Top Public Courses in the Baton Rouge Area

It seems to vary from season to season and year to year.

See Pelican belongs in the top tier during winter if not year round. It’s in better shape than Greystone right now. And it’s not close. They should be swapped.

The Bluffs has to go into Tier 1.

Tier 1:
Carter Plantation
Bluffs
Beaver Creek
Santa Maria

Tier 2:
Greystone
The Island
Pelican Pointe

Tier 3:
Webb
Copper Mill

Tier 4:
City Park
Dumas
Clark
LSU

I think I played there a month or two ago. 2020 for sure.

It wasn't in great shape, and nowhere near where it once was. But it wasn't in unplayable shape for it being winter. Grass was thin in spots but the greens rolled well. Compared to SM and BC, it is in worse condition. But the layout is much better, which is why I'd put it in Tier 1.

There isn't a course in BR that is public, a great layout, and in good shape.

Tier 1:
Carter Plantation
Pelican Point
Greystone
Beaver Creek
Santa Maria

Tier 2:
The Bluffs
Copper Mill
Webb Park
The Island

Tier 3:
Dumas
LSU
City Park

The Bluffs Tier one

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The way I look at it is a mix of conditions and layout. SM and BC have good, not great, layouts and good conditions. Carter is a plus on both, most of the time.

Greystone, The Island and Pelican have worse layouts than SM /BC with the downsides of not actually being in the Parish. The conditions are always pretty good, though. Which is how they get into Tier 2.

Webb is getting better as far as conditions go, but it isn't the same golf course as the ones above it on the list. CM is a pretty good layout but the conditions are atrocious, at least the last time I was there.

The Bluffs is weird and could go in either Tier 1 or 2. The layout is so strong it can't go lower than Tier 2. If it was in pristine shape, it'd be in Tier 1 alone. It is in average shape right now, so it goes in Tier 1 with Carter, SM and BC. If it goes back to where it was a few years ago, it'd be tier 2.

At least that is how I'd rank them and then justification for those rankings.

That's fair. I did crawfish a little. My initial comment was based on current conditioning.

I give Carter and The Bluffs a break for being outside the Parish bc I think Carter gets layout and conditioning right. I think the Bluffs kills the layout side of the argument and survives, at times, the conditioning. Currently, The Bluffs isn't in such bad shape that it falls out of Tier 1.

The Island, Greystone and Pelican are all in good shape every time I've played them, but not where Carter has been the last few years, imo. They also have OK layouts, but nothing as memorable as The Bluffs. I've played each multiple times, and I struggle to find a hole on any of the courses that I can specifically recall or that would make my Top 18 for BR area. Maybe the island green at Pelican.

I'd be fine having a huge Tier 1 because they all rank similarly if you did a composite of location, layout, conditions, amenities, etc.

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I missed the Bluffs somehow in Tier 1. Which leads me to believe you are paid by them or have free rounds there. It is no way Tier 1.