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Links on the Bayou is an 18-hole municipal golf course in Alexandria, Louisiana.

Designed by Mike Young. It plays 6,842 yards from the Black tees, rated 73.6/136 (checked 2026-08-15).

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18
holes
72
par
6,842
yards (tips)
136
slope (black)
The shape of the round · Black teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BLACK TEES547356457442363156522191389405440412537176511343317203152434445463758394104114124135143155164174183PAROUT 3,423 YDSIN 3,344 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 18 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

designer
Mike Young reported
access
municipal
address
271 Vandenburg Dr, Alexandria, LA 71303, USA
elevation
81 ft derived
opened
2002
on site
driving range · putting green · pro shop · restaurant

31.30434, -92.53680 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 12 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

180 traced features across 8 layers for Links on the Bayou, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery.

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180 traced features across 8 layers for Links on the Bayou, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

18
Holes
17
Fairways
42
Bunkers
2
Water
18
Greens
70
Tee pads
6,767yds
Black tees
547yds
Longest hole
156yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2023-04-16 – 2023-06-01

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-15

All 5 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 5 rows.

BlackM726842contested676773.613634233344
BlueM72625270.812831703129
WhiteM72588469.212229362930
GreenM725465contested520067.411726162584
RedF72530571.5123

Every figure as published except Card yards (derived), which is summed from the card below and shown only where a published figure is contested; a blank cell elsewhere is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

The Black and Green tees publish a yardage total the scorecard below does not add up to. Both figures are published and nothing we hold settles which one a round plays to, so the Yards column keeps the published figure, marked contested, and each tee's own yardage row from the card below is summed beside it, marked derived.

Scorecard

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-15

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 544443534444535443 72
Black 547356457442363156522191389405440412537176511343317203 6,842
Blue 506334424402337131504173359371415374517161489324297181 6,252
White 485301390383293122473159330350391348493142465316262163 5,884
Green 44925234934723597435144308322355291464118411279233111 5,465
Handicap 313115151779186141210418162

No per-hole yardages are published for Red, so it is not on the card above.

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Links on the Bayou hole by hole, for your game.

Ask in plain words. The Studio draws each hole on the aerial photo, picks a club for each shot from your carries and the way you miss, and shows where a miss costs you strokes. Where a green was surveyed, it reads the slope too.

  • The approach, planned A Studio approach map on the aerial photo: a lob wedge aimed at the island green, its spread drawn as a dashed ring over the water, and the side it most often misses. Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • The green, from LiDAR A Studio green view on the aerial photo: arrows for the slope a LiDAR survey measured, the area a cup could be cut, and the safer side to miss. Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • Every shot, tee to green A Studio plan on the aerial photo of a desert par 4: the driver off the tee and a 7-iron into the green between the bunkers, each shot with its landing spread drawn as a dashed ring. Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

Plan this course in the Studio

Pictures: Studio output for a sample golfer, drawn 2026-10-15. The Studio needs a free account. AI can make mistakes.

© OpenStreetMap contributors

Book a tee time

Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to Links on the Bayou's own booking page rather than quoting a figure that was true the week we captured it.

Check tee times and rates

Also bookable nearby: Oakwing Golf Club (1.2 mi) · Bringhurst Golf Course (4.9 mi) · Tamahka Trails (32 mi) · Spring Bayou Golf Country Club (32 mi)

Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

FigureThis courseIn LouisianaNationwideAmong its peers
Longest6,842 yds=47th of 121=3,120th of 12,02546th of 268 municipal courses · =1,481st of 7,004 courses you can book · =3,100th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 136=14th of 68=1,956th of 8,710=18th of 182 municipal courses · =767th of 4,936 courses you can book · =1,911th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 73.6=26th of 58=1,853rd of 7,615=23rd of 146 municipal courses · =772nd of 4,145 courses you can book · =1,838th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,537 yds between tees53rd of 116=5,156th of 11,52378th of 249 municipal courses · =2,708th of 6,653 courses you can book · =5,084th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 2002=63rd of 80=8,434th of 9,368=190th of 217 municipal courses · =4,979th of 5,526 courses you can book · =6,260th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level81 ft derived =41st of 123=10,245th of 12,437=235th of 280 municipal courses · =6,266th of 7,274 courses you can book · =7,400th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

A published figure is compared only against the courses that publish it too, which is why the totals differ from row to row — a state's length field is the courses with a scorecard, not the courses in the state. Height above sea level is the exception: we derive it from a coordinate, so its field is very nearly every course we render. Ties share an ordinal and are marked =. How this is computed →

What's on this page

In progress4 of 6 built

4 of 6 parts of this course page are built, and we're filling in the rest.

  • Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 4 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 5 sets of tees.
  • Course map, built.All 18 greens drawn, with the fairways, bunkers and water, over aerial imagery.
  • Per-hole distances, built.Every hole is traced, so carries and distances to the front, middle and back of each green are measured along the line you actually play.
  • Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
  • Course details, partly built.5 of 7 background details — we don't hold a phone number and the grass on the greens.

The site is in beta and the database is still being built, so expect gaps. Know something we don't? Help us fill it in — a link to where it's published is worth more than anything else you could send.

Sources

Gathered from the course's own site and public records — every figure on this page is traceable to who published it and when. Spot an error or a gap? Tell us.

Location and identity seeded from OpenStreetMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Last checked 2026-08-15. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

Compare this course →

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Nearby courses

Oakwing Golf Club

1.2 mi · Alexandria · public · 18 holes

Bringhurst Golf Course

4.9 mi · Alexandria · public · 9 holes

Bay Hills Recreation Park

31 mi · Bunkie · 18 holes

Tamahka Trails

32 mi · Marksville · resort · 18 holes

Spring Bayou Golf Country Club

32 mi · Marksville · semi-private · 9 holes

Lasalle Golf Country Club

34 mi · Trout · private · 9 holes

Ville Platte Golf Country Club

40 mi · Ville Platte · private · 9 holes

Pine Ridge Country Club

43 mi · Winnfield · semi-private · 9 holes

Straight-line distance from this course's coordinates, within 60 miles — not driving distance, and it crosses state lines where the nearest courses are over one.

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