Ineverslice90

You can tell the management of Birkdale has been putting money into the course. New carts, lush green fairways, smoothed cart path bumps(not all but the bad ones) and the greens...the greens were rolling true for the first time in years...and that was with a recent aeration. Was told the course has a green roller now. I can’t wait to return to see the greens once they fill in!

The new champion Bermuda greens are the best in Richmond area...roll true and will receive a well struck shirt iron shot. Fairways are starting to green up and will easily be the best 18 holes in this part of Virginia. Will happily travel the hour each way to play here again!

The Pearl is no longer a 36 hole complex as they have closed the East course holes 3-11 only playing holes 1,2 & 12-18. With the exception of the last two holes on the East nine, the East course’s conditions have become horrendous...bare tee boxes & fairways on holes 13-17 makes one wonder why they just don’t abandon the East course totally. The West course (we only played the original back nine) is in pristine condition. So sad to see this gem literally die off. Unless they go with just the West course only, this will no longer be in our rotation.

Played on a Sunday that was cart path only due to week’s worth of heavy rain. Even with path only conditions, 4500 yards should never take 5 hours to play. I was in a foursome with a twosome in front of us, a single in in front of them & a twosome in front on him. A packed weekend day demands mandatory pairing up to foursomes...no discussion. Course conditions were great with the exception of washed out bunkers. Will happily play again during a weekday, but will probably skip playing another weekend round here.

With all of the rain Houston has had in the past few weeks I was surprised to see the greens in such dire conditions. Fairways are good...greens make the round miserable.

I’ve played Birkdale hundreds of times through the years and must admit the course conditions are the best I’ve ever seen! Dan Maples would be happy to see one of his gems being brought back to glory...keep up the good work...will be back for more!

Magnolia has always been one of my go to courses and I was looking forward to today's round. I was shocked to see fairways that are hard, burned, bumpy and bare in spots. With the amount of rain we've had in the past 2 months it is unbelievable to find the fairways in such poor condition. Greens were ok, but slow...which is also shocking. Quite a few tee boxes were bare of any grass. I would have been furious if I had paid the $60 GN rack rate. I hope they can get these conditions corrected before the hot dry months get here.

The summer has not been kind to the tee boxes. That being said, the fairways & greens are in great shape. Greens roll true and an overall fair track from the proper tees. Best finishing hole in Central VA! Got a $19 deal on GN, I would happily pay $39 rack rate even with so so tee boxes. This course is now on my rotation.

A rating of poor for this course is 1 star too many. Fairways are fair at best. The greens are dying/dead and an oil leaking green's mower doesn't help...never again!

1st time playing here and omg is it long (1st hole is 535 from men's tees!)! Greens are showing some disease but still puttable on most holes, especially back nine. With a little TLC this course deserves to be in my monthly rotation.

Tee boxes, fairways, & greens are all in excellent shape. It's almost unbelievable this is a municipal course. Will definitely play again!