Birkdale Golf Club is an 18-hole semi-private course in Chesterfield, Virginia.

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holes

par

6,644

yards (tips)

133

slope (red)

The shape of the round · Red teespublished figures only

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: Dan Maples reported
access: semi-private
address: 8416 Royal Birkdale Drive, Chesterfield, VA, 23832
phone: 804-739-8800
website: course site →
elevation: 271 ft derived
opened: 1990
on site: pro shop · lessons

37.38771, -77.66959 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 8 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

235 traced features across 8 layers for Birkdale Golf Club, drawn over NAIP 2023 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

Holes

Fairways

Bunkers

Water

Greens

Tee pads

6,644yds

Red tees

584yds

Longest hole

183yds

Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2023-10-13

Tees & ratings

Ratingsreported, not from the clubchecked 2026-08-21

All 10 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table


Red	M	71	6644	72.0	133	3436	3208
Black	M	71	6235	70.2	127	3210	3025
Blue Tees	F	71	5779	73.6	128
Blue	M	71	5759	67.8	122	2929	2830
Combo Tees	F	71	5399	71.4	121
Combo Tees	M	71	5399	66.0	116
White Tees	M	71	5109	65.0	115
White	F	71	5018	65.0	115	2562	2456
Green Tees	F	71	4465	66.0	110
Green	M	71	4225	66.0	110	2169	2056

Every figure as published; a blank cell is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

Scorecard

Scorecardreported, not from the clubchecked 2026-08-21

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total
Par	4	4	4	3	5	4	4	3	5	4	4	3	5	3	4	3	4	5	71
Red	363	345	377	183	574	404	429	184	577	397	375	213	473	191	389	207	379	584	6,644
Black	358	342	347	162	524	372	396	167	542	372	369	185	470	164	360	188	358	559	6,235
Blue	325	320	311	139	505	337	355	134	503	342	335	146	443	159	350	157	351	547	5,759
White	293	296	259	101	484	259	307	109	454	303	299	112	402	123	327	136	306	448	5,018
Green	258	248	212	96	380	226	272	77	400	232	265	95	335	99	285	99	253	393	4,225

We don't hold a stroke index for this course's holes, so that row is not above. The yardages are every figure we hold hole by hole.

No per-hole yardages are published for 4 tee sets, so they are not on the card above.

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Birkdale Golf Club hole by hole, for your game.

Ask in plain words. The Studio draws each hole on the aerial photo, picks a club for each shot from your carries and the way you miss, and shows where a miss costs you strokes. Where a green was surveyed, it reads the slope too.

The approach, planned Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
The green, from LiDAR Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
Every shot, tee to green Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

Plan this course in the Studio

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

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: Magnolia Green Golf Club (4.0 mi) · The Golf Club at The Highlands (8.5 mi) · Lakes at Windy Hill Golf Course (8.8 mi) · Providence Golf Club (8.9 mi)

Measured against comparable courses

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

Figure	This course	In Virginia	Nationwide	Among its peers
Longest	6,644 yds	=146th of 347	=4,819th of 12,025	23rd of 46 in the Richmond, VA metro area · 678th of 2,030 semi-private courses · =2,335th of 7,004 courses you can book · =4,787th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest test	slope 133	=110th of 257	=2,813th of 8,710	=22nd of 36 in the Richmond, VA metro area · =348th of 1,395 semi-private courses · =1,174th of 4,936 courses you can book · =2,750th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tips	rating 72.0	=136th of 234	=4,008th of 7,615	21st of 36 in the Richmond, VA metro area · =525th of 1,141 semi-private courses · =1,846th of 4,145 courses you can book · =3,966th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread	2,419 yds between tees	32nd of 341	863rd of 11,523	6th of 45 in the Richmond, VA metro area · 133rd of 1,970 semi-private courses · 395th of 6,653 courses you can book · 841st of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldest	opened 1990	=162nd of 279	=6,280th of 9,368	=22nd of 41 in the Richmond, VA metro area · =1,029th of 1,516 semi-private courses · =3,438th of 5,526 courses you can book · =4,506th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level	271 ft derived	206th of 353	=8,592nd of 12,437	11th of 48 in the Richmond, VA metro area · =1,443rd of 2,089 semi-private courses · =5,401st of 7,274 courses you can book · =6,160th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

What's on this page

In progress4 of 6 built

4 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 5 sets of tees.
Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 10 sets of tees.
Course map, built.All 18 greens drawn, with the fairways, bunkers and water, over aerial imagery.
Per-hole distances, built.Every hole is traced, so carries and distances to the front, middle and back of each green are measured along the line you actually play.
Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
Course details, partly built.6 of 7 background details — we don't hold the grass on the greens.

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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 2026-08-21. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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