Bayou Oaks At City Park - North Course: South Course
New Orleans, LA • Public
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“Bayou Oaks South is the post-Katrina redesign by Rees Jones that combined two of the City Park courses, including a RTJ design, into one championship-length course. It remains the benchmark public course in New Orleans, which has a rich history of public play within the city park system. While a relatively straightforward design, several large live oaks create interesting visual obstacles, especially on the par 5s (#3, #11, and #18), making tee shots and second shots appear trickier than they actually are. The course has a good mix of long, challenging par 4s (#5 and #13) along with some shorter holes that represent scoring opportunities (#4, #6, #8, #12 and #16). The course is shaped around some large ponds that feature on multiple holes in a variety of ways adding to the challenge. The greens are relatively straight forward, but well bunkered. Conditioning is soft, even during dry periods, but the greens are smooth after a strong recovery effort after battling invasive grasses this spring."
Read More2024
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“Bayou Oaks South is the post-Katrina redesign by Rees Jones that combined two of the City Park courses, including a RTJ design, into one championship-length course. It remains the benchmark public course in New Orleans, which has a rich history of public play within the city park system. While a relatively straightforward design, several large live oaks create interesting visual obstacles, especially on the par 5s (#3, #11, and #18), making tee shots and second shots appear trickier than they actually are. The course has a good mix of long, challenging par 4s (#5 and #13) along with some shorter holes that represent scoring opportunities (#4, #6, #8, #12 and #16). The course is shaped around some large ponds that feature on multiple holes in a variety of ways adding to the challenge. The greens are relatively straight forward, but well bunkered. Conditioning is soft, even during dry periods, but the greens are smooth after a strong recovery effort after battling invasive grasses this spring."
Read More2024
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“The course was in excellent condition. I found the layout to be pretty plain but I would play here again if the green fee was reasonable. I find $140 to be too high in this area for this golf course."
Read More2023
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“Good layout with changing hole directions and distances. Bunkers and greens are in terrific shape. Greens pretty flat with minimal movement. Pretty wet in areas holding water from rain the day before. Couple of scenic holes with good views over water."
Read More2022
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“Best of the New Orleans municipal courses. Was remodeled after Katrina by Rese Jones. They closed 2 other courses so Jones used lots of land. Very wide fairways, Not many trees, and condition was very good for a muni. The greens had very good coverage and were very firm and fast. Really fun to play."
Read More2022
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“Newer course that should improve over time, but already challenges good players while allowing higher handicappers to get around."
Read More2018
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“Renovation was well done"
Read More2018
