City Park Golf Courses (New Orleans)
| Club information | |
|---|---|
| Location |
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
| Established | 1902 |
| Type | Public |
| Owned by | New Orleans City Park |
| Operated by | Bayou District Foundation |
| Total holes | 36 |
| Tournaments hosted | Crescent City Open (1938), New Orleans Open (twelve times)(1939-1962) |
| Website | City Park Golf Courses website |
| Designed by | John Tobin (original), Rees Jones, Inc. and Torre Design Consortium, LTD. (most recent) |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 18 hole courses - South Course:7,305 yards, North Course: 5,700 yards |
The City Park Golf Courses consist of two 18-hole golf courses located in City Park, in New Orleans, Louisiana. The two courses named the South Course and North Course also include a driving range, ancillary short-game facility and two clubhouses.
The original City Park golf course consisted of one course and 9 holes and was built in 1902. It was redesigned and expanded to 18-holes in 1921 and expanded again to 27-holes in 1922. This became to be known as South Course or Number 2 Course.
In 1933, federal money from the Emergency Relief Administration (ERA), a precursor of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), was used to design a golf course between Harrison Avenue and the railroad tracks. This was called the East Course or Number 1 Course and was designed by William Wiedorn, a landscape architect and city planner. The New Orleans Item Newspaper on January 14, 1935 also gives credit to Joe Bartholomew for designing the new course. The course was built during 1934, and formally opened on January 13, 1935. The length of the course at opening was given as 6445 yards. The Crescent City Open (1938) and New Orleans Open (1939-1962) used this course thirteen different times for the tournament.
The St. John Golf Club located in City Park had used the second floor of the City Park Casino building as its original clubhouse, but in 1938 a second golf club building was built near Zachary Taylor Drive and Bayou St. John. It was formally dedicated in October 1940. The St. John Golf Club has the distinction of being the oldest private club playing on a public course in the county, and it was the first golf club at City Park.
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