It’s been the year of the Big Rebound in the Big Easy.

Jazz is back. The French Quarter is buzzing. Riverboat casinos are afloat and ready to swallow patrons’ hard-earned quarters and nickels. The Saints even returned to the freshly renovated Louisiana Superdome to win their opening game.
But to say New Orleans is on the rebound also implies that everything will soon be as it once was, which of course it won’t. Today, New Orleans golf is on the mend. And in many ways the healing mirrors the state of the city itself: It’s picking itself up, scraping away the mud and sludge, and slowly opening back up to the world.