ThatDudeP’s Review of Birkdale Golf Club on 9/3/11

Birkdale Golf Club

Date: 9/3/11 Sat Afternoon
Overall Rating:

"Worth playing"
Conditions: Average - isolated issues
Pace: > 5 Hours
Cost: $42
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My first time at Birkdale. Here’s My confessional impression. Enjoy.

Being that it’s an Arnold Palmie design, you can say it’s a players, players course. Everyone wants to play here; players and noobs like myself alike.

Was it worth the hype? Oh it’s not too shabby. I don’t think it quite compares to Tot Hill Farms up in Asheboro (Why is that course not on here btw?), but it’s a beautifully designed course with large, open rolling fairways and a few water hazards. Speaking of, #18 was my favorite hole.

You will drive through neighborhoods, roll across streets and might even get the chance to indulge your eyes in a hot milf, possibly cougar jogging through the streets.

While offering carts with GPS was a biiiiiig perk, 80% of the carts didn’t have them. But if you ask and tip nicely, they’ll take care of ya. Greens were punched, but they didn’t affect roll too much. Strangely, for a course of this caliber, the bathrooms were still pretty filthy.

In short, I wouldn’t pay the $69 rack rate, but if you can book a Tee time though EZLinks, it’s worth the 40 bucks.