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Name some extinct Louisiana golf courses

Posted on 5/29/25 at 9:51 am
Posted by iwyLSUiwy
I'm your huckleberry
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Posted on 5/29/25 at 9:51 am
Plenty of good memories at courses long gone...

Westwood Executive (aka Par 3) in Shreveport. This and Querbes is where I learned to play. Back nine had lights and for the longest you could play one green fee and play as many times as you want. So many good times out there. I'd play a good bit of money to play that cheap course one more time.

Shreveport Country Club. I never saw it in it's heyday when it was the nicest course in town. Had the unfortunate luck of being in an area that turned into the ghetto. Nobody wanted to drive to the hood part Greenwood Rd. to play. Not all that long before they closed, they ran a special for $100 a month membership with cart. Best membership deal I've ever had. Very fun layout.

Palmetto Country Club in Benton. Private course that closed in 2015 and was a bit of a surprise imo. Very nice course when it was in it's prime. Already filled up with houses and a big medical office. Sad to see.

The Grove in Minden. Course wasn't opened relatively all that long but was a very fun course in the middle of nowhere. Played like a links course which was different from anywhere around. No cart paths but somehow that worked better and was smoother riding that the crappy paths most courses have. Fun layout and was typically in pretty good shape.

Bayou Bomber/Fox Run in Bossier. Barksdale Air Force Base golf course. Has only been closed for a year or two now. Had 10 different names over the years but those were the two most recent.

Seems like I'm missing something else here in North LA. Can't remember the name of the course right off I-20 between Bossier and Monroe (edit, it's Pine Hills), I know it's long gone. Sadly it wouldn't surprise me if Olde Oaks bites the dust before too long unless the owners sell to someone new.

My memory is crap, but apparently my golf memory is great because I can still play18 of those courses in my head except The Grove. Just didn't play there enough.

What do ya got?

Added to the list:

Acadian Hills Country Club in Lafayette.
Pine Hills GC in Calhoun.
Bayou Barriere GC in Belle Chasse
Eastover Country Club in New Orleans
Brechtel Park GC in Algiers
Hidden Oaks GC in Braithwaite
Plantation Golf and Country Club in Gretna
Colonial Golf and Country Club in Harahan
Fashion Golf and Country Club in Hahnville
Pretty Acres GC in Covington
Sugarland Country Club in Raceland
City Park (South) in Baton Rouge
The Bluffs at Thompson Creek in St. Francisville
Briarwood GC in Baton rouge
Alexandria Golf and Country Club in Alexandria
Rapides Golf and Country Club in Alexandria
Fairwood Country Club in Baton Rouge
Spring Bayou Country Club in Marksville
Oberlin Hills Country Club in Oberlin
Emerald Hills Golf Resort in Many.
West Side GC in Brusly
Howell Park GC in Baton Rouge
Sherwood Forest GC in Baton Rouge
Magnolia Creek Country Club in Ethel
Dumas GC in Baton Rouge
Aviation Oaks GC in Belle Chasse
Abita Springs Golf and Country Club in Abita Springs
Ruston Golf and Country Club in Ruston
Louisiana Tech University GC in Grambling
Sandy Hill GC in Dubach
Mallard Cove GC in Lake Charles
Selman Field in Monroe
Old Front 9 in Baton Rouge
Southern Oaks GC in Houma
Northwestern Hills GC in Natchitoches
Squirrel Run GC in New Iberia
Riverdale GC in Plaquemine
Trenton Street GC in West Monroe
Pine Shadows GC in Lake Charles
Shenandoah Country Club in Baton Rouge
Little Creek GC in Rayville
Red Oak Golf Course in Opelousas
Eastwood Country Club in Haughton
Lake Providence GC in Lake Providence
Bayou Bend Golf and Health Club in Crowley
Indian Hills Country Club in Opelousas
This post was edited on 6/5/25 at 8:59 am
Posted by IHitthaLONGBALL
Member since Jul 2024
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Posted on 5/29/25 at 10:08 am to
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it wouldn't surprise me if Olde Oaks bites the dust before too long unless the owners sell to someone new.


Good riddance. I played it a couple weeks ago. Meadows was in ok shape but the other was absolutely horrible. The door to the clubhouse will hardly even close.
Posted by iwyLSUiwy
I'm your huckleberry
Member since Apr 2008
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Posted on 5/29/25 at 10:12 am to
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Good riddance.


Yea I haven't played it in over a year and don't plan on it. Hate that it is in crap condition because it was imo the best course in town when it was in it's prime. All three 9's were a blast. It's obviously been a while since those days and the current owners will never get it back to being in good shape, but man I used to love playing out there.

The owners even have Stonebridge looking the worst it ever has now. The psycho wife made me drop my membership she pissed me off so bad and I won't ever be going back. Glad I made a switch.
Posted by Cleathecat
Houston
Member since Feb 2021
1061 posts
Posted on 5/29/25 at 10:13 am to
I played a Korn Ferry qualifier (wasn't called that) early 2000s at that course in Lafayette just north of 10 that closed. Acadian Hills?
Posted by iwyLSUiwy
I'm your huckleberry
Member since Apr 2008
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Posted on 5/29/25 at 10:20 am to
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Acadian Hills?


