After more than 60 years, LSU is set to permanently close its golf course this summer.<\/p>\n
The 18-hole course will remain open to the public through May 9, and it will shut down on June 30, said Zach Labbe, an LSU spokesperson, in an email Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis decision reflects the university\u2019s ongoing evaluation of operational priorities, financial stewardship, and long-term planning needs,\u201d he wrote. \u201cLSU appreciates the golf course\u2019s longstanding role in the community and is committed to supporting employees through the transition.\u201d<\/p>\n
LSU decided to close the course after a \u201ccomprehensive, multi-year review,\u201d and that no final decision has been made on a future use of the property.<\/p>\n
In 2024, The Advocate reported the university was considering the site<\/a> as a potential home for a proposed $400 million arena<\/a> on campus. Records obtained by The Advocate at the time showed studies had been run on how an arena in that location might affect traffic patterns.<\/p>\n The course also faced possible closure in 2015<\/a>, when LSU was developing a master plan for the university and seeking to optimize space.<\/p>\n Located at Nicholson Drive and Gourrier Avenue, the course has been operating at a net loss in recent years. A university budget document<\/a> shows the course reported around $525,000 in operating revenues and expenses of roughly $718,000 in 2025. Similar numbers were reported in 2024<\/a>, with a total operating loss of $259,588.<\/p>\n The course was previously the home of the university\u2019s golf teams, until they switched in 1998 to the University Club on Memorial Tower Drive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After more than 60 years, LSU is set to permanently close its golf course this summer. The 18-hole…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545749,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,8803,99],"class_list":["post-545748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-hardwall","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}