Lakewood Golf Club

I led a buddies trip to NO in late March and we played 4 local courses. This was the only one that did not meet expectations.

For $40-60 that locals pay, it would have been fine. For $110, it was an awful value.

Aside from the one island green par 3, the layout was just OK. Not bad, but also not very memorable. The impact of the unique bunkers is, in my opinion, overstated.

Clubhouse and other facilities are adequate, but significantly less impressive than the top public play courses in the area.

Conditioning was the worst we saw on our trip, mostly due to the greens, which our group referred to as "painted mud".

I would not recommend this course to anyone from out of town paying anything close to the full rate for non-locals. It's not a bad course, but it's also not a destination course.

Lakewood is probably my favorite course to play in the city. I'm not going to say its the nicest, but it does have a lot of character. From the cypress tree art statues, to the variety of landscape settings, and the crazy bunker shapes. It also feels nostalgic in a way; knowing all of the legends that have stepped foot on the grounds there. If I had to critique something it would be that the greens do have a few bumpy spots on each hole, and the fairways have several weeds that could be sprayed...

If you visit New Orleans and you have time to play only one full round of golf, Lakewood is probably your best bet for a place to play. The course always seems to be in good shape and the greens are as true as any in the region. It's a course that offers scoring opportunities and doesn't beat you up, but can punish you if you aren't careful. The course is the former site of the New Orleans PGA Tour stop, in it's earlier incarnation. The course was revamped in 2009 by Ron Garl. The entire course was remade, but Garl left some of the holes as they were from the original course, so if you played there prior to the makeover, you might remember the general flow of holes 1-4 and 11-15, which remain virtually the same in routing if not in look as some of the old course holes.

On my most recent visit, I was not surprised to find the course equally as pleasant as ever. I was rained out of another recent round there, but only because the rain never stopped. One of the other things that makes Lakewood a great place to play is that it drains better than any other local course. That is definitely a plus in the south Louisiana summer!

This was my first time playing lakewood. For starters as soon as i pulled in the parking lot a guy pulled up in my cart grabbed my bags and told me to have a great day. That was impressive. Not too difficult of a course,the greens were very fast and very challenging. For the exception of lots of spike marks and people not fixing there ball marks,dont understand why people dont do that,they were very true. Faiways were in great shape and the range is 2nd to none. I will be playing lakewood again. In a time where customer service is horrible everywhere lakewood steps up to the plate in a big way. Thank you to the staff for a great day.

Fun and challenging course. When dry, it's fast. Definitely worth the the time. Cool extras with the carvings of old cypress trees and flamed sand traps .

Lakewood is a great facility and course. Course was wet from a lot of recent rain but drains well. Greens were sandy but fairly fast. Course is fairly long and has some difficult holes but doesn't punish you with too much water or too many bunkers. Overall a very fair and pleasant track. Challenging enough for low handicapper but not punitive for less experienced golfers.

I was in town for a convention and went out one afternoon - white tees 22 hdcp. The clubhouse is small and aging. Very nice practice facilities! The course had a good mixture of bunkers and water - but not overdone. Fairways, tee boxes, greens, rough where all in good shape - on pair or better than TPC which I played two days prior with the caveat that TPC had faster slopping greens. Had a good round and would go back again.

Despite the cold, soggy weather on the day we played, I enjoyed the round. Looking forward to next time on a warmer day and knowing the course better. Lost several balls to water on shots I thought weren't that bad, but not knowing the course hurt me. Staff was super friendly. Expected much better facilities for $100 but the course was well cared for. Has some holes tightly packed together so watch out for errant shots. Some pin locations were really tough, very close to edges.

Always in terrific shape, pro shop nice, as was starter. Go out and enjoy!

THIS IS A SOMEWAHAT CHALLANGING COARSE AND THE GREENS WERE VERY FAST AND SMOOTH. BALL PLACEMENT ON THE GREEN WAS A MUST AS THE DOWN HILLERS WERE VERY QUICK.. RECOMMEND THIS COARSETO ANYONE A GREAT VALUE!

We came from out of town to play New Orleans courses. This was the first course we played (TPC Louisana/English Turn), and a good starter.

Pros: Fast Greens & Pace of Play. The greens were really fast, and that was the best part of the course. Not sure where the "kitchen" was, but the food was tasty as well.

Cons: No hole definition, from the first tee it was hard to distinguish the layout. No clubhouse. No watering grass.

A course that at one time was played by the best golfers in the world is broke, and that's a shame. We paid around $50 per round, and that is about as much as would seem fair.

Great value for a quality course. The greens were in great shape .. Very fast but the ball rolled true.

Greens were lightning, but the place was in absolutely perfect condition.

Course is great but did not like the fact that they had a scramble tournament going on and I was hurried and had to stop to let others play. They need to not sell tee times during a tournament or do half price tee times.

The greens were superb for this time of year. The fairways were a little thin but overall the course was in very good condition.some long par fours!

I've already started looking for another tee time here.

The course is in great shape. Greens are also in good shape. Overall a good golfing experience. Very fair course. Not too easy & not too hard. Has som easy holes & some really long ones. I'm about an 8 handicap & would play this course on a regular basis if I lived around here. However, $8.00 for a bucket of balls to warm up (40 balls) was quite expensive in my opinion.

The greens were lush and rolling true, the Fairways were very well maintained, and the Tee boxes were flat and well groomed as well. Only thing I disliked was that there is hardly any shade on the course, and I like more trees separating the holes. But those are minor things to dislike, Overall the is one of the top 3 public courses in the area, definitely will play there again and would recommend it to others.

As expected the course wonderful. Some of the best fairways around. The greens are fast, but consistent. Overall great experience.

The greens were recently rolled so they're a bit on the sandy side. Besides that, this course is awesome!