Birkdale Golf Club

Played here a few years ago and the course was immaculate. I don’t what has happened since. The greens were all chewed up, the tee boxes were atrocious and very little room to hit from. Not worth the money at all. I recommended going somewhere else like Mill Quarter Plantation or Providence Golf Club. It was very disappointing and the only bright spot on the day was one of the holes, maintenance was letting water pressure out of the pipes and it turned into a geyser.

The pace is always decent most slower players allow you to play through. Great layout the staff is amazing.

Played this course and had allotted plenty of time to play. Good thing because the course was crowded and everyone must have been in no hurry to play a round. Totally ok though as the people I came across were super friendly and did not get mad at me or the staff for not pairing me up with someone. Relaxing day with my best 9 ever on the back. The front...meh but that just makes me want to go back again.

The greens were definitely in ok shape but considering it's already September, you can't expect too much. Still sandy. I love the signs that say "repair your ball mark and one other" but you can tell that most people aren't abiding by that request.

The staff at the end of the day were extremely friendly and were my biggest cheerleaders when I had told them about my best 9. I'm sure they shoot rounds like that all the time but it still was nice of them to acknowledge my accomplishment.

It had been awhile since I had golfed there and I forgot how fun this course is. Whether you're a beginner golfer or a little better than average this course won't overpower you and you'll have a great time chasing that little white ball around its fairways.

Greens a little sparse and looked like recently top dressed. Still good shape all around.

I've played this course multiple times because it's so close to my house. I learned to play golf on this course and really liked it for a pretty beginner friendly course. Most fairways are pretty wide open, not a ton of undulation on the greens, solid layout overall. The course conditions just haven't been great for what you pay the last few times I've gone. Most of the staff is just rude to be quite frank, in particular there is an older lady that works the counter that just seems to hate working there. The price has also gone up every year since I started playing golf, and this course would be great value for 30-45 bucks but it can't be justified over other courses in the area at the $50 mark. They do have new carts, but for the price I just think there are better options in the area. Lake Chesdin, Providence, and Mill Quarter come to mind.

Here we go. The good: Staff at course is fantastic. If you want to support a local course with great people, this is it.

The bad/awful: Course is in terrible shape. Tee boxes were mostly mud and dirt. Greens (besides hole 10, 13 and 18) are simply miserable. Sand, divots, brown spots, horrible. No consistency putting, no pace, forget lining up the put. Ball will have a mind of it's own. Fairways as always very wet and long grass off the middle. No value if you pay the full price.

The pace: 5 and 1/2 hours to play a long and enduring round of golf. 4 sums that should be on the front tee's on the back. 2 sums, 3 sums and 4 sums scattered every where. The course was miserable but the time to play it was excruciating. Long painful round of golf.

Course layout is fun. Staff is great. Play the course but set your expectations in low gear.

Group of 4 brothers traveled to play several courses near Richmond. Course was well maintained, all the staff were helpful. Enjoyable experience

Good layout and at times challenging. Place is in ok shape for Aug with a couple of rough greens and tee boxes but it really didn’t bother me at all. Good value for the price so I recommend giving it a look.

Got a deal on TeeOff and paid $36. On a Friday. Great!! But that’s where the fun ends. The greens are in terrible shape with sand on some and large areas of no grass on most. So between the grass loss and the hundreds of unfixed ball marks, putting is just a guess I don’t know how they could go so bad so fast but it’s bad enough that we won’t play there any more this year. They should pay us to play a course in such bad shape!

We enjoyed a ice round. Didn’t play well but it was not the courses fault. Nice mix of challenges.

I am new to the area. Lots of courses in Virginia. I hope they are all this fun. We will be coming back.

We had a 11:48 tee time and was ready to go. At 11:40 the pro told us to wait till a threesome went in front. They were the 11:30 group but were late-they checked in at 11:42. Then it turns out they all were the slowest non golfers I have ever been behind. Obviously they didn’t know the basic golf etiquette and never waived us through. We waited EVERY SINGLE SHOT while there were 2-3 holes open in front of them. Took 4 3/4 hours RIDICULOUS