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Louisiana’s Audubon Golf Trail

CARTER PLANTATION COPPER MILL
SPRINGFIELD ZACHARY/BATON ROUGE
Carter Plantation is home to PGA Champion and Copper Mill is a “links-style” course reminiscent of those
Louisiana native David Toms’ design. The spectacular found in Scotland. The course, which features the native
course plays through three distinct Louisiana land- terrain of Louisiana, weaves its way through grasses,
scapes—live oaks, cypress wetlands and upland pine wetlands and marshes, and features more than 50
forests. Great effort has been made to preserve the strategically placed bunkers and water hazards on 13
plantation’s native wildlife habitats, with water coming of the holes. You’ll find that each hole at Copper Mill is
into play on 11 of the holes. truly memorable.

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.

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