The Atchafalaya at Idlewild

Golf carts are horrible. Our cart barely made it through the round. Was told there were no other carts. Seats have big holes in some carts. Better off walking with a pull cart. The day we played there was a group of six partying drunk golfers teeing off on every tee box ahead of us on the front nine. We skipped holes 7 and 8 to get in front of them. Then on. The 10th tee there were six more in that group. No Marshall or any control of number of players per group. On the back nine the bathrooms were locked on the course. Bad experience. Must be having funding issues with course.

Was a member= Hurricane Ida took a right hook to my house trying to rebuild and move out of state . Staff at golf course real nice folks ! Mr. Ed Enjoy your retirement ! To my new friends who i played golf with at the Course - I will miss you guys ! My wife and I needed a stress free day and enjoyed our round of play ! Bunkers coming along ! Wild life aways a plus ! If you want a good round of golf Atchafalaya is a good hidden place to play . Will be back to play a few more rounds before i leave the Bayou State - Will miss my Home Course !

It saddens me to see what this course has become. The number of golfers in the US grew last year, and many other courses in the Southeast are flourishing. Some courses are struggling with poor conditions because of too many people playing them. That is not the case at Atchafalaya. A non-existent qualified workforce and other local factors have caused this course and its employees to be hoping for a complete shutdown. Unfortunately, for the remaining local golfers, there are not many other decent options. Fortunately, for this course, it is one of few options. I struggle to recommend spending the $50-$70 fee to play, but I also have no idea what the better alternative would be. Atchafalaya will be greatly missed when it closes. If you do book a tee time, keep in mind that certain holes may be closed due to ongoing renovation.

Pace of play is great since the course and clubhouse are empty.

Due to location and conditions, this should cost closer to $35 right now.

The course was in good shape except for the bunkers. I noticed that work was being done on some bunkers, but the rest were in bad shape. I found that most of the bunkers were not raked and had foot prints throughout.

I have played Atchafalaya for 10+ years. They are suffering from the same thing that many courses are suffering from. Lack of workers and lack of players. Finding people who want to work is becoming almost non-existent and the national trend is that less people are playing golf. Less golfers, less revenue more difficult to maintain the course. I would rate the course mow (excluding the sand traps that are in the process or being rebuilt) at a 4. The greens, while in transition, rolled well. Always has been an interesting course to play. Finally, to Ed Seltzer, thank you for your hard work and enjoy your retirement, you've earned it. Bob Barker

Very nice course, alot of the course is being repaired. Great drinks and food.

This course needs to close down worst course I ever played. They blame it on lack of help. It is in horrible shape

Overall the sand traps are under repair. The course is making some of the traps smaller and still are a long ways from completion.

Greens are patch and dry.

The course design is a 10. The condition is struggling because of worn machinery and the sand trap work.