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Regions | South Louisiana

More courses along the Louisiana Golf Trails 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 course in Baton
Rouge proper and an original Robert Trent Jones Sr.
design. The course was built on 150 acres of rolling
terrain, featuring 15 lakes and two natural water-
ways. Strategically placed sand and grass bunkers, Copper Mill is a Louisiana Golf Trails site located
rolling Bermuda fairways and ancient oaks provide in the suburb of Zachary near the Baton Rouge
the perfect setting for a memorable test of golf. The Metropolitan Airport. The course weaves its way
Island in Plaquemine has re-opened and is once through indigenous grasses, wetland, and marshes.
again a member of the Audubon Golf Trail. The
course is great for all skill levels with tee placements The Pelican Point Golf Community, east of Baton
for all golfers. The front nine is played clockwise, Rouge along I-10 in Gonzales, has been a local
and the back nine is played counterclockwise. The favorite for many years. This unique facility offers the
clubhouse overlooks the greens on holes 9 and 18. 18-hole links course with generous fairways and large
Beaver Creek is another golf course in the Capital Champion Bermuda greens, and the 9-hole Get Golf
City area, and it’s the number one golf course in Ready Course, which, as the name implies, is great
Louisiana for playability and customer service. for both beginners and seasoned golfers looking to
get in a quick round.

Carved out of the swamplands within the River Parishes,
Belle Terre in Laplace, is a top ten Louisiana course,
according to player reviews on Golf Advisor. The
challenging Grand Ridge in Luling offers fairways
lined with moss-covered Cypress and Oak trees
and ten holes guarded by water. Both tracts are
accessible from New Orleans and Baton Rouge.

Another exciting destination on the Louisiana
Golf Trails is Carter Plantation in Springfield,
north of LaPlace and due east of Baton Rouge.
This course is LSU alum, David Toms’ first signa-
ture 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. For convenience,
the Villas at Carter Plantation offer 42 spacious
rooms and six fully-furnished villas for the perfect
overnight accommodations on the Louisiana
Carter Plantation on the Audubon Golf Trail Golf Trails.

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