Birch Hills Golf Course

I've made a 1st birdie here since I began golfing. Nice and fun experience. Highly recommend for the beginners and short time players.

They don’t ask to join anther people, they foce to do it.

Ask nicely if you want to make someone to join another people.

Staffs need more kindness.

Bring a helmet. Side by side holes and alot of bad, new golfers. Have low expectations and you will have a great time

Got through the front 9 in 90 minutes. Back 9 slower. Best Executive Course in OC.

Course is in nice condition. Nicely laid out. Wide variety of distances from tee to greens. Pace of play was a little slow.

Amazing course for the the amount you pay love the mix of part 3s and 4s. They also keep the course very maintained and clean the only downside to this course in my opinion is how backed up it can get at times 2-3 groups on a hole is pretty insane but if you can push past that this course is amazing!

This course is prefect to work on your short game with of couple par 4 holes. Weather and pace were good

Great course to walk. Course layout is great for someone work on your short game.

Most of the holes are pitch & putt. The par 4’s are all really short. Overall it’s a good course to practice and to walk.

I'm guessing the greens were punched a couple of weeks ago but they were baked out a lot more than expected so the remaining bumps and coarse sand were magnified.

While I have previously enjoyed golfing at Birch Hills Golf Course without any issues, I feel compelled to share a recent negative experience regarding how they handled an incident where my vehicle was damaged by an errant golf ball from their course.

As I was driving on Birch Street, a public road adjacent to the golf course, a golf ball flew between the trees and struck the front of my vehicle. I immediately reported the incident to the course staff, hoping for a responsible resolution. Nelly, a staff member, informed me that their course policy was to attempt to locate the responsible golfer. Despite their efforts, including a search by the course marshal, they were unable to identify the responsible party.

When I inquired about direct compensation for the damages, I was met with a surprising refusal. Nelly claimed an uncited "California law", stating that the golfer alone was 100% responsible and that the golf course bore no liability. Furthermore, they denied carrying any relevant insurance and suggested that covering the damages myself wouldn’t be too costly, essentially leaving me to deal with the aftermath on my own.

This experience has been deeply disappointing. Instead of acknowledging the incident and offering fair assistance or compensation, Birch Hills Golf Course chose to deny any responsibility. This lack of accountability and professionalism for someone affected by their operations has led me to decide that I will be taking my business elsewhere in the future.

For those who value their property and seek to support businesses with a sense of moral responsibility, I recommend looking for another golf course. An establishment’s character is revealed not just by the services it provides, but also by how it supports the community around it by responding to unforeseen incidents.