OakWing Golf Club

2345 Vandenburg Drive,

Alexandria, Louisiana LA 71303

  • Office

    +1 (318) 561 0260
  • Fax

    +1 (318) 561 2770
  • Golf pro

    Robbie Gueringer (PGA, Head Golf Professional).

About the course

  • The Course:

    18 holes. Tree-lined & open parkland. Relatively flat terrain - easy to walk.

  • Surroundings:

    Varied - woodland, small airfield, urban, rural countryside, school, cemetry, church and a bayou !

  • Designer:

    Jim Lipe

Back
tees
Club
tees
Front
tees
Yards
7043
5819
5007
Par
72
72
72
SSS or slope
73.7
68.0
69.1

Location

Latitude:

31.318915

Longitude:

-92.527242

How to get there:

3 miles W of Alexandria

OakWing Golf Club

4-star: Above average course - well worth a visit.

Est. 2002

OakWing Golf Club: In the very centre of Louisiana, alongside the city of Alexandria, you'll find another of the Audubon Golf Trail's enjoyable and challenging championship courses. An excellent variety of holes and golfing challenges awaits the visitor to OakWing.

Although a predominantly open, parkland course, some stretches are routed alongside mature trees. Other holes are flanked by small lakes, while the middle of the back-nine occupies a distinctly open, links-like environment alongside a not overly busy aerodrome.

On the front-nine the par-4 3rd and long par-3 4th are tightly wrapped around a small lake. The closing four holes of this front-nine loop are also fiercely water defended. Beyond the green of the par-4 6th five mounted fighter aircraft provide an impressive backdrop, as well as a memorial to a former Air Force Base (see Did You Know section below).

This varied collection of well-bunkered, often water-defended and generally well-maintained holes continues through its suburban setting, with tall mature oaks, open countryside, wetlands, a bayou, schools, housing, an airfield, a cemetery and a couple of churches all adding to the varied scene alongside and beyond the course.

Good mounding and bunkering around the often sloping greens is never more in evidence than at the short par-4 5th, and at the attractive and assorted collection of par-3s. OakWing may not be top gun on the Audubon Trail, but it will provide an enjoyable round and good overall examination of your golfing skills.

List of courses: Louisiana

Visitors

Who can play and when?

Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends.

Must book in advance.

Green fees

Visitor fee, 18-holes: Mon-Thur $49; Fri-Sun $59. Golf cart included.

Contact club for full details, discounts, packages, etc. [Last updated: 2024].

Other information

Non-metal spike facility. Golf carts are fitted with GPS. Walking permitted.

Practice facilities

Good

Did you know?

OakWing GC is a member of Louisiana's Audubon Golf Trail. The Trail was established in 2001, and includes 18 of the best public-access courses in the state. [See our entry for Audubon Park (Did You Know section) for a list of the Audubon Golf Trail courses].

The club is located alongside a former United States Air Force facility that operated between 1942 and 1992. Originally known as Alexandria Army Air Base, it was renamed England Air Force Base in honour of Lt Col John Brooke England, a much decorated WW2 fighter pilot, who flew P-51 Mustangs.

The five mounted fighter aircraft in Heritage Park (alongside the 6th green) is a memorial to the Air Base and 23rd Fighter Wing (which incorporated the famous Flying Tigers).

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