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LOUISIANA’S
Audubon Golf Trail
TPC Louisiana on the Audubon Golf Trail
Louisiana’s Audubon Golf Trail offers a truly spa. OakWing Golf Club, located at England
unique golfing experience. Trail members have Air Force Base in Alexandria, is one of the original
undergone a rigorous screening process to ensure courses on Louisiana’s golf trail.
a compilation of 17 first class courses with high
standards of customer service and top quality And in the southwest corner of the state, Gray
maintenance. The Audubon Golf Trail was Plantation is Lake Charles’ Audubon Golf Trail
named for naturalist/artist John James Audubon offering. The course is surrounded by marshland
who, enchanted by the natural beauty of Louisiana, and lakes which create challenges and beauty.
painted a number of his famous bird studies here. Plus, Lake Charles boasts two world-class casino
And, two courses on the Trail are members of the resorts each with on-site golf courses. It’s a great
Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary for Golf Courses. spot to stay a few days. Moving east along I-10,
one of the newest additions to the trail, is Koasati
The Trail begins in North Louisiana with Louisiana Pines at Coushatta Casino Resort in the town
State Park’s only golf course, Black Bear. It’s located of Kinder. It offers a unique 19th “gambling” hole,
off I-20 east of Monroe and offers both a 17-room a par 3 island green, perfect for tiebreakers and
lodge and state park cabins for on-site lodging. wagers. Just a few minutes away is Lafayette’s trail
site, The Wetlands. The course showcases the
Heading south, Cypress Bend Resort on the region’s wetland areas.
Texas-Louisiana border sits on the bluffs above
Toledo Bend Lake. The resort offers an 18-hole Deep in Cajun Country, south of I-10 between
course, accommodations, delectable dining and Baton Rouge and New Orleans, is home to two
spa facilities. The Paragon Casino Resort, in Audubon Golf Trail locations. The Atchafalaya
Marksville, boasts the 18-hole Tamahka Trails at Idlewild, a scenic Robert Von Hagge design is
course, table games, slots, poker, hotel and a located near Morgan City and LaTour Golf Club
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