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comes into play on almost every hole. It’s also a tad
easier with a slope of 127 from the tips as opposed to
Cotton Creek’s 136 rating.
LOST KEY – You have to cross state lines to get to
this beauty, where accuracy is demanded, creating that
sinking feeling of imminent trouble awaiting on either
side of the fairways and in front of many greens as well.
That’s how it earned its nickname of “Lost Ball’’ when
it first opened.
An Arnold Palmer Group redesign in 2006 did its
best to alter that reputation without extracting all of
Lost Key’s teeth. Need evidence? Its course slope rating
remains a robust 144. Strategy is a must.
The best thing accomplished was a change of
turf grasses as Lost Key opted for sturdier Sea Dwarf
Paspalum. It’s planted from tee to green and makes
for excellent playing conditions with true rolls on its
massive undulating greens.
Lost Key also is the first golf course in the state
of Florida to earn the certification as an Audubon
International Signature Sanctuary. It strives for water
conservation, water quality management, wildlife and
habitat management, chemical use reduction and
safety.
That means nothing to a golf ball at Lost Key when
it sails into a heap of trouble.
Gulf Shores Golf Association Courses and Package
Rates (includes all tax, cart and range balls)
Cotton Creek - $65 - $90*
Cypress Bend - $65 - $90
Glenlakes - $59 - $70
Kiva Dunes - $75 - $95
Lost Key - $40 - $69
Peninsula - $75 - $95
Rock Creek - $60 - $75
TimberCreek - $55 all year
* Price range for all AM rounds is from off season
to peak season.
* Lodging packages that include golf are also
available.
Dave Lagarde is a former sportswriter and columnist for the
Times Picayune, where he worked for 42 years before leaving
more than a decade ago. He covered all sports, but his specialty
was golf. He went on to work four more years for PGATOUR.
com before abandoning his notepad. He happily sends his time
traveling, collecting fine wine and chasing the little white ball as
well as his 2-year-old grandson, Race Lagarde.
LGA announces CCL as host for 2017 Amateur Championship
The Louisiana Golf Association testament to the beautiful game
(LGA) announced The Country of golf. The Country Club of
Club of Louisiana in Baton Rouge Louisiana was redesigned in 2012,
as the host site for the 2017 LGA and it boasts some of the best
Amateur Championship. This greens in the state. It is a first-class
will be 98th edition of the LGA facility with a rich championship
Amateur Championship and the history, and we are confident the
third to be held at The Country club will stage a successful Amateur
Club of Louisiana (1999 and Championship. We continue to be
2006 previously). The dates of the appreciative to our member clubs
championship are June 8-11.
that are willing to give back to the
“The Country Club of Louisiana game by opening their doors to our
has always been tremendously championships.”
supportive of the LGA, and we’re
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extremely excited to be
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to again was designed by Jack Nicklaus
bring our marquee championship and opened for play in 1988. The
back to this great venue for the first challenging 18-hole, par 72 course
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