Just googled it. Yep, Acadian Hills Country Club, closed in 2011. Was Lafayette's 3rd oldest course.

Posted by The Pickwick
Member since Jan 2025
207 posts
Posted on 5/29/25 at 10:31 am to
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Can't remember the name of the course right off I-20 between Bossier and Monroe


Pine Hills - always in good shape with really good greens.
Posted by iwyLSUiwy
I'm your huckleberry
Member since Apr 2008
38644 posts
Posted on 5/29/25 at 10:48 am to
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Pine Hills - always in good shape with really good greens.


That's it! Only played it twice at a High School state regional tournament but I remember it being pretty nice. Looks like it sold in 2013.
Posted by BlastOff
New Orleans
Member since Feb 2016
826 posts
Posted on 5/29/25 at 10:51 am to
City Park East, South, and West

Bayou Barriere

Eastover

Brechtel

Hidden Oaks in Braithwaite
Posted by CBandits82
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Member since May 2012
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Posted on 5/29/25 at 10:59 am to
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City Park East, South, and West



tGOAT.

East and West were perfect, incredible place to learn to play golf growing up.

I miss them every weekend.

frick you Katrina.
Posted by iwyLSUiwy
I'm your huckleberry
Member since Apr 2008
38644 posts
Posted on 5/29/25 at 11:04 am to
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City Park East, South, and West


For some reason I can't find anything about these on google. Did they just change names? Looks like maybe the South course was renamed Bayou Oaks?

quote:

Eastover


Dang, looks like this was ranked as a top 5 course in Louisiana by Golf Digest at one point.
This post was edited on 5/29/25 at 11:06 am
Posted by double d
Amarillo by morning
Member since Jun 2004
16896 posts
Posted on 5/29/25 at 11:05 am to
Plantation on the Wank,
Colonial in Harahan,
Fashion the Goat 9 holer,
Pretty Acres,
Sugarlands
Posted by JackandWater
Member since Apr 2020
285 posts
Posted on 5/29/25 at 11:06 am to
Colonial Country Club in Harahan. RIP
Posted by double d
Amarillo by morning
Member since Jun 2004
16896 posts
Posted on 5/29/25 at 11:08 am to
City Park used to have 4 courses (North, South, East, West) East and West were where the redesigned course Bayou Oaks is now and North is still there. South is gone.

Eastover was nice before Katrina.

Posted by dek81572
Bossier City
Member since Apr 2012
1133 posts
Posted on 5/29/25 at 11:10 am to
I remember playing The Grove several times, it was a fun course. Olde Oaks is just trash now. I was a member when Hal had an office out there. Him and Freddy would be out on the range hitting balls. Hal had his own balls he would hit and Freddy would be out on the range picking them up by hand, they would be out there for hours. The Chinese guy who owns it and Stonebridge has run them in the ground. My kid played a High School tournament at Stonebridge and they tried to repair some of the cart paths. A dead, no armed man could have done a better job, looked like they just poured the concrete with no forms and just let it set up. Found out he didn't have permits to do any work and had to tear it all out and start over. Haven't been back since, it's not worth $80 to play.
Palmetto was another fun course. I had several friends have a membership and played there a lot, it was definitely a suprise when it shut down.
I only played Shreveport Country Club when Evangel Christain Academy's Church owned it. It wasn't in the best shape but for $25 it was worth it. Way more hills than what I would have thought. and a hole that you had to look through a periscope to see if there was anyone in the way before you teed off.
Westwood was awesome, especially when I was learning to play. They had night golf and we would be out there literally all day.

Another course that is shut down in the S'port/Bossier area is Fox Run. It was the course on Barksdale AFB. My dad was in the Air Force Reserves so I could go out there and play. That is where I played the most. Paid $35 a month for a membership. Membership prices were based off of rank so the higher rank you were, the more it cost. It played a lot like Querbes, short with some dog leg right holes and not very long. It shut down last year.
Posted by Duckman13
Tiger Stadium
Member since Dec 2006
3056 posts
Posted on 5/29/25 at 11:11 am to
The Bluffs
Posted by CBandits82
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Member since May 2012
57089 posts
Posted on 5/29/25 at 11:14 am to
Briarwood off of Airline was a good time.
Posted by BlastOff
New Orleans
Member since Feb 2016
826 posts
Posted on 5/29/25 at 11:33 am to
Wasn’t there a course out in Belle Chasse at the Naval Station?
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
84505 posts
Posted on 5/29/25 at 11:36 am to
Alexandria Golf & Country Club
Rapides Golf & Country Club
Posted by chinesebandit56
Brusly
Member since Apr 2017
187 posts
Posted on 5/29/25 at 11:57 am to
I was a PGA Golf Professional in Louisiana for 31 years, worked at several golf courses that are now closed.
Briarwood in Baton Rouge
Fairwood in Baton Rouge
The Bluffs in St Francisville
Acadian Hills in Lafayette
The Island in Plaquemine, closed for a year, now open and thriving again
The only Club I worked at that never closed, was Baton Rouge County Club.
Posted by McCorkel5148
Member since Mar 2023
41 posts
Posted on 5/29/25 at 12:03 pm to
Southern Oaks in Houma.
The Bluffs
Briarwood
Eastover.
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