The Country Club of Louisiana

Overview: The Country Club of Louisiana occupies a broad Baton Rouge site of bayous, wetlands, live oaks and flowering Southern vegetation. Jack Nicklaus shaped the course as a strategic parkland layout, using the relatively open land to create changing lines into greens rather than relying on narrow corridors alone. The water and wetland edges influence club selection on several holes, while the greens and their surrounding bunkers reward precise approaches. At more than 7,100 yards from the back markers, the course has the scale for a serious test, but its interest also comes from the way the routing moves through the quiet landscape and presents different angles from tee to green.

History: The club and course were established in 1986 as part of a major development on the south side of Baton Rouge. Nicklaus Design records the course as an 18-hole, par-72 layout opened that year. The property has continued to evolve rather than standing still: Nicklaus Design records a greenside-bunker project completed in 2007, and later work has refreshed parts of the facility while retaining the original strategic character. That combination of a relatively young course and mature-looking Louisiana vegetation is central to its identity today.

Did You Know? The Country Club of Louisiana is built in an area where bayou country is not just scenery but a design constraint. The course’s name and landscape reflect the waterways that thread through the Baton Rouge region, while the 2007 greenside-bunker project shows how the club has continued to tune the original Nicklaus design.