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3.9
437 Reviews (437)
5 Stars
135
4 Stars
188
3 Stars
78
2 Stars
24
1 Stars
12
Conditions
3.6
Value
4.2
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.6
87.2%
Recommend this course
382 out of 437 reviews
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3.8
26 Reviews (26)
5 Stars
7
4 Stars
10
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.4
Value
4.0
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.3
Amenities
3.3
StaffFriendliness
4.7
80.8%
Recommend this course
21 out of 26 reviews
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3.8
67 Reviews (67)
5 Stars
19
4 Stars
27
3 Stars
13
2 Stars
6
1 Stars
2
Conditions
3.5
Value
4.1
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
4.5
83.6%
Recommend this course
56 out of 67 reviews
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Course Highlights
The greens consistently rank among the best in the area, rolling fast and true for an impressive putting experience. A winding layout through scenic bayou-lined neighborhoods offers excellent value, backed by notably friendly staff.

About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 6897 yards
Slope 143
Rating 73.6

Situated just 25 minutes outside of New Orleans, Oak Harbor Golf Club is one of the area's most popular courses. The course is a challenging test without being too intimidating for beginners. It offers risk-reward holes that will appeal to low and high handicappers alike. Lee Schmidt, who worked closely with Pete Dye, designed the golf course, and incorporated many of Dye's signature features into the design. Sculpted mounding and native grasses frame the generous landing areas and you'll even find Dye's trademark railroad ties framing the greens. There are also several lakes that come into play throughout. Oak Harbor Golf Club's seventh and 15th holes are particularly notable for their intimidating tee shots over water. If you strategize carefully, the four par 5s provide some birdie opportunities but you'll have to carefully navigate through a combination of water, traps, and undulations.

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Course Details

Year Built 1992
Golf Season Year round
Architect Lee E. Schmidt (1992) Greg Letsche (1992)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Golf Simulator Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Indoor Practice Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Casual

Food & Beverage

Bar, Snacks, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

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3.9
437 Reviews (437)
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Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Under new ownership and a lot being done to improve.

First of all, I'm not writing this review to make this golf course look better than 3 stars if it's not. Second, this course is much better than a 3 star, and my opinion it's on its' way to a 4 1/2 stars rating. I play regularly and at many different courses in the states, and I can say that right now, Oak Harbor Golf Club is just as good as some of the 4 stars courses I played. Yes many improvements lately has help with this review. In the last 4 months the owner has made great improvements and it don't look like he is going to slow down.

This course is very challenging and that may be why many golfers rate this course bad instead of rating themselves. With all that said, I feel that OAK HARBOR GOLF CLUB is going to be for the money, best in the New Orleans area.

At this time, the course is in great shape.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Nice course

This course is under new ownership and it shows. Granted, there are things that need attention like the bunkers, but this course is on the way to staking it's claim as the best semi-private course for miles around. Condition is very good. Nice definition of fairways and rough, greens are good and layout makes you think. Fairways are as good as they have been in a decade. Exciting to see what's happening at this course. Well worth playing. If you play this layout well, you'll play well anywhere.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

terrible golf course

i've played here throughout the years. conditions have been gradually going downhill. bunkers are bad. fairways barely have any grass, its hard as a rock. forget about taking a divot. you might injure your joints or tear a muscle. i would never come back. i'd rather drive 20-30 minutes and play better courses in mississippi. i don't know how this place is still open.

save yourself the time and money and go somewhere else.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Good times

Had a good day on the course. The course was in great shape, for all the rain we had.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course needs work

Course needs work on fairways, greens, bunkers. Think greens were recently spiked. Fairways are not in good condition nor are bunkers. Great layout though. Nothing wrong that some influx of money wouldn't correct

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great greens

Fun course, fairways seemed a little rough not we, greens in great shape!!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great Layout...However

Great Layout however theT maintenance of course left a lot to be desired. Little to no sand in the bunkers and the fairways were in poor condition.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great challenging course minutes from New Orleans.

Always a good trip to Oak Harbor. Greens in great shape.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good Value

Oak Harbor is a great public course. It's well maintained and offers a great challenge. What you get for the money is well worth it.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Has some challenging holes and an Island green

Course is always in great shape and plays quickly.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

nice lay out. greens are top notch

we played in 3 and half hours which makes it nice not to be out in the heat too long. The greens are in perfect condition and played very nicely. Course is kept up all the time. This is a course that I would join to be a member and play all the time. The staff is a very pleasant to deal with and a great driving range, putting area, and chipping area to practice all the time. Recommend if you never played there to go and play.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Do you want a challenge?

The greens roll consistently smooth throughout the course.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 15-19
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Poor fairways,hot water in coolers,trash on fairways,cart quit on 7th hole!

Was disappointed with course! Fairways in bad shape,water was hot in coolers,cart quit on 7th hole.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Not really a great value for the money spent.

Greens were in good condition but rather slow. The fairways had a lot of bald spots and there wasn't much sand in the bunkers. Muddy around the greens, irrigation issues.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser

This course could use some TLC

I have played this course many times but it is now needing some work. They gave us a cart which was not holding a charge and would run off the cart path being so far out of alignment if you didn't hold on for dear life. The scorecard was upside down going straight. We were out of juice and pushing it after 8 holes....a total piece of junk. No course in this area has a cart that bad. I won't be going back there for a while....

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser

Lots of Potential

Pro Hope told us course was in "great condition". Then we went to the driving range..... it was flooded (tee area), apparently someone left the sprinklers on all night, so we had to warm up on hard hard ground. The starter seemed in a hurry to get us going, without giving us time to putt, we had to tell him we want to putt first before teeing off. He started us on the 10th tee.....I personally hate starting off the 10th tee... its a mental thing i guess. Anyhow, to the course.... the course was in pretty good shape, but not "great", the grass was dormant which was to be expected, most of the greens were in very good condition, but had little pebbles all over them, im guessing fertilizer or something, the tee boxes were horrible as a whole.... the markers were in the most played spots as if they werent moved in weeks.... no grass, just sand, and alot were not level... you were either teeing on uphill, downhill, or standing in a hole to hit off of level ground. The course layout is great, i like the layout, and would consider this one of the more easier courses ive played with short short holes... next time ill have to play the tips.. Overall I give this course a 6 / 10.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser

Good Course Average Conditions

The layout of this course is great but some conditions are average to below average. More attention to detail would go a long way to elevate this course to 4 or 5 stars. Needs sand in the traps and some maintence in the fairways. Staff was super friendly and the greens were in good shape. Always a good time.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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