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Belle Terre Country Club in La Place was carefully carved from the beautiful swamps of southeast Louisiana. The name, translated from French, means "beautiful land," a title that the terrain certainly lives up to. Pete Dye designed the golf course, utilizing the existing water features and mature trees to craft a layout that is both challenging and scenic. The back tees stretch to 6,849 yards, which will challenge the seasoned player while the forward tees make the course accessible for beginners. Water comes into play on 10 holes and there are also several strategically placed bunkers. Belle Terre Country Club boasts a nice mix of holes that will test a variety of different skills, from long holes where you can grip it and rip it to short, tight holes that demand accuracy.
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Golfer Photos
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Photo submitted by u000007309564 on 08/25/2024
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The hole was damaged an inch around the entire hole. This wasn’t the worst one but just one that I took a picture of after being disgusted. Photo submitted by u000004947912 on 06/13/2021
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# 15 Green Photo submitted by weekendhacker30 on 06/14/2018
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White Tiger, Uncle Chuck, and Billy Photo submitted by drallabg on 05/15/2015
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gator and garfish Photo submitted by singtall on 03/16/2013
Golfer Reviews
Great Track
Excellent layout, greens slow but all 18 holes consistent. Will definitely return spectacular value $$$
Out of the Way Course
Belle Terre touts itself as a Pete Dye design. If you've ever played a Dye course, you might find this one to be a bit different from the others you've played. Like so many other South Louisiana courses, Belle Terre is downright swampy, and it might be worth noting that as you approach a water hazard on this course, you might want to look 2 or 3 times for alligators and snakes. I have seen both out there.
This course is located in Laplace, Louisiana, about 35-40 minutes west of downtown New Orleans on I-10. It's definitely out of the way, and as such is more a locals course than a tourist destination.
It's two nines both emanate from right in front of the clubhouse and make outward turning loops through neighborhoods. The course isn't long, topping out at 6849 yards. The breeze off Lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain can be daunting on the northern facing holes.
The signature holes on the course are the 183 yard par 3 5th hole, which seems to simply be an oasis in the marsh, and the 448 yard par 4 17th, which features a bit of everything - water in the forms of ponds and a canal running across the fairway, as well as tough bunkering.
It's a bit outside of the easy access of the city so it's not likely on many people's radar. And while it was recently renovated (green complexes upgraded for better roll and drainage) it remains just maybe a slight notch above an average course - rough edges, housing, not much for beauty. But a good play nonetheless!
Friendly golf club
Had a good time playing the course,course management a must .The course is in fair condition and some of the greens are a bit rough looking, but it appears that they are working to improve that. Must say ,the staff are super friendly and you leave feeling you wouldn't mind going back there.
Lovely
Although the driving range is small, I'm not used to hitting on such a well manicured surface. The grass was perfect and it was an awesome warmup.
The course had a nice layout, was in pretty good condition, and the sand traps were in perfect condition. Other than a group ahead of us taking FOREVER, it was a great day.
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We appreciate you writing us a review. It's great to hear you enjoyed your day at our course and we hope you visit us again soon!
good value
nice layout in a neighbor hood but the homes are not a problem some water hazards sand traps are well placed the score card has the hazards laid out and they were very helpful nice driving range and practice green some greens do need attention fairways were in great shape roughs were not to tall making finding you ball easy but not so short as to make it easy to hit out of cart paths have some bad spots but were ok enough trees to make shot placement important will play there again
Excellent value.
This course is worth almost any price. After the amount of rain and summer heat it is great shape. Saw many grounds keepers doing positive things. Staff very knowledgeable and friendly. I think I remember Pete Dye designed it?
Had a great round
The course if is in great shape. One green had some sand covering it but other than that it was excellent!
This course has great greens
I have played this course approximately 12 times every time is a pleasure the course is well-maintained has plenty of water available for hot days beautiful landscaping very nice placement of sand traps and water hazards and the occasional alligator crossing the fairway
Belle Terre: good value for the $
This was the first time playing here in a couple of years. The layout and design is very challenging, particularly the front nine. The greens were good but could have been a bit quicker; otherwise the fairways and everything were very nice. The overall value was excellent!
good course bad condition
felt the course had a good and challeging layout but have you heard of the term cow pasture. needs a serious overhaul. greens were horrible and course overgrown and unkept. not to much fun to play.
Playing here for years
The renovations are mostly complete. I find that the greens are consistent but still a little bumpy. The course takes forever to drain from heavy rains. Although they have installed drains on most of the bunkers, it still will most likely be the last course in the area to be cart path only. Bring your A game or extra balls as there is water or back yards on almost every hole. The course does have some fun holes and free driving range. I can usually find a discounted tee time online that makes it a good value. I'm a 98 handicap.
Belle Terre
I hadn't played this course since before the storm. It was a very nice course back then. The clubhouse is under renovation, so no bar or place to get a bite. We played on a Sunday and there was no beer cart on the course. They have just dreged the ponds and there are mounds of dredged material stacked up every where. The greens are very hard, so much so that it is very difficult to hold them. For some reason the apron of the greens were soaking wet, which made it difficult to land your shots and bounce up to the greens. The greens are very fast and relatively true. There was no over seeding of rye. The whole course is just dormant grass. Not very pretty to the eye. The tee boxes were also so hard that it was difficult to get a tee into them. Overall the course needs a lot more work done. The layout is still very challenging with lots of water and sand, but I would wait a while before playing again.
On-going Construction
Belle Terre is usually an exciting and challenging course to play. However, it is experiencing a lot of renovation, which, I'm sure is for the betterment of the course, but while not aesthetically pleasing, even sometimes hampers ones view of the target. Overall, from my many past experiences, Belle Terre is a fine course and good value.
louis banderet
like to play this course with 3 buddies who all like it
a must play
Course was in pretty good shape greens are Fast and smooth course had got a lot of rain but still was nice. For the money easily worth it
Great Course
Played here several years ago, and remembered it was 'nice'. They must have improved since, because the course was in great shape! Yes, I my was wet for recent rains, but the fairway, bunkers and greens were obviously well taken care of. Can't wait to play here again.
Great greens
Course was in the best shape that I've ever seen it. The greens are great and receptive. Very challenging course.
Thanks for taking the time to write such a nice review. We appreciate your kind words and look forward to seeing you again.