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    Metairie Country Club

    Metairie, LA Private

    Overview

    Metairie Country Club, opened in 1925, was the jewel of New Orleans golf through the first decade of its existence. It was designed by Seth Raynor and possessed variations of his much-studied template holes originally introduced by his mentor, C.B. Macdonald at National Golf Links of America and other courses. A land swap in 1928 fundamentally altered the second nine routing of holes 14-18, and hard economic conditions and infrastructure challenges in the late 1930s prompted further renovations that compromised Raynor's design, a trend that continued for decades. The club never retained Raynor's blueprints for the course and were not sure precisely what the archtiect had left behind, so in 2021 they hired Brian Silva to reimagine a pure Raynor course on the property. Drawing on as much experience studying and reviving Raynor's designs throughout the country as anyone over the last 30 years, Silva reproduced vivid versions of the Bottle, Biarritz, Redan, Leven, Road, Eden and others. Though not a historical restoration, Metairie has been completely and imaginitively transformed.

    About

    Holes 18
    Facility Type Private
    Year Opened 1922
    Designer Arthur Delay/Seth Raynor/(R) Ron Forse/Brian Silva (RM-2021)

    Awards

    Best Courses in Every State

    Ranking history:


    Best in State: Debut appearance.
    2023-'24 ranking:
    3rd.

    Golf Digest Logo Panelists

    Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists

    4

    100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

    Shot Options
    6.7109
    Character
    6.6279
    Challenge
    6.66
    Layout Variety
    6.7213
    Fun
    6.8254
    Aesthetics
    6.5037
    Conditioning
    6.8048

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