The new championship golf course in New Orleans’ City Park evoked mentions of top public venues such as Torrey Pines and Bethpage Black when it was officially unveiled on April 21. The course is the centerpiece of a $26 million public-private project that is being hailed as a symbol of the rebuilding of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
South Course at City Park’s Bayou Oaks to Open April 21
The $26 million course will join the shorter North Course, which reopened in 2008, three years after the entire golf complex in New Orleans was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. The project is aimed at offering higher-level play to the public and helping to fund both the park and a mixed-income residential community nearby.
New Orleans City Park Considers Golf Course Barricades
Amid concerns over recent protests and vandalism, the board of commissioners is considering building a fence or barrier around the controversial golf course. The $24.5 million, 18-hole golf course incorporates portions of the park’s former East and West golf courses and will also have a new clubhouse.
Hidden Treasure
The course maintenance facility at Scioto CC was still functional, but not fit to be seen. Now it looks—and is—good enough to live in.
Coalition Files Suit to Stop Construction of New Orleans City Park Golf Course
The City Park for Everyone Coalition argues that the city failed to give the public enough chances to comment on the $24.5 million championship golf course and complex, and didn’t consider all of the environmental impacts. City Park’s formal response in court is due May 26.
Protestors Spark Legal Threat at New Orleans City Park
A group of protestors who have climbed a tree at a construction site for a new golf course at the park could face legal action for “illegally destroying property and harming park grounds,” officials said.
After Nine Years, Construction Begins In Earnest for New Orleans’ City Park Golf Revival
Nearly a decade after Hurricane Katrina swamped much of the 1,300-acre park, work has begun to build a $13.2 million course as part of a $24.5 million project that seeks to bring championship golf back to the Crescent City.
New Orleans’ City Park Championship Course Back on Track as State Lets Out Bids
Public golfers’ eight-year wait for a new course In the Crescent City may finally be nearing an end.
New Orleans City Park Slowly Transports Trees
In order to accommodate a new golf course, 60-year-old oak trees are being moved yards away using a slow pulley system in a process that began nine months ago. A representative of the company that designed the pulley system estimated that the total weight of the root ball, steel plate and one of the trees for transport is about 80 tons.
New Orleans City Park Golf Course Gets FEMA Approval
FEMA has greenlighted the $24.5 million construction of a championship golf course at the park after requiring an archaeological analysis of the property in search of Native American artifacts. Rees Jones Inc., Torre Design Consortium and the PGA Tour course design team have mapped out the course, and the state hopes to begin construction in November following a two- to three-month bidding process.