The Atchafalaya at Idlewild

Drove in from NOLA to play another course on the Audobon Trial. Beautiful course especially the front 9 and excellently maintained. Even the typical summer rain during play did not hinder us. Some of the sand bunkers held water from the rain shower. The greens were gorgeous and gave us just the right amount of challenge without being too difficult. We had a laugh over the camouflaged carts! All of the staff were very helpful and extremely personable especially the lady that helped me buy three pieces of clothing in the pro/gift shop! The selection of ladies apparel surprised me! Proud that Louisiana has such a unique golf course to offer for all to enjoy!!!!

I am currently playing my way through the Audubon Trail in Louisiana and found my favorite stop so far. I walked into the main foyer to find a large wait. The course has a restaurant that was PACKED at lunch. I found out why when I made the turn, food was amazing. Staff was one of the best I have encountered. Course was a little soggy due to rain but was still a great round. They were mowing (it was a Monday) so that stirred up the wasps. Bug spray is a must. But if you are playing in South Louisiana you knew that already. I will be going back.

Love the layout. Very challenging course and worth the drive for me. Greens weren't in bad shape. They need to blow off all of the excess grass on the tee boxes and get the rough in better shape. Rough is nothing but weeds

I enjoy playing this course We played the two days after all that rain it drains well wasn't to wet.

Course condition was sub-par. Greens and bunkers were terrible. Condition is falling and our group will not return at full price ($73). Too bad because we like the layout. The workers in the club house are very nice and the restaurant is very good.

Love Atchafalaya!
The greens have been aerated recently, but other than that, it's a great course!

Day did not start out well when we were told only 9 homes were open due to sanding of the greens. So we had to play the front 9 multiple times. Noticed a large truck spreading what appeared to be some sort of dusty chemical on the mounds surrounding the driving range. On #1 fairway we saw signs of large wide tire marks on the fairway. Not possible to play the ball as it lies as a result.
The tee boxes did not appear to have been mown recently. We played on Thursday and the weather had been perfect all week so no idea why tee boxes should have been shaggy.
In the rough and on the mounds surrounding the greens were various types of weeds that were at least a weeks growth high.
Easy to see why they were punching and sanding the greens. Several greens had signs of bare spots.
Maybe if the course was manicured it could live up to its reputation. The layout is challenging. Just wish it had been in better shape. At a good rate I would give it a 2nd chance next time I am in the area and hope for better conditions.

This used to be a remarkable track, great greens and etc. I have never seen it in this bad of shape, greens are slow and hairy, tee box's are like rough anywhere else, just totally lost and must be going broke, not worth the $, drive to Latour or the Nola or Lafayette area, I will not be back or recommend anyone to play here until conditions are 110% better.

Course in good shape. The carts and GPS are horrible.

Great Louisiana feel, greens were solid, 3:15 round with two people. Great experience.

The course was in great shape and everything was beautiful. Still very green for this late in the season. The staff and facilities are top notch. I definitely want to go back and will recommend it to friends.
Richard Aucoin

It's a dog track. the fairway and greens are bad. Nice club house

The course was in good shape. The carts could use a little work. Overall good experience

Even though the course seemed to be in excellent condition, the womens tee box needs to have the grass cut. All other tee boxes seemed to be in great conditions.

Awesome course but the grass on the greens were a little long could have been cut shorter, made for a rough day of reading speeds of putts.

Very nice hidden gem in the swamp land of southern Louisiana. Clubhouse and scenery on the course is beautiful. Staff was great. Course Marshall was on top of everything. He checked on us 3 or 4 times throughout our round to make sure we weren't being held up by the group ahead of us but he was on them as well and kept us all on pace so there was no issues. I was truly surprised at what a nice course it was out in the middle of nowhere. Bunkers could use some work as some of them were unplayable but then again I shouldn't have been in the bunker in the first place. Greens were soft allowing for aggressive shots at the pins and the ball would stop on a dime and spin back. They also were surprisingly fast for being so soft. Hackers beware; you will lose lots of balls on this course. If you have good control of your ball then it's really not all that hard of a course. The par 3's are long but the greens are huge. Pretty much all the greens are huge. Birdies are certainly attainable and relatively close par putts were routine on this course.

Go check it out!

The course has a wonderful layout save 2 holes. It could be a magnificent course if they paid attention to the course details. The rough around the greens was sparse and the bunkers were not freshly raked. Otherwise, we had a fantastic experience. The club house is unique, and The food is beyond restaraunt quality. Also, we saw gators, raccoons, armadillos, and other various wildlife.

Enjoyed playing this great course. Love the layout! Very nice staff and the food in the restaraunt is great.

Have nothing but good things to say.
Awesome course throughout

Great atmosphere and awesome food. Truly an enjoyable place to play.