English Turn Golf and Country Club
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. 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 college golf teams.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, 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:
- USF&G Classic
- Freeport-McMoRan Golf Classic
- Freeport-McMoRan Classic
- Freeport-McDermott Classic
- Compaq Classic of New Orleans
- HP Classic of New Orleans
- Zurich Classic of New Orleans
- American Junior Golf Association's New Orleans event
College
- Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Golf Championship
Club facilities
The venue offers chipping and putting practice areas. The facility also has six tennis courts and a junior Olympic-size pool used as the home of a swim team.
