Birch Creek Golf Course — Local services in Smithfield

Holy undulations Batman! This is one of the hilliest golf courses I've ever played at. Shanking it to the right like I always tend to do can result in a hundred foot elevation difference with where you meant to be.

While there's sadly a lack of water in this course, the terrain more than makes up the difference. My favorite hole has the black tees on one side of a ravine and the red and white on the other. You really have to shoot a gap between the trees AND clear the ravine to even make the fairway.

On another note, I know exactly where you can go to find a lot of spare balls. I heard a few land there while I was playing other holes actually.

I miraculously threaded the needle. A thing that never happens to me when I'm up against a tough shot. As evidenced by the 19 trees I hit directly when trying to go under, around, or through the branches.

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Living outside of Cache County, it’s a shame I can’t play this course as much as one would like. Country Club quality conditions, pure greens, stunning visuals of the Valley set up on the shelf in Smithfield, and a friendly but very fair golf course. Would be a private club very easily in many other locations.

“Best course in the valley” is of course subjective. Many golfers like this course because it’s quite open and hard to lose a ball, in comparison to a tighter course like Logan River. The Logan Country Club is somewhere between the two in terms of space off the tee + difficult holes. Birch Creek is a course where you can hit driver 13-14 times in a round with little worry, so if that’s your cup of tea, this course...

I recently drove up from salt lake city (two hours) each way and got thrown into the middle of a men's association tournament. Did they mention this when I called, you ask? No! The first four holes took about 2 hours. The friend who I was playing with, that had driven down from Pocatello!! and I said forget it and we walked off. They had also just punched most of their fairways. Did they mention this when we called... Of course not! This is a nice course, but I cannot and will not support a pro shop that cares so little about it's customers. I've learned my lesson; I now ask every pro shop I call about what's going on, if anything, but this is just common courtesy imo. Very...