*****Sadly, Becky Peirce Golf Course closed in 2017*****

Well, Sunday was one of those days where things didn’t go according to plan! If you read my first post about the trip, you’ll recall that we were supposed to play Limestone Springs today. Unfortunately, the weather didn’t cooperate!

We knew that some severe weather was on the way so we drove out to Limestone, hit a few balls, and looked at the radar. It didn’t look pretty so we drove to Huntsville and checked into our hotel.

As luck would have it, the weather up in Huntsville was pretty nice so we figured we may as well go golf somewhere locally until dark! Becky Peirce was the closest public course to where we were staying so we paid our $15 to go walk as many holes as possible.

We played the white tees which are 6232/70.1/129. Late on a Sunday afternoon, there weren’t many golfers out on the course. No one bothered us and the only other group that I saw was on the 17th while we were on the 11th. We played at a brisk pace hoping to see as much of the back nine as possible. We even caught a few rays of sun on what turned out to be a beautiful evening!

Becky Peirce Golf Course, formerly Huntsville Municipal Golf Course, was re-named after Becky Peirce. Peirce was an advocate for golf in Huntsville and served on the town’s golf advisory committee. The course is a municipal course that is located in an urban setting. The course is surrounded by roads on two sides and a park and apartments on the other sides. If you look farther than that, the mountains off in the distance offer nice views!

The front nine is flat and has a few lakes in play. There aren’t too many holes of interest except the 5th, which is a long par-3 over water, or the 7th, a mid-length par-4 that doglegs into some trees.

Most of the back nine borders the apartments, but the apartments are hidden from view by trees on a hillside. I preferred the back as there is some elevation change and the holes require more strategy.

The 10th, a short par-5, is my favorite hole on the back because it plays into the hillside with trees framing the fairway. The par-3 13th is another solid hole, as the sun was starting to set off in the distance.

It always pains me to say that a course is in poor condition, but I’d be lying if I said otherwise in this case. I don’t expect perfect conditions when playing a municipal course, but Becky Peirce was in rough shape.

There were weeds, different patches of grass, and bare spots in the fairways. The greens were slow and bumped quite a bit. Most tees were fine, just a bit shaggy. But hey, it was $15 and I had fun adding a course to my list.

Becky Peirce offers cheap, affordable golf to the community and that is worth something. I had a great time at Becky Peirce as the temperature was perfect and our pace was blistering. As a bonus we squeezed in the full round, playing the 18th in almost complete darkness!

Course Pictures (click any picture to scroll through the gallery):