Today's Golfer Expert Review
The opening few holes of this Birmingham muni are flat and straight and to be blunt, pretty uninspiring. You might even be tempted to walk off the course early doors but you should persevere because Pype Hayes gets better and better as you make your way round.
Slopes come into play on several holes, especially the downhill 3rd, but generally-speaking the holes are arrow straight with spacious fairways so you can afford to regularly grip-it-and-rip-it.
Unusually this is a parkland track minus water features so the main difficulty value comes from the tree-lined fairways and the well positioned bunkers - both large and steep.
When we visited (mid-winter) the weather was shocking and as a result temporary greens were in play though the main putting surfaces appear fairly flat with some subtle borrows.
A fire to the main clubhouse last Easter, means this Brummie set-up is currently housed in temporary accommodation.
