City Park BR

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#5 was a par 4 or maybe a short par 5 across the ditch. The tee was closer to #4 green and #5 green was near #6 tee.

#6 tee was moved up I think but can't really remember where it was.

This was 25 years ago when I played it originally so my not be completely accurate

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You might be off by a hole, not sure. There are no par 5's.

#4 is the hole where you tee off over the railroad track and the green is down hill down by the lake.

Then you had to walk a short distance to #5 tee box, which is the one where you had to hit across the canal to the fairway, which ran parallel to Dalrymple Dr. I think they have turned this into a par 3 and the green is now in the landing area just across the canal.

#6 tee box was right next to #5 green and you teed off over the canal again. The hole also ran parallel to the canal, just on opposite side.

#7 was the hole with the elevated teebox that was a dogleg left with tons of trees.

#8 is the par-3 with the blind tee shot

#9 was the dogleg right par 4.

I haven't played the course in 30 years, but I remember it like it was yesterday. It's where I first learned to play the game. The course is perfect for young kids and older folks who don't hit 'em as far as they used to. One day I am going to go out there and play it again, just for old times sake. I've driven by it a million times and it always looks good and well maintained from the road.

I always thought #5 was the hardest hole in Baton Rouge because the trees protected the greens so you had to lay up over the ditch. That would leave a long second shot. I was just starting out playing golf and had a bad slice. Except on that hole, straight and on to Dalrymple Dr.

7 is a bitch currently

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7 is a bitch currently

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7 has been a bitch for as long as I've played the game. The green is about as big as my bedroom with water on the left and long and OB right. That's assuming a tee shot on the proper line, which is difficult enough.

I’ve played city pro a few times with just 8 iron wedge putter. Get the 8 iron to stop at theropod the hill. Hit a low runner towards the cart path. If it’s dry it can run forever and sometimes roll on.

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The drive on #5 was impossible. The landing area was always hard as a rock. Put many a ball onto Dalrymple.

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The perfect play was a power fade running down the center of the fairway leaving a PW or a 9 to the tiny green.
If you hit it too straight you were in the street and if you cut it too much you were under the large oaks on the right of the skinny fairway. It was a brutal hole back in the day.

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That was a jacked up hole as well. Who has ever heard of a par 3 where you can't see the flag/green!?

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212 or so yards, up hill about 20 feet with a deep swale in front of the green. OB (RR tracks) on the right. Brutal hole.

I have a blast every time I play. I’ll normally take just 6 clubs of some combination. A few times played with three and that was fun.