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LOUISIANA’S

Audubon Golf Trail

Louisiana’s Audubon Golf Trail offers a truly offering. The course is surrounded by marshland
unique golfing experience. Trail members have and lakes which create challenges and beauty.

undergone a rigorous screening process to ensure Plus, Lake Charles boasts two world-class casino
a compilation of 16 first class courses with high resorts each with on-site golf courses. It’s a great
standards of customer service and top quality spot to stay a few days. Moving east along I-10,
maintenance. The Audubon Golf Trail was one of the newest additions to the trail, is Koasati
named for naturalist/artist John James Audubon Pines at Coushatta Casino Resort in the town
who, enchanted by the natural beauty of Louisiana, of Kinder. It offers a unique 19th “gambling” hole,
painted a number of his famous bird studies here. a par 3 island green, perfect for tiebreakers and
And, two courses on the Trail are members of the wagers. Just a few minutes away is Lafayette’s trail
Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary for Golf Courses. site, The Wetlands. The course showcases the
region’s wetland areas.
The Trail begins in North Louisiana with Louisiana
State Park’s only golf course, Black Bear. It’s located Deep in Cajun Country, south of I-10 between
off I-20 east of Monroe and offers both a 17-room Baton Rouge and New Orleans, is home to two
lodge and state park cabins for on-site lodging. Audubon Golf Trail locations. The Atchafalaya
at Idlewild, a scenic Robert Von Hagge design is
Heading south, Cypress Bend Resort on the located near Morgan City and LaTour Golf Club
Texas-Louisiana border sits on the bluffs above is near Houma. It’s a David Toms design, which
Toledo Bend Lake. The resort offers an 18-hole runs along Bayou Lafourche. LaTour is a newer
course, accommodations, delectable dining and addition to the trail.
spa facilities. The Paragon Casino Resort, in
Marksville, boasts the 18-hole Tamahka Trails Greater Baton Rouge has become golf central
course, table games, slots, poker, a hotel, and for Louisiana, with four Audubon Golf Trail
spa. OakWing Golf Club, located at England courses located within 45 minutes of the capital
Air Force Base in Alexandria, is one of the original city. Santa Maria is Baton Rouge’s home course
courses on Louisiana’s golf trail. and was designed by the world-renowned Robert
Trent Jones, Sr. Copper Mill is in the suburb of
And in the southwest corner of the state, Gray Zachary north of the airport. And just east of
Plantation is Lake Charles’ Audubon Golf Trail Baton Rouge in Springfield is Louisiana native,
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