Rounds at TPC Louisiana, English Turn, Bayou Oaks at City Park and Lakewood, with two hotel rooms in the French Quarter or CBD, are the plan. About 17% in hotel taxes, nightly valet parking, golf bag fees and a rental car for the drives out to the courses push the total up.
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413 courses around New Orleans & Northshore that take public tee times, by city, with peak green fees. Private member clubs are left out.
Home of the PGA Tour's Zurich Classic, a Pete Dye layout through bayou wetlands with more than 100 bunkers, about 25 minutes from the French Quarter.
golfpass.com golfpass.comA modern Rees Jones course in City Park, ten minutes from the French Quarter, with ten sets of tees and live oaks throughout.
golfpass.com neworleanscitypark.orgA Jack Nicklaus course that hosted the PGA Tour's New Orleans event until 2004, with water on all but three holes; now run by Troon and open to daily-fee play.
linksmagazine.com tigerdroppings.comA 7,000-yard course on the West Bank, about 20 minutes from downtown, finishing with the long 18th known as "Fire in the Hole"; conditions can vary.
golfpass.com linksmagazine.comA short par-62 course under old oaks next to Audubon Zoo, easy to reach by streetcar and good for a quick, relaxed round.
golfpass.com golfdigest.comA city course in Pontchartrain Park designed by pioneering Black architect Joseph Bartholomew, and one of the cheapest full rounds in town.
golfpass.com greenfeetracker.comA short par-68 course next to the South Course in City Park, cheap and casual but not kept to the same standard.
neworleanscitypark.org golfdigest.comDavid Toms's first design, ranked among Louisiana's top public courses, with pines, cypress and lakes about an hour from downtown.
golfpass.com golfpass.comA Dye-style course on the Northshore with railroad-tie greens and lots of water, about 35 minutes from the French Quarter; greens are its strong point.
golfpass.com visitthenorthshore.comA tight, tree-lined course with water on ten holes in St. Charles Parish, about 30 minutes west of downtown, known for good value and friendly staff.
golfpass.com golfpass.comA Pete Dye design through swampland in LaPlace, about 35 minutes west of the city, with water on ten holes.
golfnow.comA Robert Trent Jones Sr. layout on the West Bank with 80 bunkers and 17 water hazards, and carts included in the fee.
golfpass.com greenfeetracker.comA 27-hole West Bank facility with water on most holes and a cheap fee, but recent reviews rate its conditions poorly.
golfpass.com linksmagazine.comThe sample is 4 travelers for 4 nights. Your plan ($7,468) covers the main costs most people budget for, the ones you enter on the left. Costs people forget ($3,051, about 41% more for this trip) are the fees, taxes, tips and extras listed in the calculator. Prices were last checked on October 17, 2026.
Share of the $10,519 real cost. Nights and travelers multiply most of these costs, so changing either one moves the total the most.
13 of this trip's numbers link to a published price or rate. The rest are our estimates, and each one says what it is based on. You can also read how we calculate every trip.
| Cost | Default | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Green fees per golfer (whole trip) | $650 per traveler | Four peak-spring rounds with cart: TPC Louisiana $260 (golfers cite about $250 in spring; Golf Monthly lists non-resident fees of $129 to $300), English Turn $175 (GolfLink $134 to $190 on Nov 7; $164 weekend in 2025), Bayou Oaks South $105 (a golfer paid $110 on a March Saturday) and Lakewood $110 (GolfLink $81 to $113 on Nov 7). Total $650. Judgment call. Source |
| Hotel, two rooms per night (whole group) | $420 a night | Lowest public hotel rates in New Orleans average $198 in March, $205 in April and $165 in May (Engine, May 2024 to Apr 2026); $210 a room for a mid-range French Quarter or CBD hotel, two rooms = $420. GSA lodging per diem is $188 Feb to May. Judgment call. Source |
| Airfare per person | $397 per traveler | US DOT (BTS) average domestic itinerary fare for New Orleans (MSY), Q2 2026: $396.60. Source |
| Food per person, per day | $80 per traveler, per day | GSA FY2027 meals and incidentals (M&IE) rate for New Orleans (Orleans and Jefferson parishes): $80 a day. Source |
