Tamahka Trails Golf Club

Tamahka Trails Golf Club, the course at Paragon Casino Resort in Marksville, Louisiana, takes its name from the Tunica-Biloxi word for alligator and meanders through a 230-acre tract of rolling terrain unique to central Louisiana. Designed by award-winning architect Steve Smyers (not Jeffrey D. Brauer as previously recorded), the par-71 championship layout offers five sets of tees ranging from 4,370 to 7,019 yards, calibrated to stretch scratch golfers from the back while rewarding higher handicappers with five distinct angles of approach. The course is routed to showcase natural features of the Avoyelles Parish landscape, gentle elevation changes, natural water hazards, and indigenous hardwoods, and has become a cornerstone of Louisiana's Audubon Golf Trail. Its championship bona fides include three stints as a US Open Qualifying site and back-to-back Golf Digest Top 10 Louisiana rankings in 2015 and 2016.