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Birkdale Golf Club is an 18-hole public course in Huntersville, North Carolina.

Designed by Arnold Palmer. It plays 7,013 yards from the Gold tees, rated 74.1/138 (checked 2026-08-14).

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18
holes
71
par
7,013
yards (tips)
138
slope (gold)
The shape of the round · Gold teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — GOLD TEES359158425408569206330564197334432194595439360208511436142334445563748593104114123135144154163175184PAROUT 3,216 YDSIN 3,509 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 18 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

designer
Arnold Palmer reported
access
public
address
16500 Birkdale Commons Parkway, Huntersville, NC
phone
704-895-8038
elevation
691 ft derived
opened
1997
turf
Ultradwarf Bermudagrass greens · Bermuda fairways
on site
driving range

35.43662, -80.88194 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes, their lines predicted by a model from USDA NAIP aerial imagery and numbered against the scorecard. Its greens, fairways, bunkers and water are predicted the same way.

94 features across 6 layers for Birkdale Golf Club, 1 traced and 93 predicted by a model, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery.

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94 features across 6 layers for Birkdale Golf Club, 1 traced and 93 predicted by a model, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

© OpenStreetMap contributors · Holes and outlines predicted by a model trained on OpenStreetMap data · GeoJSON

Holes and outlines predicted from USDA NAIP imagery · Contains information from SatlasPretrain, which is made available under the ODC Attribution License

18
Holes · predicted
16
Fairways · predicted
37
Bunkers · predicted
4
Water · predicted
18
Greens · predicted
6,725yds
Gold tees
595yds
Longest hole
158yds
Shortest hole

1 imported from OpenStreetMap and 93 predicted by a model from aerial imagery, hole lines and edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-06-02 – 2022-09-27

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 6 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 6 rows.

GoldM72contested717013contested672574.113832163509
BlueM72contested716485contested621671.212729603256
WhiteM72contested716053contested579668.912327633033
WhiteF72contested716053contested579674.913827633033
GreenM72517569.7123
Green (Alt)M72517565.7119

Every figure as published except Card par (derived) and Card yards (derived), which are summed from the card below and shown only where a published figure is contested; a blank cell elsewhere is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

The Gold, Blue and White tees publish a par the scorecard below does not add up to. Both figures are published and nothing we hold settles which one a round plays to, so the Par column keeps the published figure, marked contested, and each tee's own par row from the card below is summed beside it, marked derived.

The Gold, Blue and White tees publish a yardage total the scorecard below does not add up to. Both figures are published and nothing we hold settles which one a round plays to, so the Yards column keeps the published figure, marked contested, and each tee's own yardage row from the card below is summed beside it, marked derived.

Scorecard

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-14

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 434453453443544354 71
Gold 359158425408569206330564197334432194595439360208511436 7,013
Blue 349135405383520179313508168309399184554409329193479400 6,485
White 333124372348489171296480150294376166514374309176454370 6,053
Handicap 111731319155718416281214106

No per-hole yardages are published for Green and Green (Alt), so they are not on the card above.

The Studio

The Studio can't plan Birkdale Golf Club hole by hole yet.

We hold its scorecard and 94 of its features, 1 traced and 93 predicted by a model, but not a model of every green, which a plan aims at.

It plans 4,579 courses hole by hole today, and it charts your bag anywhere.

  • The approach, planned A Studio approach map on the aerial photo: a lob wedge aimed at the island green, its spread drawn as a dashed ring over the water, and the side it most often misses. Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • The green, from LiDAR A Studio green view on the aerial photo: arrows for the slope a LiDAR survey measured, the area a cup could be cut, and the safer side to miss. Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • Every shot, tee to green A Studio plan on the aerial photo of a desert par 4: the driver off the tee and a 7-iron into the green between the bunkers, each shot with its landing spread drawn as a dashed ring. Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

See the courses it plans Open the Studio

Pictures: Studio output for a sample golfer, drawn 2026-10-15. The Studio needs a free account. AI can make mistakes.

© OpenStreetMap contributors

Book a tee time

Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to Birkdale Golf Club's own booking page rather than quoting a figure that was true the week we captured it.

Check tee times and rates

Also bookable nearby: Skybrook Golf Course (6.7 mi) · Highland Creek Golf Club (7.5 mi) · Westport Golf Club (7.5 mi)

Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

FigureThis courseIn North CarolinaNationwideAmong its peers
Longest7,013 yds103rd of 541=1,802nd of 12,02515th of 78 in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area · =436th of 4,105 public courses · =823rd of 7,004 courses you can book · =1,794th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 138=89th of 356=1,412th of 8,710=18th of 52 in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area · =258th of 2,882 public courses · =540th of 4,936 courses you can book · =1,381st of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 74.1=63rd of 333=1,282nd of 7,615=14th of 50 in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area · =272nd of 2,412 public courses · =512th of 4,145 courses you can book · =1,273rd of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,838 yds between tees233rd of 528=3,220th of 11,52330th of 75 in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area · =845th of 3,841 public courses · =1,608th of 6,653 courses you can book · =3,167th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1997=310th of 395=7,397th of 9,368=46th of 58 in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area · =2,460th of 3,277 public courses · =4,233rd of 5,526 courses you can book · =5,419th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level691 ft derived 216th of 554=5,797th of 12,43734th of 79 in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area · =2,297th of 4,289 public courses · =3,765th of 7,274 courses you can book · =4,114th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

What's on this page

In progress5 of 6 built

5 of 6 parts of this course page are built, and we're filling in the rest.

  • Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 4 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 6 sets of tees.
  • Course map, built.All 18 holes and their greens are drawn, predicted by a model from aerial imagery and shown over it.
  • Per-hole distances, built.Every hole's line of play is predicted from aerial imagery, so carries and distances to the front, middle and back of each green are measured along that predicted line.
  • Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
  • Course details, built.All 7 background details — architect, year opened, access, contact and grass.

The site is in beta and the database is still being built, so expect gaps. What's left on this course is ours to build rather than ours to be told — it comes from mapping and survey data, not from a form. Coverage sets out where the whole database stands.

Sources

Gathered from the course's own site and public records — every figure on this page is traceable to who published it and when. Spot an error or a gap? Tell us.

Location and identity seeded from OpenStreetMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Last checked 2026-08-14. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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