By Design – Issue 50 // Fall 2020

6 T he new 18-hole Birdwood course at Boar’s Head Resort in Charlottesville, Virginia, has opened after a redesign by Love Golf Design, led by Scot Sherman, ASGCA. The project was instigated by the resort’s desire to introduce multiple infrastructure improvements, including a new golf building, tennis facilities and entry road. The new course now extends into a previously unused 50 acres of the property. “Our challenge was routing the new 18 to interface with the existing clubhouse while still also passing by the historic Birdwood Mansion,” said Sherman. “So, it was clear that new property was to be used in the process. This certainly opened up wonderful views of the Blue Ridge Mountains and gave us very interesting property on which to build the new 18 and other facilities.” The new golf facilities cover just over 220 acres. Love Golf Design opened up about 50 acres of unused property south of the old layout to build nine new holes. The corridors for five existing holes were reused in the new layout, while four others were rerouted. “There really are 18 stand- out holes on the course, which is testament to the quality and interest of the property and surrounding views,” said Sherman. The new routing has also allowed space for the construction of a new six-hole short layout, along with a one-acre putting course Birdwood course opens at Boar’s Head DIGEST