Golf in Olton

Olton is the county seat of Lamb County on the Llano Estacado south of Lubbock, a cotton-farming community in the flat, irrigated South Plains. Lamb County depends on the Ogallala Aquifer for cotton irrigation, and the declining water table is a long-term concern for the agricultural economy of the flat, semi-arid region. The county is at roughly 3,600 feet elevation in the western Texas South Plains, near the New Mexico border. Olton is the primary commercial center for Lamb County's small population and serves the surrounding farming community. Livestock operations including cattle feeding alongside cotton and grain represent the county's agricultural diversity. The flat terrain of the Llano Estacado and the dominant cotton fields characterize the landscape in all directions. One course serves the Olton community in the flat, irrigated plains of Lamb County.