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Louisiana’s Audubon Golf Trail
THE ISLAND SANTA MARIA
PLAQUEMINE BATON ROUGE
The Island is a semi-private golf club located 10 miles Designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr., the course is
southwest of Baton Rouge and boasts some of the best built on 150 acres of rolling terrain, featuring 15 lakes
golf course conditions, facilities, and amenities in the and two natural waterways. Sand and grass bunkers,
area. The Island offers a challenging 18-hole champi- Bermuda fairways and ancient oaks provide the perfect
onship golf course, carved out of a sugar plantation. setting for a memorable test of golf. Santa Maria has
Designed by Mike Young, the layout stretches a total consistently received Golf Digest’s highest ratings for a
of 7,040 yards. municipal course.
AUDUBON PARK BAYOU OAKS AT CITY PARK
NEW ORLEANS SOUTH COURSE
NEW ORLEANS
The Golf Course at Audubon Park is a par-62 layout,
located on St. Charles Avenue in historic uptown New A championship level golf course comprised of a
Orleans. It’s the only golf course accessible by streetcar 250-acre footprint. The layout of the 18-hole course
and it features contoured fairways, manicured greens, incorporates portions of the former East and West
four lagoons and exquisite landscaping set among courses and features many of the historic oak trees and
hundred-year-old oak trees. Golf has been played here existing lagoons that are characteristic of City Park.
since 1898. Designed by Rees Jones, the par 72 layout has been
designed to accommodate players of all skill levels.
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