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The Atchafalaya at Idlewild is an 18-hole public golf course in Patterson, Louisiana.

Designed by von Hagge, Smelek and Baril. It plays 7,533 yards from the GATOR Handicap tees, rated 76.4/136 (checked 2026-08-21).

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18
holes
72
par
7,533
yards (tips)
136
slope (gator handicap)
The shape of the round · GATOR Handicap teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — GATOR HANDICAP TEES418247586463432635244383457430219401536453227594336472142335445465738494104113124135144153165174184PAROUT 3,865 YDSIN 3,668 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
von Hagge, Smelek and Baril reported
access
public
address
400 Cotten Rd, Patterson, LA 70392, USA
phone
923-956-7400
elevation
14 ft derived
opened
2006
on site
pro shop · restaurant

29.66694, -91.29429 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. Hole 18 is mapped without a green. 2 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one. The map below draws everything that has been traced.

239 traced features across 7 layers for The Atchafalaya at Idlewild, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery.

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239 traced features across 7 layers for The Atchafalaya at Idlewild, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

18
Holes
18
Fairways
82
Bunkers
14
Water
17
Greens
71
Tee pads
7,061yds
GATOR Handicap tees
635yds
Longest hole
219yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2023-04-30

Tees & ratings

Ratingsreported, not from the clubchecked 2026-08-21

Yardagesfrom the clubread from the scorecard imagechecked 2026-08-21

All 6 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 6 rows.

GATOR HandicapM72753376.413638653668
BearM72703273.813435323362
EAGLE HandicapM72652071.912733363184
OwlM72593268.712128852782
OtterF72526371.112226342562
TurtleM72389319371956

Every figure as published; a blank cell is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardfrom the clubread from the scorecard imagechecked 2026-08-21

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 435445344434543544 72
GATOR Handicap 418247586463432635244383457430219401536453227594336472 7,533
EAGLE Handicap 369209512394366531177350428371175359473374174523310425 6,520
Bear 406212551437391576213352394395191389498400186552331420 7,032
Owl 331138471327334498155278353328151316439302143495261347 5,932
Otter 294130437294301445138268327308129283400290112471233336 5,263
Turtle 2221033282222283301011562472349921230022688356180261 3,893
Handicap 151173131179512161048142186

The Studio

The Studio can't plan The Atchafalaya at Idlewild hole by hole yet.

We hold its scorecard and 239 traced features, but not a model of every green, which a plan aims at.

It plans 4,579 courses hole by hole today, and it charts your bag anywhere.

  • 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

See the courses it plans Open the Studio

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

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

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Also bookable nearby: St Mary Golf Country Club (5.0 mi) · Bayouside Golf Club (26 mi) · Bayou Country Club (31 mi) · Houma Golf Club (34 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
Longest7,533 yds3rd of 121=101st of 12,02523rd of 4,105 public courses · 41st of 7,004 courses you can book · =101st of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 136=14th of 68=1,956th of 8,710=364th of 2,882 public courses · =767th of 4,936 courses you can book · =1,911th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 76.42nd of 58=120th of 7,615=25th of 2,412 public courses · =42nd of 4,145 courses you can book · =120th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread3,640 yds between tees3rd of 116113th of 11,52335th of 3,841 public courses · 61st of 6,653 courses you can book · 111th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 2006=71st of 80=8,896th of 9,368=3,137th of 3,277 public courses · =5,256th of 5,526 courses you can book · =6,636th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level14 ft derived =93rd of 123=11,812th of 12,437=4,188th of 4,289 public courses · =7,005th of 7,274 courses you can book · =8,622nd 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 progress3 of 6 built

3 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 6 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 5 sets of tees.
  • Course map, partly built.17 of the 18 greens are drawn — the rest of the course isn't mapped yet.
  • 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.6 of 7 background details — we don't hold the grass on the greens.

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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 2026-08-21. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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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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