English Turn Golf and Country Club explained

Golf Facility Name:English Turn Golf and Country Club
Location:New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Pushpin Map:USA#USA Louisiana
Pushpin Relief:1
Coordinates:29.906°N -89.955°W
Elevation:Sea level
Type:Private
Holes:18
Tournaments:New Orleans PGA Tour event (1989–2004, 2006)
American Jr Golf Assoc New Orleans event
Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Golf Championship
Website:englishturngolf.com
Par1:72
Rating1:75.0
Slope1:142 [1]

The English Turn Golf and Country Club is a private golf course and country club in the southern United States, located in New Orleans, Louisiana.[2] Formerly a venue of the PGA Tour, its par-72 championship course measures from the It is the home course for the Tulane Green Wave and the University of New Orleans Privateers college golf teams.[3]

Course history

Southeast of downtown, the course was designed by Jack Nicklaus for the New Orleans PGA Tour event and opened The event, previously held at Lakewood Country Club, was played at English Turn for sixteen editions (1989–2004), then moved west to TPC Louisiana in 2005. Damage to that course by Hurricane Katrina in late summer caused a one-year return

For the first edition in 1989, the course was set at and the winner's share was, Tim Simpson was the champion, two strokes ahead of runners-up Greg Norman and Hal Sutton.

Tournaments

PGA Tour

The tour event at English Turn went by many names:

American Junior Golf Association

College

Club facilities

The venue offers chipping and putting practice areas.[6] The facility also has six tennis courts and a junior Olympic-size pool used as the home of a swim team.[7] [8]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Course Rating and Slope Database™ - English Turn Golf and Country Club . USGA . April 26, 2018.
  2. Web site: Golf Course Details. englishturngolf.com. 2018-03-13.
  3. Web site: Tulane Golf Facilities. tulanegreenwave.com. 2018-03-13.
  4. Web site: A Brief History of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. lgagolf.org. 2018-03-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20170819192615/http://www.lgagolf.org/abriefhistoryofthezurich. 2017-08-19. dead.
  5. Web site: Our History – Zurich Classic of New Orleans. zurichgolfclassic.com. 2018-03-13.
  6. Web site: Practice facilities. englishturngolf.com. 2018-03-13.
  7. Web site: Tennis. englishturngolf.com. 2018-03-13.
  8. Web site: Swimming. englishturngolf.com. 2018-03-13.