22 TEE BOX Fifteen holes will drain into the new irrigation lake, enabling the club to recycle almost all runoff The nine-hole False River Golf and Country Club in Ventress, Louisiana, will reopen in autumn 2026 as an 18-hole course with Golden Age styling, designed by Nathan Crace. Located around 30 miles northwest of state capital Baton Rouge, False River has operated as a nine-hole facility since 1963. Local businessman Jim Moore bought the club and some adjacent land in 2023 and appointed in Crace to oversee a renovation and expansion project. “It was a typical nine-hole layout from the 1960s but it was in great condition,” COURSE BLUEPRINT False River G&CC The new parthree third features a Lion’s Mouth bunker For the new fourth hole, Crace has created a double dogleg The long par-four second and parfive sixth both have Biarritz greens The distinctive wedge shape of the course is a result of the French ‘arpent’ system of land division that is evident in Louisiana Holes three to five and ten to fifteen are entirely new, wrapping around the land once occupied by the old nine to create an 18-hole layout 80-foot-tall cypress trees at the back of the fourteenth green have been preserved Image: Watermark Golf | Nathan Crace Design 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
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