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Really missing Sherwood

Posted on 5/23/25 at 8:01 pm
Posted by reauxl tigers
Tiger Woods Fan
Member since Aug 2014
9788 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 8:01 pm
If only it could’ve hung on for another 8 years or so. The demand seems high enough now where we could really use another 18 hole public course in the city.
Posted by TXGunslinger10
Houston, TX
Member since Jun 2011
18122 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 8:30 pm to
You could say this about any one of Sherwood, Shenandoah, Fairwood, or Briarwood
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
77728 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 8:33 pm to
Demand wasn’t high enough 10 years ago? I think it definitely was.
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
129076 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 8:43 pm to
quote:

Demand wasn’t high enough 10 years ago? I think it definitely was.


No

Golf has blown up since covid
Posted by farad
Member since Dec 2013
12215 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 8:48 pm to
thing about Sherwood, Shenandoah and Fairwood is people bought homes on the golf course but didn't support the golf course...

Briarwood was always a leased piece of property until Woman's Hospital may the guy that owned it a offer he couldn't refuse...

I miss them too...
Posted by Cannon856
Watson
Member since Nov 2019
884 posts
Posted on 5/23/25 at 10:23 pm to
Sherwood wasn’t shut down because of lack of demand. It was shut down because the city of BR took half the property thru eminent domain for some type of flood control structure that they still haven’t started work on
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
77728 posts
Posted on 5/24/25 at 8:50 am to
Link?
Posted by Cannon856
Watson
Member since Nov 2019
884 posts
Posted on 5/24/25 at 9:41 am to
Why would my post get two downvotes for stating a fact? Some of yall are weird.
Posted by reauxl tigers
Tiger Woods Fan
Member since Aug 2014
9788 posts
Posted on 5/24/25 at 3:08 pm to
Wasn’t me
This post was edited on 5/24/25 at 3:08 pm
Posted by CBandits82
Lurker since May 2008
Member since May 2012
58429 posts
Posted on 5/24/25 at 4:48 pm to
Was a cool course, had great greens when it was in its prime.

Had a cool clubhouse too.
Posted by kc8876
Member since May 2012
3541 posts
Posted on 5/24/25 at 5:12 pm to
quote:

Link?


Are you willfully ignorant, or just stupid?
This post was edited on 5/24/25 at 5:15 pm
Posted by BuckeyeGoon
Member since Jan 2025
886 posts
Posted on 5/24/25 at 6:04 pm to
Interest in golf cratered after the Tiger boom faded. We had a handful of courses and driving ranges close around here too that would be nice to have back now.
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
77728 posts
Posted on 5/25/25 at 8:14 am to
Don’t be a jerk, bro.
Posted by robzilla55
City of Central, Louisiana
Member since Apr 2015
103 posts
Posted on 5/25/25 at 8:38 am to
i was the superintendent when it closed. your statement is true but untrue as well. that wasnt the reason for the shutdown but its the reason it wasnt reopened by the current owner
Posted by In The Know
City of St George, La
Member since Jan 2005
6296 posts
Posted on 5/26/25 at 7:43 am to
Sherwood ran out of money. Plain and simple. I joined in its last few years and it was unbelievably cheap, as they were trying to get more members. There wasn’t enough membership to keep it going. Loved that course and yes, wish it were still around.
Posted by robzilla55
City of Central, Louisiana
Member since Apr 2015
103 posts
Posted on 5/27/25 at 5:33 am to
yep, the amount of debt was killing them. they were barely able to pay the monthly interest on the debt. they tried to renegotiate the debt but the bank wasn't having it which i don't blame them.
Posted by tigercarter
River Parishes
Member since Oct 2008
380 posts
Posted on 5/28/25 at 2:31 pm to
Don’t forget Fairwood, Fairwood Country Club was fun
Posted by CBandits82
Lurker since May 2008
Member since May 2012
58429 posts
Posted on 5/28/25 at 2:58 pm to
Fairwood had a lot of really good players.
Posted by tigercarter
River Parishes
Member since Oct 2008
380 posts
Posted on 5/29/25 at 9:22 am to
I worked the 19th hole for years and yea a lot of good golfers, and a lot of great memories,
This post was edited on 5/29/25 at 9:23 am
Posted by Zamperini2014
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2018
847 posts
Posted on 6/5/25 at 2:10 am to
Baton Rouge is a cemetery for golf and always will be. No public golf can compete with brec courses which are tax funded.
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