SmitteyB’s Review of Birkdale Golf Club on 4/1/13

Birkdale Golf Club

Date: 4/1/13 Mon Afternoon
Overall Rating:

"Worth playing"
Conditions: Good - normal wear/tear
Pace: > 5 Hours
Cost: $23
Username: SmitteyB
Profile: Avid Golfer (about once a week)
Handicap: 7.0
Today's Score: 80
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Booked online for $23 for a 2pm start time. Upon check-in the kid in the pro shop tried upping the price to $39- I called bull and he changed his tune.

The course was cart path only which did slow down play. I ended up only going 9 holes and that was 3 hours! The putting green is almost half engulfed with crabgrass, so that is borderline unacceptable.

Course conditions were a little wet in spots with mostly dormant grass, but bunkers were raked and greens were certainly playable- they were rolling surprisingly fast and smooth for the season. So 4 stars on the greens. Tee boxes have new fresh grass starting to poke through, but look like crap. Huge GUR area short of 3rd green which isn’t too pretty.

For $23 I think it was a good deal and would be worth it. Leaps and bounds better than Skybrook.