Birkdale Golf Club

Course was in solid shape, greens firm and running nicely. Sand bunkers were a 100% better than courses at 3x the price, raked and fluffy sand. Always a bargain and a fun course to play.

I live in Virginia Beach I was visiting my dad and we played here and I was pretty satisfied! Pace of play was a little slower than I’m use to took about 5 and 1/2 hours plus they had a frost delay which is fine I just wish they notified us with the info my tee time was at 1230 but I didn’t start till 115 all in all the course is in great shape and it was a good round!

Played course 10/4 cart path only because course had been seeded fairways were high couldn’t see your ball from the cart path. That made it difficult for club selection because you had to locate your ball made for a lot of back and forth or carry 2 or three clubs with you onto the fairway or the rough.

Fairways were over seeded on 9/26 (I was not aware when I made the tee time). Difficult to locate ball on the fairway due to height of grass and no rollout. Greens not in great condition.

Birkdale doesnt really fall short on any aspect of their course. Its challenging, has holes that are more open, great mix of par 3/5s, and solid greens/fairways. However, Birkdale does not get my glowing review simply for their course.

It's their staff. I have golfed all over the country, and recently moved to RVA. I spent my first few months playing every course in an hour radius. When I arrived at Birkdale, I was greeted with an incredibly respectful and friendly pro-shop attendee. My first day, I met the pro, manager, and the main weekend starter. All of whom shared as much love for the sport as they did with their customers. It's the type of course where I know my interactions with staff will be friendly, the starter won't make you feel uncomfortable, and the overall atmosphere is one that other courses should look at as the gold standard.

Thank you to Reed and all of the other staff members for making my rounds incredible enjoyable. I'll be back 100 more times!

Course is not worth the $$. We were treated like intruders on their course at the club house. Had issues on the course with a group of younger players (18-21) who acted like the course was theirs on the way to a 6 hour round of golf. They would not allow faster played to play thru. Had to go around them and miss a hole. Would not play this course again even if free.

Ive played Birkdale semi regularly for years. It was in reasonably good shape when I last played earlier in the summer but it was in poor condition today. Greens were potmarked and poorly maintained, tee boxes were barren and fairways were rough. Only one water station on a hot day. Very disappointing to me and my partners.

Usually one of the cheaper options around Midlothian so I always take a peak at tee times before I book anywhere. Course conditions usually fluctuate for no apparent reason. Some years the greens are terrible, but this year seems to be a better year. If it rains, good luck trying to find a dry spot to hit your ball. Pretty poor drainage overall. Bring plenty to drink/eat, as typically you won’t see a cart coming around, even on busy days/weekends. Still, because I live so close to the course, as well as don’t have to drop $75-$125 to play a round, I keep coming back. Course design is also pretty unique, so fun to play around. If you’ve never played here, give it a try.

Played this course last time a few years ago. It has a good layout with a variety of holes and hazards (water, sharp doglegs, large trees strategically placed, etc). Pay attention to the yardage and play one set of tees back (ex. if you normally play the whites, play the blues here). This time it was in rough shape. The tees had a lot of weeds, the greens looked like they were not recovering from ball marks, and several holes had hard-as-rock dirt patches in the rough (mostly next to cart paths). I got a good deal through GolfNow, but I would not pay $50+ to play here the way it is now.

Fairways were in good shape but the greens were not the best. The greens had small marks with no grass and seems evident that the ball marks are not being repaired. I've seen worse at other courses but to be fair to those who are contemplating playing at Birkdale course conditions need more than a star rating and require some context.

Great course good location well maintained just don’t know on some holes what’s fair way what’s rough what’s fringe