George, Ryan;
I live in Cincinnati area. A group of players I know went up to Pittsburg way, and played a public that they raved about. It is in Freeport. It is called 'Birdsfoot'.
Have you played it? Is it really not that good? It has been lurking on my 'wish list'. Should I try it, or forget it?
Doug
Hi Doug -
Sorry I'm slow responding, I just saw your question.
Personally I wouldn't say Birdsfoot is worth a special trip in and of itself. It's a fun course, I enjoyed it quite a bit, but if you're going to travel all the way from Cincy, I'd sneak onto a private gem first.
More seriously, I think Birdsfoot is a fine, much needed addition to our public scene here in western PA, but I don't know that it is a special course in the regional sense. Someone who is more widely experienced in the area would have to give you that evaluation, or even someone more widely travelled like Matt Ward.
I'll try to dig up some old Birdsfoot threads if I can.
* add on - I guess the short version is if you're in the area, it's one of the better public courses, but I wouldn't make the trip just for it. Locally I'd rather play Birdsfoot than something like Olde Stonewall, but I'd probably sooner play Quicksilver than either, though I would also add that Quicksilver is more my style of course.