| Cost | Default | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Checked bag fees | $90 per traveler | Major US airlines charge about $35 to $50 for a first checked bag each way, so about $90 round trip. Source |
| Golf bag fees | $110 per traveler | American, Delta, United and Southwest treat a golf bag as a standard checked bag; a second bag is $55 each way. Source |
| Shipping your clubs Off by default | $108 per traveler | Ground shipping for a golf bag starts around $54 each way. Source |
| Lodging taxes | 17% of the hotel | BGR puts the total tax on a New Orleans hotel room at 16.35% (including the hotels' 1.75% tourism assessment). Louisiana raised its sales tax on rooms at 10+ room hotels in Orleans and Jefferson from 2.45% to 3% on Jan 1, 2025 (https://revenue.louisiana.gov/tax-education-and-faqs/faqs/sales-tax-reform/what-is-the-state-sales-tax-rate-for-sleeping-rooms-hotel-rooms-motel-rooms-and-similar-accommodations/), giving about 16.9%; we use 17%. Act 471 of 2025 lets the tourism assessment rise to 2.75% (not confirmed as levied). Short-term rentals are taxed differently. Judgment call. Source |
| Hotel occupancy fees | $4 a night | City hotel occupancy privilege tax: $0.50 a room per night (3 to 299 rooms) or $1 (300+ rooms); the Exhibition Hall Authority adds $0.50 to $2 a room per night by hotel size (https://www.roommaster.com/hotel-tax/new-orleans). About $2 a room for a large hotel, $4 for two rooms. Judgment call. Source |
| Rental car | $85 a day | KAYAK at MSY (Nov 2026): SUVs average $79 a day over 12 months (January cheapest at about $63, June priciest at $98). $85 a day for a minivan or large SUV in spring. Judgment call. Source |
| Hotel parking | $49 a night | Crowne Plaza French Quarter valet $49 a night plus tax; Hotel Indigo French Quarter $48 (https://www.ihg.com/hotelindigo/hotels/gb/en/new-orleans/msyrl/hoteldetail/directions). One car. Source |
| Drinks on the course | $80 per traveler | Our estimate of about $20 a round for beverage-cart drinks and snacks. Judgment call. Our estimate |
| Golf balls | $55 per traveler | A dozen Titleist Pro V1 balls lists at $55. Source |
| Tips for bag drop and cart staff | $20 per traveler | A few dollars at bag drop and the turn; we use $5 a round. Judgment call. Source |
| Side bets and prizes | $50 per traveler | Our estimate for skins, team bets and a small trophy. Our estimate |
| Lessons and extras you picked Off by default | $0 for the trip | Set by the extras you pick in the tee-time planner. Our estimate |
| Travel insurance | 6% of your plan | Squaremouth says a comprehensive plan averages about 6% of the trip cost, usually 4% to 10%. Source |
| Pre-trip shopping | $60 for the trip | Our estimate for travel-size toiletries, sunscreen and small things bought before a trip. Our estimate |
| Pet boarding or sitter | $50 a day, if you check Pets | Dogster puts regular kennel boarding at about $35 to $85 a night. Overnight sitters at home cost more. Source |
For 4 golfers spending 4 nights in peak spring season, with four rounds each, a hotel, two rooms, flights and food, plan on about $7,470. Once you add golf bag fees, lodging taxes, hotel occupancy fees, rental car, hotel parking, drinks on the course, balls, tips and side bets, it's closer to $10,520, or about $2,630 each. Use the tee-time planner above to price the courses you want.
Summer, from June to August. It is hot, humid and stormy, and many courses aerate their greens, but rates drop hard: golfers pay about $100 at TPC Louisiana in summer against about $250 in spring. Spring has the best conditions and the highest prices. Source
Yes. It is a public Pete Dye course about 25 minutes from the French Quarter. Visitors pay about $130 to $300 depending on season and time, and Louisiana residents pay less. Walking is allowed, and you can rent clubs. Source
During Mardi Gras in February or early March, Jazz Fest over the last weekend of April and the first of May, and Zurich Classic week in late April. February hotels average about $231 a night and October about $228, against about $165 in May and $124 in August. Book early or plan around those dates. Source
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International (MSY) in Kenner, about 15 miles west of the French Quarter. TPC Louisiana, Grand Ridge and Belle Terre are on the airport side of town. The US DOT average fare into New Orleans was about $397 in spring. Source