The Atchafalaya at Idlewild

Awesome course! Very scenic and well laid out. Staff is very friendly and the restaurant is spectacular with local seafood.

I have played Atchafalaya for the last 5 yrs. The course seems to be in downward spiral. The tees were awful, missing tee markers, poor turf. rest of the course seems to be fine. The carts are awful as well. They used to have GPS units in each. None or damaged now. torn seats, and missing front windshields. My cart drove and rattled like it had been rolled over. The best part of the experience is the free range balls. Staff was courteous, but restaurant service was very slow.

Course is finally getting back in great shape. Greens were beautiful although slow. I would highly recommend to play Atchafayla now that they have greens repaired. Well done an accolades to the superintendent.

I love the course layout the greens are being worked on so they were slow brought my wife and she enjoyed the scenery and the great lunch options

played here some time at the end of summer and greens were horrible and in some cases non existent. However this round was a much better experience, there were some greens that have a few issues but not even close to as bad as a couple months ago, they are doing a great job with the winter greens.

You can’t beat the character of this golf course. The setting and layout are special with a good bit of the course having private surroundings. However the course itself needs some TLC. Tee boxes given a D- with many of the markers missing. Bunkers given a C- to D grade for lack of fill and grooming. Fairways given a B grade for just being a little bare and hard in places but satisfactory otherwise. Greens given a B- to C grade for being soft and slow with some having patches of bare spots. Can’t help but be disappointed when one knows where this course was at one time when it was in its prime. Currently, if you can play it in the $30 range, it is worth it.

Course is great only problem is golf carts hardly any have range finders on them

Carts did not have GPS as advertised. Greens haven't been mowed in days to weeks and were impossible to putt. There were two temporary greens that were impossible to play. This should have been stated online. Greens fees should have been extremely discounted due to the poor conditions. On the positive side, the club house and restaurant were very nice!

Course was in terrible shape. Greens hadn't been mowed in days (?week) and were impossible to putt. 2 holes had temporary greens (reportedly for over 2 months) that were not puttable. Minimal to no yardage markers or GPS on carts. No marshal to keep slow players moving along on a weekend. Excellent clubhouse and restaurant. Great potential but the course need much work.

For last number of years there always seems to be some sort of issue with this course. The latest of which is the greens. The greens on 2 and 5 remain unplayable and they’ve moved the hole off the green. We just skipped these and played 10 and 11 again. Before this it was the bunkers and the fairways to an extent. They have gotten those better but now the greens. Besides holes 2 and 5, the rest were like shag carpet. I’m sure they are doing something to try to repair them, but that should be made known to the people playing the course and reflected in the rates. Also, the carts used to be equipped with GPS, that wasn’t available on my cart. They should not be allowed to say “GPS included” when that is not actually the case.

This course has the bones and the layout to be great! The greens are in terrible shape and some of the fairways are rough. If this course received some TLC it would be top tier. The golf carts don’t have GPS in them anymore which is advertised to have them. Got this round on a hot deal and felt that even that was overpriced for the very poor condition of this course.

Love the layout of this course. The golf carts could use some work. They had gps on the golf carts but out of the whole fleet of golf carts available only 7-10 of the gps work. The greens were thick and slow prolly to not cutting them for winter treatment. A couple greens were not playable as the winter treatment killed most of the grass on the greens and had to have a temporary green.

This course use to be one of my favorite within an hour drive of Lafayette. Lately is has just gone from bad to worse. Practice areas are still nice but as soon as you get to the first hole the disappointment sets in. Not to mention a couple holes are completely shut down and the only sign to tell you about it was a small sheet of paper by the check in desk.

Greens were so soft you left foot prints as you walked. also the carts are just as bad as the course, all tires are worn through my cart crapped out on us with 2 holes left to play and we could only go in reverse to finish the round.

I never leave reviews but at this point Unless they significantly lower the price per round i hope to save others from playing a course that should ultimately close for a month for repair.

On a positive note they do have some of the best French fries around.