re: Nola courses

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most courses down here are gonna be flat

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Flat can still be interesting. And a little dirt work can help, too. I learned this week that the flat lies we get down here can be a real issue when you go play hilly courses and have no clue how to handle a 10* downhill lie.

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It’s in south Louisiana. Outside of spending an insane amount of money most courses down here are gonna be flat. They could put a bunch of oaks along the fairways but then the course would probably be in worse condition. IMO they should have put more hazards, but I think part of the design was to make it playable to all skill levels.

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Go play U Club and you can see how a good design can be had out of a flat piece of land.

Also with the restoration of MCC those greens are going to show exactly how a flat piece of land can be interesting. Jones was close but not quite there, I think of #2 at Bayou Oaks- just be a little bit more creative with that green and you could've had a great redan.

I ended up playing Bayou Oaks. Course was in awesome shape. Played very linksy with 20 mph winds and closely mown areas around the greens. Really sets up well for the ground game. I didn't think it was as boring as people make it sound around here, but definitely understand the sentiment. There were wide open areas you could miss and have no issue. However, a number of holes have oaks/bunkers/water that add strategy with you shot shape and landing areas. Biggest complaint was every par 5 seemed to be a three shotter (every one played into the wind when we played).