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Birdwood Golf Course at Boar's Head Resort

Charlottesville, VA Public

Overview

Birdwood is a unique course that typifies the multi-purpose direction that future golf developments would be wise to study. Located about 10 minutes from downtown Charlottesville, it’s a convenient, upscale public course (green fees: $75-$125) that serves as an amenity to an adjacent resort, with a walkable routing across interesting and varied land. It’s also the home course for the University of Virginia golf teams boating state-of-the-art practice facilities, including a new par-3 course called “The Nest.” Originally opened in 1984, Davis Love III, along with brother Mark and lead designer Scot Sherman, re-routed and re-engineered the entire course, forging new holes out of previously unused forest. Rolling across the attractive northern Virginia countryside with long fescue grass buffers, the holes are infused with references to Pete Dye and classical-era template presentations. The Charlottesville, Va., layout hosted the 1991 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links.

About

Holes 18
Length 6865
Slope 132
Price $165
Facility Type Public
Designer Lindsay B. Ervin, ASGCA/(R) Scot Sherman ASGCA, (R) Davis Love III

Awards

Best Courses in Every State
Greatest College Courses

Ranking history:

Best in State: Ranked 15th, 2023-'24.

America's Greatest College Courses: 12th (2023).

Panelists

Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists

4.3

100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

Shot Options
6.7764
Character
6.6563
Challenge
6.7432
Layout Variety
6.759
Fun
6.7161
Aesthetics
6.815
Conditioning
6.826

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