Pelican Point Golf Club (Links course)

Pelican Point Golf Club (Links course): Located less than a mile from the Mississippi River and tucked in behind the Houmas House Plantation - Pelican Point comprises 36-holes split between the championship Links layout and the more compact, 6500 yard Lakes course - with its own clubhouse, the relatively open, nicely mounded, and less house-lined Lakes course is open for public play at most times - the longer, more challenging Links course is slightly more restricted for visitors, but still accessible - on the Links course, you'll find a pleasantly testing layout that weaves its way around several small ponds and through the Pelican Point residential community - in a predominantly open environment, with housing often on both sides of each hole, the fairways are generally good-width and bordered by a generous band of not overly penal, mounded rough - the flattish terrain leads you to excellent quality, large and significantly sloping greens, often defended by round, dish-shaped bunkers, both large and small - staying out of the frequently threatening water hazards and excellent bunkering is key to scoring well - contrasting with much of the course, the par-3 17th and gently-doglegging par-4 18th are played in a wonderfully natural, tree-lined setting - as a visitor (rather than Pelican Point home-owner), you may be left wondering why more of the layout could not have benefitted from this more natural routing.