Welcome Round @ Birkdale Golf Course
Arnold Palmer Signature Design From his historic playing career, as leader of Arnie’s Army, to his growth of the game initiatives, to his golf course design skills, Arnold Palmer was a true ambassador of the game and legend in the golf business. Arnie designed more than 300 courses worldwide, but the only signature design daily-fee course in the Charlotte area is Birkdale Golf Club in Huntersville, North Carolina. Located on 200 acres of rolling terrain, this 18-hole Championship golf course is carved between tall pines and natural streams. Birkdale Golf Club is a challenging 6,725 yard, par 71 course made up of Bermuda fairways and Ultra dwarf Bermudagrass greens. The course layout features four sets of tees, a number of elevation changes, which are appealing to the eye and adds to the challenge. Water hazards require players to use every shot in their bag. Palmer used four sets of tees at Birkdale to mix length with game strategy. Several holes feature watery approach shots into well guarded greens and a couple of short par-4’s are almost drivable. The 569 yard 5th hole brings this all together where your third shot must carry water over a rock-faced wall to a long, narrow green. Birkdale Golf Club has been hosting this true test of skill for every golfer seeking a golf experience in the heart of southern charm in Huntersville, North Carolina. Birkdale’s new Hole #9 is a beautiful par 3 utilizing the original teeing locations for the previous par 4. There have been additional tee locations set across the creek access. The gently sloping green is protected by both a bunker on the right and a newly exposed creek on the left. Golfers will find the new hole both challenging and visually pleasing as they finish the hole on their way to the back nine.