Lakewood Golf Club
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About
Lakewood Golf Club is one of the South's premier golf destinations. Opened in 1961, the course has hosted the New Orleans Open 26 times over the years. Beautiful cypress and oak trees frame the golf course, providing a beautiful backdrop throughout the round. When Ron Garl renovated the course in 2009 he managed to obtain its original character while modernizing the layout with new fairways, tee boxes, and greens. Strategically placed bunkers and fairway contouring were also added. Lakewood Golf Club is owned by the New Orleans Firefighters Pension Fund and as a tribute to New Orleans Firefighters, the final hole was redesigned and renamed "Fire in the Hole." Called so because the traps are arranged in a set of flames against a backdrop of red sand. You won't find anything like the bunkering on this par 4.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 72 | 7002 yards | 74.1 | 139 |
| Blue | 72 | 6430 yards | 71.1 | 130 |
| White | 72 | 5917 yards | 68.6 | 124 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 5432 yards | 71.5 | 127 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold M: 73.1/135 | 569 | 357 | 141 | 533 | 378 | 439 | 411 | 189 | 443 | 3460 | 541 | 169 | 398 | 519 | 385 | 459 | 467 | 160 | 444 | 3542 | 7002 |
| Blue M: 70.7/125 W: 77.1/136 | 541 | 327 | 123 | 506 | 359 | 406 | 379 | 158 | 409 | 3208 | 498 | 142 | 366 | 491 | 347 | 430 | 421 | 124 | 407 | 3226 | 6434 |
| White M: 68.8/117 W: 74.7/130 | 503 | 305 | 92 | 483 | 331 | 401 | 319 | 134 | 390 | 2958 | 477 | 114 | 340 | 472 | 313 | 407 | 395 | 85 | 376 | 2979 | 5937 |
| Silver M: 66.8/116 W: 71.5/120 | 474 | 264 | 87 | 466 | 304 | 377 | 285 | 120 | 352 | 2729 | 460 | 103 | 322 | 454 | 300 | 389 | 330 | 67 | 317 | 2742 | 5471 |
| Red M: 65.3/112 W: 70.1/115 | 472 | 259 | 81 | 463 | 301 | 355 | 281 | 116 | 349 | 2677 | 456 | 99 | 320 | 450 | 292 | 386 | 326 | 65 | 315 | 2709 | 5386 |
| Handicap | 5 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 8 | |||
| Par | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 5 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 4 |
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What has happen
From a course that we’d play daily with 3 years ago with no complaints to a course you can barely play. Looks like a golf course in a 3rd world country. The greens are horrendous literally bounces the ball each roll don’t know where it’s going then the tee boxes are even worse. The best thing at the course are the snacks/drinks and the new clubs they might sell in the store
Sad
Absolutely terrible…pace of play was horrendous and the course conditions were even worse…truely sad for what used to be an amazing course
Greens
Some of the greens has a type of weeds growing, same as last year around this time. The weather needs to be above 80 degrees for 48 hrs or so and they will be able to kill the weeds. So be patient, the greens are normally top notch after that.
Lakewood 2025
The staff were professional and friendly but the greens were in bad shape. Weeds growing on all the greens with the exception of 18. The conditions of the greens made putting unfair with the amount of weeds growing on them. My biggest issue was I paid $70.00 to play this course. If I had known the condition of the greens prior to booking my round I would have gone somewhere else.
Disappointed
These greens are 2nd/3rd worst in the GNO area. Especially considering the green fee.
Potential
Pros:
Fun layout
Pro shop guy was nice
Snack shop in convenient location
Cons:
Tee boxes and greens need attention
A little overpriced without a hot deal rate
Course has amazing potential but needs some TLC. Greens are in rough shape. Staff was amazing and pace of play was excellent.
Not up to par
Lakewood is one of my favorite courses in the New Orleans area and I have been playing they reopened.
This is probably the worst condition I have seen the course. The tee boxes were sandy and uneven, the fairways were shaggy, rough was weedy and greens were bumpy.
It was similar to Bretchel before it closed.
I really hope it can make a comeback before it’s too late.
The staff was still friendly though.
In horrible shape
I played this course for the first time in a couple of years. It is horrible shape. The greens have tufts of weeds all over them. They are very close to unputtable. The fairways have invasive grass scattered all over. The tee boxes are not much better, and it is not even cheap. I paid $60 for an afternoon on Sunday. Save your money. Maybe they will fix it.
Greens Need Major Work
This course was a staple of quality golf in New Orleans for many years when it first re-opened a few decades ago. Now it simply needs some more care from the staff. The greens are mostly unputtable and were like that for a good part of last season as well. There are municipal courses in the city with much better greens and that is just a sign that the course is not doing enough to maintain them.
Ok course but not sure worth $70+ dollars on a bad weather dayday
Ok course but not sure worth $70+ dollars on a bad weather day. Course was fun to play and staff was super nice .. cart
Course in good shape, greens not
Lots of weeds on the greens made it impossible to make a putt and get any spin on any approach shots. The rest of the course was in great shape
Very playable, some cool holes. Greens rolled well but had small weeds, didn’t affect too much. Friendly staff. Pace of play behind a 5 and 4some was terrible
Not sure it’s worth $70 bucks but was fun to play
Not sure it’s worth $70 bucks but was fun to play. Was in from out of town and wasted to stay close to downtown.. greens & tee boxes could be better for the money.
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