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Nice layout, helpful and courteous staff. Course conditions are spotty. Lots of tight lines and rough patches. Bunkers not well maintained and bumpy greens. This could be a great course with proper maintenance.

We played around 9am, cloudy skies, temp about 60 degrees. This course has suffered ftom heavy rains and flooding on several holes over the past year. The good part: greens in good condition, smooth and fast. The not so good part: fairways splotches and inconsistent. Sand traps are abysmal...full of water & leaves, unplayable. The staff is friendly and helpful. The food in the grill is always good as is the service.

If you can get a good deal on tee times, you will like the layout. It's a tough course with lots of potential, but not in good shape.

This is a nice city park course. The layout includes both easy approaces & wide fairways along with several challenging holes. Bunkers in good condition, greens rolled true and decent fairways. We had fun and had a great time.

Played the course in preparation for the LA Golf Association's Senior 4 Ball tournament next weekend. It's about 75 miles from my home in Baton Rouge, but is really worth the drive to see and play this great golf course.

Beautiful scenery & course layout. Greens are smooth and fast. Sand traps needed some maintenance after heavy rains from hurricane Harvey, which is the reason I didn't award a 5 star rating.

Multiple tees provide any golfer the chance to be challenged, but still have big fun. Don't miss this course, you'll be glad you played.

The restaurant serves up some top notch LA cuisine...an added bonus. And the staff makes you feel like a VIP.

I was really looking forward to playing this course, having heard so much about the layout and reviews from others. About a year ago, there were torrential rains and horrible flooding throughout the Baton Rouge area and many courses, including The Bluffs were inundated with water which took a long time to recover from.

The day I made my reservation, I called about course conditions and was told that the course was in "great shape". Well, the course is NOT in great shape...it's not even in decent shape. The greens had recently been verticut and there was sand loosely applied and even clumped all over every green. In fact, there was more sand on the greens than in the traps, which were in horrible condition...hard pans and gravel with many being totally washed out.

After the round, I went to the pro shop and talked to the pro (Tom) about my experience. He seemed rather nonchalant and unconcerned about the course condition and offered me a comment card that he said he would share with the course superintendent. No apology, and a real lack of interest in my input.

A real bright spot, though were the three guys I was paired with. We had a great time and I was fortunate to be able to play with such a fun group.

I would strongly advise players to avoid The Bluffs until they are able to maintain the course properly, and go to Beaver Creek (about 15 minutes down the road) instead. Beaver Creek is usually in good to great condition and the staff there is very helpful.

Hopefully, the management at The Bluffs will actually get out on the course themselves and inspect the product they are offering to the golfing public and upgrade the course maintenance to an acceptable level.