Count Louisiana among the states where the best public-access golf course is operated by a casino, with The Country Club at the Golden Nugget in Lake Charles earning the top spot in the Pelican State on Golfweek’s Best Courses You Can Play list.
Golfweek’s Best offers many lists of course rankings, with the list of top public-access courses in each state among the most popular. All the courses on this list allow public access in some fashion, be it standard daily green fees, through a resort or by staying at an affiliated hotel. If there’s a will, there’s a tee time.
(m): Modern course, built in or after 1960
(c): Classic course, built before 1960
* New to or returning to list
No. 17 at TPC Louisiana (Courtesy of TPC Louisiana)
1. The Country Club at the Golden Nugget
Lake Charles (m)
2. TPC Louisiana
Avondale (m)
3. English Turn
New Orleans (m)
4. L’Auberge Casino Resort (Contraband Bayou)
Lake Charles (m)
5. Atchafalaya at Idlewild
Patterson (m)
1. Squire Creek
Choudrant (m)
2. Baton Rouge CC
Baton Rouge (c)
3. Money Hill*
Abita Springs (m)
4. New Orleans CC
New Orleans (c)
5. CC of Louisiana
Baton Rouge (m)
The hundreds of members of the Golfweek’s Best ratings panel continually evaluate courses and rate them based on 10 criteria on a points basis of 1 through 10. They also file a single, overall rating on each course. Those overall ratings are averaged to produce these rankings.
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