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Regions | South Louisiana

Five of the courses on the Audubon Golf Trail are Baton Rouge Area
within an easy drive of Baton Rouge, making the Great River Road Area
capital city a great hub for a golf vacation to this
part of Louisiana. Santa Maria is a municipal course Copper Mill is an Audubon Golf Trail site, located
in Baton Rouge proper and an original Robert Trent in the suburb of Zachary near the Baton Rouge
Jones Sr. design. The course was built on 150 acres Metropolitan Airport. The course weaves its way
of rolling terrain, featuring 15 lakes and two natural through indigenous grasses, wetlands and marshes.
waterways. Strategically placed sand and grass And it’s unique in that each nine is made up of an
bunkers, rolling Bermuda fairways and ancient equal combination of three par 3 holes, three par 4
oaks provide the perfect setting for a memorable holes and three par 5 holes.
test of golf. Santa Maria is one of the Baton Rouge
Recreation Department’s (BREC) six courses. The The Pelican Point Golf Community, east of Baton
Island in Plaquemine has re-opened and is once
again a member of the Audubon Golf Trail. The Rouge along I-10 in Gonzales, has been a local
course is very golfer friendly with tee placements for favorite for many years. This unique facility offers
the average, senior and women golfers. The front the 18-hole Links Course with generous fairways and
nine is played clockwise and the back nine is played large Champion Bermuda greens and the 9-hole Get
counterclockwise. The clubhouse overlooks the Golf Ready Course, which, as the name implies, is
greens on holes 9 and 18. Beaver Creek is another great for both beginners or seasoned golfers looking
golf course in the capital city area, and it’s the to get in a quick round.
number one golf course in Louisiana for playability,
customer service and all around value according to Located between Baton Rouge and New Orleans is
golfer reviews at Golf Advisor. Belle Terre in Laplace, a top ten Louisiana course,
according to player reviews on Golf Advisor. Carved
out of the swamplands of St. Charles Parish in
Luling lays the challenging Grand Ridge, its
fairways are lined with moss-covered Cypress and
Oak trees, and ten holes are guarded by water. Both
tracts are accessible from New Orleans and Baton
Rouge.

Another exciting destination on the Audubon Golf
Trail is Carter Plantation in Springfield north of
LaPlace and due east of Baton Rouge. This course
is LSU alum David Toms’ first signature design.
The PGA TOUR player designs like he plays –
tough but fair. It’s the 86 strategically placed
bunkers and water hazards on 11 holes that make
for a challenging round of golf, plus the Villas at
Carter Plantation offer 42 spacious rooms and
suites within six fully-furnished villas to provide the
perfect overnight accommodations for Audubon
Carter Plantation on the Audubon Golf Trail Golf Trail guests.
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