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LOUISIANA’S

Audubon Golf Trail

Louisiana’s Golf Trails offer a truly unique golf Within the southwest corner of the state, Mallard
experience. Trail members have undergone a Golf Club is a Scottish links inspired golf course
rigorous screening process to ensure a compilation in Lake Charles, that offers the perfect start or
of 18 first class courses with high standards of conclusion to your itinerary. Lake Charles also
customer service and quality maintenance. The boasts two world-class casino resorts each with
Audubon Golf Trail was named for naturalist/
artist John James Audubon who, enchanted by the on-site golf courses. It’s a great spot to stay a few
natural beauty of Louisiana, painted a number of days. Moving east along I-10 is Koasati Pines at
his famous bird studies here. And, two courses on Coushatta Casino Resort located in the town
the Trail are members of the Audubon Cooperative of Kinder. It offers a unique 19th “gambling” hole,
Sanctuary for Golf Courses. a par 3 island green, perfect for tiebreakers and
wagers. Just a short drive away, the Lafayette area
The Trail begins in North Louisiana with Louisiana is now the location for two Audubon Golf Trail golf
State Park’s only golf course, Black Bear. It’s courses. The Wetlands, in Lafayette, showcases
located off I-20 east of Monroe and offers
both a 17-room lodge and state park cabins for the region’s wetlands area, and Farm d’Allie also
on-site lodging. known as “The Farm,” is a spectacular 18-hole
championship course in Carencro.
Heading south, Cypress Bend Resort on the
Texas-Louisiana border sits on the bluffs above Deep in Cajun Country, south of I-10 between
Toledo Bend Lake. The resort offers an 18-hole Baton Rouge and New Orleans is home to The
course, accommodations, delectable dining and Atchafalaya at Idlewild, a scenic Robert von
spa facilities. The Paragon Casino Resort, in Hagge design in Morgan City. A short, scenic
Marksville, boasts the 18-hole Tamahka Trails
course, table games, slots, poker, a hotel, and drive along the Cajun Coast towards Bayou
spa. OakWing Golf Club, located at the former Lafourche brings you to LaTour Golf Club,
England Air Force Base in Alexandria, is one of the an 18-hole golf course designed by PGA tour
original courses on Louisiana’s Audubon Golf Trail. champion David Toms.

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