Joseph M. Bartholomew Golf Course

After over a week of heavy rain in the area, I was amazed at the condition of the course. Fairways and greens were very nice. Greens were the best I have played in a while. Very fast with good movement. Friendly staff. Overall a great experience.

I guess the city of New Orleans has better use for funding,Because the Greens and the fairways are not Maintained well at all.It's Really sad Because it (the Course)could be very Challenging if looked after.

I received a good price on Golfnow and the course was definitely worth the lower price. Interesting layout. Greens do not run true due to small patches of grass, etc. Would recommend for moderate to average golfers who are not too picky about green conditions.

The course is well maintained, greens good shape for winter play. New clubhouse facilities.

Best public course in metro New Orleans. Good layout. Good conditions. Fantastic new clubhouse although no food yet.

This course is the best value in the city by far! Very well maintained. BIG and beautiful greens. Really love the par 5s. It's flat, but so is everything else around the city, so there is not much that can be done about that.

I highly prefer this course to City Park North.

Go try it out and you will not regret it!

Joseph Bartholomew was famous for being a golf course architect who built several courses on which he'd never get to play due to the color of his skin. As a black man, he wasn't able to play on the private Metairie Country Club course he built, or the City Park courses he designed. His namesake course is part of a development called Pontchartrain Park. The area also has some athletic fields and is across the street from Southern University at New Orleans.
The course was underwater for some time during Hurricane Katrina and was completely redone, reopening in 2011. The layout has remained basically the same as the original, with the exception of a few holes, but the course is now much more sustainable agronomically. The layout is pretty flat, with the front nine ringing the outside of the course and the back nine winding it's way through the inside. The feature hole is probably the par 5 15th hole. In the original design the water really wasn't as much a factor on this hole; now your second shot is a risk/reward stroke. A good drive will leave you with a hybrid/long iron into a green that has just enough water in front of it to bring some doubt in. You can opt to play safe out to the right or go for it in two.
The rates are usually good - they are still working on a permanent clubhouse to replace the trailer on property. The practice facilities are meager right now, a good driving range but not much in the way of a short game area. But the people you'll encounter there are very friendly. When I was a student at the University of New Orleans which is right down the road, I'd often stop off for a round after school and just pair up with whomever was teeing off.
This isn't a course you're going to gush over. It's bare bones golf. It's not real long, even from the tips, and it's not a difficult layout. But it's as nice of bare bones golf as you'd want.