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Ernie Gott
| Favorite team: | LSU  |
| Location: | Baton Rouge |
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| Number of Posts: | 8 |
| Registered on: | 12/8/2016 |
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re: Help save BREC's historic 9-hole golf course in Baton Rouge's City Park!
Posted by Ernie Gott on 2/19/26 at 10:26 pm to jimjackandjose
I had problem with survey also. Wouldn't advance from page 1 to 2. Contacted BREC's communications section, and was advised to try using a different device -- different smart phone, i-Pad or laptop -- it worked with another laptop I have.
Don't give up on getting your comments submitted to "leave the 9-hole layout intact" -- and point out that the course could use some improvement as well. Only 1 week left to comment.
Don't give up on getting your comments submitted to "leave the 9-hole layout intact" -- and point out that the course could use some improvement as well. Only 1 week left to comment.
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re: Help save BREC's historic 9-hole golf course in Baton Rouge's City Park!
Posted by Ernie Gott on 2/19/26 at 4:20 pm to Bendelow
Webb would become a certified goat ranch -- some say it is now -- if City Park's 28,000+ golfers moved there due to a shutdown of City Park.
Why close City Park? It's a recreational resource already in place. It's used. LSU students have found it and people who started playing during COVID are still coming. Great for beginners and those who want to walk and play.
Improve it BREC, spend some money. Make it as nice as the Audubon Golf Club within Audubon Park (New Orleans). People will pay more for quality and it'll pay for it's upkeep annually. Might even turn a profit regularly.
Don't waste money on an amphitheater, a boat house renting kayaks on the noisiest waterbody in BR (I-10 will get even noisier when 2 extra lanes are crossing that lake) or a butterfly garden. Spend money on the golf course. Make it a draw for citizens/visiting golfers.
Why close City Park? It's a recreational resource already in place. It's used. LSU students have found it and people who started playing during COVID are still coming. Great for beginners and those who want to walk and play.
Improve it BREC, spend some money. Make it as nice as the Audubon Golf Club within Audubon Park (New Orleans). People will pay more for quality and it'll pay for it's upkeep annually. Might even turn a profit regularly.
Don't waste money on an amphitheater, a boat house renting kayaks on the noisiest waterbody in BR (I-10 will get even noisier when 2 extra lanes are crossing that lake) or a butterfly garden. Spend money on the golf course. Make it a draw for citizens/visiting golfers.
re: Milwaukee 3 @ LSU 5 Final - SECN+
Posted by Ernie Gott on 2/14/26 at 1:14 pm to DarkDrifter
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re: Any recent updates on the City Park master plan situation?
Posted by Ernie Gott on 2/6/26 at 4:42 pm to 904
BREC golfers: Public comment being collected now. Voice your opinion on the City-Brooks Park master plan. Formally presented as the City-Brooks Park & Lakes Vision Plan, it offers a variety of options to consider. See link below.
Please take the time to read all the information and questions presented and provide answers. It may take 10-15 minutes to go through the process, but we need you to make your opinion known.
The Friends of City Park-BR supports:
*Keeping City-Brooks Park a neighborhood park that anyone can visit;
*Preserving and improving all current amenities; and particularly Historic City Park Golf Course and its existing 9-hole layout; and
*Utilizing currently un-used acreage within the 154-acre park boundary for any new initiatives.
*Additionally, any park improvement should not be connected to the University Lakes ongoing renovations and the Lakes project should be separated from BREC's continued governance of the park and the golf course.
Follow the link below to the master plan home page, read the information provided and then click into the SURVEY form. The survey will remain open until February 27.
LINK: LINK
Please take the time to read all the information and questions presented and provide answers. It may take 10-15 minutes to go through the process, but we need you to make your opinion known.
The Friends of City Park-BR supports:
*Keeping City-Brooks Park a neighborhood park that anyone can visit;
*Preserving and improving all current amenities; and particularly Historic City Park Golf Course and its existing 9-hole layout; and
*Utilizing currently un-used acreage within the 154-acre park boundary for any new initiatives.
*Additionally, any park improvement should not be connected to the University Lakes ongoing renovations and the Lakes project should be separated from BREC's continued governance of the park and the golf course.
Follow the link below to the master plan home page, read the information provided and then click into the SURVEY form. The survey will remain open until February 27.
LINK: LINK
re: Any recent updates on the City Park master plan situation?
Posted by Ernie Gott on 1/27/26 at 10:40 am to HarryVardon
In the last 10 years, BREC has closed the Dumas Golf Course (18 holes) and the Howell Park Golf Course (18 holes) in North Baton Rouge, reducing public course access by 36 holes.
This has left BREC golfers with Beaver Creek, Santa Maria, Webb, City Park and JS Clark. Five courses, three 18-hole layouts and two 9-hole layouts. That may seem like a lot of golf opportunity to some, but have you attempted to play one of these courses on a weekend? They're crowded.
For those who say City Park GC's users need only drive to nearby Webb Park GC if City Park GC is “re-purposed”, I say HELL NO.
A city-parish geographic area of this size easily supports the 72 holes of public golf we have left. BREC Golf numbers reveal that 125,000 total rounds were played in 2019 and in 2024 that total had increased to 192,000 rounds. More people started playing golf during COVID and more LSU students are playing BREC courses – and they're still coming.
BREC golfers, especially homeowners in the parish who pay the BREC tax millage, need to watch closely the master planning process for City Park. Speak up. Attend a BREC commission meeting, send an email to the commissioners -- stop the re-purposers – they're still coming for City Park Golf Course.
This has left BREC golfers with Beaver Creek, Santa Maria, Webb, City Park and JS Clark. Five courses, three 18-hole layouts and two 9-hole layouts. That may seem like a lot of golf opportunity to some, but have you attempted to play one of these courses on a weekend? They're crowded.
For those who say City Park GC's users need only drive to nearby Webb Park GC if City Park GC is “re-purposed”, I say HELL NO.
A city-parish geographic area of this size easily supports the 72 holes of public golf we have left. BREC Golf numbers reveal that 125,000 total rounds were played in 2019 and in 2024 that total had increased to 192,000 rounds. More people started playing golf during COVID and more LSU students are playing BREC courses – and they're still coming.
BREC golfers, especially homeowners in the parish who pay the BREC tax millage, need to watch closely the master planning process for City Park. Speak up. Attend a BREC commission meeting, send an email to the commissioners -- stop the re-purposers – they're still coming for City Park Golf Course.
re: LSU 24 @ Vanderbilt 31 Final - ABC
Posted by Ernie Gott on 10/18/25 at 1:19 pm to hg
Secret to winning this game --- wherever the blonde dreds are on the field ... throw it there.
re: Stop the takeover of City Park! (Baton Rouge)
Posted by Ernie Gott on 10/7/25 at 4:14 pm to HarryVardon
Why isn't this getting any news media attention? Back door politics at its finest. Say no to the power brokers in the shadows. Attend the Oct. 9 meeting or let the BREC commissioners know via email how you feel. Save City Park GC!
re: Date Yourself: Favorite Tiger from Your Childhood
Posted by Ernie Gott on 7/30/24 at 9:21 am to CWS91
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