Played Brookside #1 for the first time today (2/13/10), and I guess the beautiful weather brought all the hackers out. Starter got me into a foursome and out on the course immediately, but once we fi... Continue »

Played Brookside #1 for the first time today (2/13/10), and I guess the beautiful weather brought all the hackers out. Starter got me into a foursome and out on the course immediately, but once we finished #1, we found ourselves third in line to play #2, and this pattern of waiting continued until #6, where things eased up a bit... only to hit the logjam again at #10. The marshals needed to be more proactive about keeping things moving, because the stop-and-start routine really made it difficult to get any kind of rhythm to our games, and the round stretched to nearly 6 hours. As far as the course goes, it was in pretty decent shape for a muni. Fairways had a few thin/dead patches here and there, but not so bad as to be a major problem. Greens were fast! In fact, combined with some of the deceptive slopes on many of the holes and tiering on some others, putting was an adventure -- and treacherous at times! Layout of the course isn't particularly spectacular, but there were some challenging pin positions -- especially #9, where the pin was behind two tall trees guarding the green -- so there were some risk/reward situations to test our course management skills. Bunkers were consistently good, neither too hard nor too soft. I would like to try the course again in a situation where I could play straight through without the delays, because those made it difficult to really get a feel for the course.