GolfWeek Ranks Black Bear Golf Club #1 Public Course in The State for 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. Black Bear was ranked one of GolfWeek's Best Courses for seven consecutive years and named as a GolfDigest America's Best New Course in 2007. Located just off Interstate 20, between Monroe and Vicksburg, with lakefront cabins, world-class fishing, Champion's Bistro and a state of the art RV park-Black Bear Golf Course is the 'must play' on Louisiana's Audubon Golf Trail. Stay at the Black Bear Lodge, a 17-room hotel for visitors to Black Bear Golf Club with course-view rooms, a swimming pool and tennis courts.