Shreveport Louisiana Courses

Hey everyone. David and I are going to be in Shreveport this weekend and would like to hit one of the mini's. Don't know what time any of them start. Tried to e-mail K. Pelton but it came back undeliverable. Thanks for the help.
Susan

play Ford park....it's awesome!!

whazup Jeff! the mini golf course designer!
so any of you across the sabine coming for Texas States? I am trying to make it to Lousianna States, atleast to watch. and sneak in a round at Highland

peace
matchu

Matchu, I'll be there....

[Moderator005]

Good luck Taylor, kick some Tejas but! http://www.pdga.com/discus/clipart/smile.gif

-Jeff

hey mick have you heared anything about the 9 baskets on the va side the club was going to buy for clyde fant so there is 27 holes all the time?

[jamie]

Full 27 holes at Clyde now with 24 hour play!!!!!!

Yea,,,twenty-seven,,,life just got better...http://www.pdga.com/discus/clipart/proud.gif

good stuff

[spartan]

Going to Nawlins this weekend and wanna try to get in a round or two on Saturday. Anyone know of any courses worth checking out in the area? willing to drive a bit if the course is not worth missing. any help is appreciated.

[bcoxxx]

the course in new orleans (metarie, sp?) is ok but not that great, imho.

if you can, definitely stop in lafayette and play acadiana park. two courses, 36 holes, totally forested. there is a virtual tour of every hole at:

Acadiana Park Ace Run Virtual Tour (http://www.angelfire.com/la3/photopinups2/index.html)

the park is only a couple of minutes from the I-10/I-49 intersection. you wont believe louisiana could have this nice of a hardwood forest course!

Lafreniere in Metairie is closest. It's longish and open, in a pretty city park. It's a thrower's course but will test some skills.

Next recommendation is Highland Road Park in Baton Rouge. Well worth the trip, but I'm biased (home course). Not quite as open as Lafreniere. Also in a city park. Also in Baton Rouge is Greenwood Park which is a nice compliment to Highland. It's a little shorter and more wooded.

[Moderator005]

Whatever happened to Mikey Kernan? I was under the impression that he was adding a back nine to Lafreniere Park in Metairie.

Gotta second Goby's Baton Rouge recommendations. Highland Road Park is a really nice course, and one I really love to play while I’m occasionally visiting my company’s chemical plant south of Baton Rouge. There are 3 sets of tees at Highland Road: blue tees for novices, orange "regular" tees and yellow pro tees. From the orange tees, the course is an excellent mix of short and long holes over nice rolling hills with big elevation changes. There are plenty of deucable holes, honest par 3s and three legitimate par 4s. (Holes 2,4 and 8) A few holes play over a creek, and a few holes play through some areas of heavy vegetation. Most play in the open, and since the park service keeps the grass cut very low you can throw rollers on almost every hole if you choose. I think the course would be considered world class and have a wider reputation if tee pads were installed, since rain turns the natural tee pads into puddles. The yellow pro tees are awesome – they don’t always add length to the hole but they always make the tee shot that much more difficult, especially when they take away the easy birdie on holes such as 3, 9, 11, and 13.

Greenwood Park is the perfect compliment to Highland, as this course plays through heavier woods and is much shorter. Most of the holes play through a flat wooded section and also feature three sets of tees, blue tees for novices, orange regular tees and little flags which mark the pro tees. The first eight holes are short and easily deucable but the next few are difficult threes. Hole 9, with its mandatory, is one of the most unorthodox holes I’ve ever seen but is followed by the long and beautiful hole 10 and the signature hole 11. Measuring about 600 feet, your drive must cross a dam spillway and carry about 275 feet to a peninsula next to a lake. A hyzer is the safe shot, and anything too long or to the right is in the water. The approach shot must then carry up along the lake another 350 feet or so with the water lining the entire right hand side. It is every bit as stunning as the course directory indicates! The remainder of the course plays back in the woods.

-Jeff

P.S. How have you been, Dr. Goby? Make it out to Dangerous Acres lately? :)

Hey Jeff,

Yeah, Mikey and the NO Team have expanded Lafreniere to 18 holes. The original 9 are in place, with both sets of teepads. They installed the new 9 across the street where they had lots of room to stretch things out. I believe the official word is that a new course has been approved for City Park in New Orleans.

I've been generally well. I've been back to Dangerous Acres a couple of times. In fact, they had a farewell tournament not too long ago. Dangerous Acres is no more as of the end of April. Dangerous Don got himself married and moved to a new location nearby. They pulled DA and will be putting in a new course once he settles in.

BTW, next time you get this way, you should make the trip over to Wildcat Trace in Poplarville MS when you have a full free day. I think you would definitely enjoy the course.

Myself, I hope to graduate and be gone by the end of the year.