Brookside Golf Course #1 - $
1133 Rosemont Ave • Pasadena, CA 91103 • (626) 585-3594
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paisano522 - Covina 
Nice to play at the Rose Bowl, except soon after UCLA games when the course is the tailgate zone. Course is kept in good condition, yet can get slow. IMHO, prices are a little steep for what you get, but I'd definately play again with a discounted rate they offer.

Posted: Sunday, November 16, 2008
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paisano522 - Covina 
Pretty big course. There are 2 18 holes courses, and both take a lot of time to complete due to so much waiting. Lots of older people come here so play is pretty slow, but it is nice. You have the mountains as a backdrop and the Rose Bowl in view part of the time. I'd recommend to play during summer. Lots of fun holes to play and a good time is always to be had here. In the fall/winter, this place turns into a parking lot for UCLA football.

Posted: Tuesday, October 28, 2008
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mtaylo1 - Pasadena 
The course is not in the best of shape. I understand having to create a revenue stream but the 20 or so portable lights that line the first three fairways so they can get golfers out before sunrise do not add to the beauty of any golf course. Parking 10,000 cars on the course for UCLA football games don't help the condition either. While I used to love this track with the daily fees rising and having to put up with the 5 1/2 hour rounds, BBQ coals in the fairways, beer bottles and bottle caps everywhere, bare spots and car tire tracks all around, greens that bounce your ball instead of allowing a roll beacuse people won't repair a ball mark and some of the most grouchy staff around, I am sorry to say but I think you can find a better place to play for your money at this time. I would try back after the football season.

Posted: Monday, October 20, 2008
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KAtkins - La Crescenta, CA 
While some improvements have been made in Tee Boxes and Traps, the greens have become terrible. So much so, that a full refurbish has been started on them. This means that now (9/17/08) they have many temp "green" holes with the cup just stuck in the fairway. This should be an alert! Also, since it is used for parking during football season at the Rose Bowl, it becomes pretty scruffy on Mondays...UCLA home game days. This situation is also true for Brookside #2. There are other reasons to carefully check before you come to play there. Expect the conditions to be rough until after football season and refurb.

Posted: Wednesday, September 17, 2008
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chria - Mar Vista 
Teed off at 8:50am, 6/28. I grew up playing this course, and lately each time I go back I'm pleasantly surprised. They are making a big effort to keep this very busy course in good condition. The new bunkering is great, the greens are much firmer than they used to be, and it's still a pretty good value. Problems: lots of ball marks on the greens, and they still put out FIVESOMES! The five in front of us fell a hole behind, so did they send the marshall out? Nope, they put a group in front of them on the 10th. Come on!

Posted: Thursday, July 3, 2008
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greenhornet13 - altadena 
still in great shape from the City Championship. we'll see how long that lasts. only downside was the pace of play on a tuesday morning. teed off @ 8 and it still took 4.5 hrs.

Posted: Wednesday, May 28, 2008
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mjquick - Pasadena 
Played #2 yesterday and #1 is in the same shape after the rain. The fairways are a little hairy but good. The greens are fast and smooth.

Posted: Sunday, May 25, 2008
Member Since: February 19, 2003
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danoemi - Glendale 
The course is in great shape from tee to green. The only thing is that fairways were a little damp so the ball didn't roll too much. That was really no big deal. The greens were pretty fast and the ball rolled true. You can tell they have been taking care of the courses.

Posted: Wednesday, May 21, 2008
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CSpan - pasadena 
They're getting the course ready for this coming wkend's Pasadena City. The course is in very good condition. There are a couple of tee boxes that are roped off for conditioning (#17), and some of the holes on the front 9 are cut a little raggedy, but other than that, the course is playing great. I think the greens on the backside are rolling a little faster than the front side, and be prepared for very little roll with your tee ball as the fairways are a little hairy. By the way, I think several of the younger guys in the starter's window should be given credit; much more professional than that Chi Chi guy and some of the other older guys.

Posted: Sunday, May 11, 2008
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leeboy3129 - Diamond Bar 
Course was in great shape! Green were very nice, soft and fast. Bring your own drinks because the cart girl does avoids golfers.

Posted: Monday, April 28, 2008
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bennyandthejets - Alhambra 
I like William Bell designs. Its just this one is inconsistant in its maintenance. Maybe its because its a parking lot a few times a year. This could be a great course (Course #1) but you better call ahead to make sure the course is in good shape and you don't get stuck with a five+ hour round. Its nice to walk but I will don't mind paying $20 more and playing a great course like Rob ranch or Angeles National

Posted: Sunday, April 20, 2008
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h8bogeys - Irvine 
Well, the course is in immaculate shape right now. The Pasadena City Championship is just around the corner, I decided to compete in this event and went for a practice round. The fairways are nice and lush, giving you gorgeous lies. The greens have completely healed and running about a 9 on the stimp, which should get a little faster by the time the championship rolls around. If you want to play a beautiful course and not pay $100, go to Brookside #1 and definitely get your moneys' worth while it lasts. It's a shame that they don't keep city courses in this condition all the time, but with all the traffic I'm sure it's hard to keep up. The pace of play was actually great, but we were all pretty much single digit handicappers, so the pace may be a little bias. The only COMPLAINT was that we didn't see the cart girl at all during our 4:15 minute round....I'm not sure what happened, but I was so dehydrated by the end of the round that I had to buy two gatorades while analyzing my post-round score at the clubhouse. The clubhouse staff is very slow in taking orders, so don't expect fast service after your round!

Posted: Saturday, April 19, 2008
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alanmode - Cerritos 
Played 4/12/08 sat.before noon.First time of the year feeling hot & sweaty playing golf anticipating spiring & summer.No signs of aeration on greens completely healed the punches but still very hard .Nice looking fairways & tee boxes (some beaten up ).Nice burger guy at turn. Some new fairway bunkers strategically located really into play.
Nice track.

Posted: Thursday, April 17, 2008
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greenhornet13 - altadena 
i have been a big brookside basher in the past, but i can't believe what i saw! it was a playable course! all the tee boxes were in great shape, the fairways were good and the greens were soft and rolled fairly smooth. they were still on the slow side (it is brookside) but they are augusta smooth for that place! now obviously they are getting ready for the Pasadena city championship, so it's a little like being on putting your best face on for a party, you want to impress everyone, so we'll see if they can maintain this incredibly high level for them. i like most of the new bunkers, but the one on 3 puzzles me. the hole is already tough and long, adding a bunker in a landing area where you're still going to be 200+ out is just cruel.

i do have to gripe about 2 things though... we were the second group off on a friday morning and it still took 4.5 hours! second, i still saw the huge back-up at #2 at around 9:30 which means that you still can't tee off past 8am and have a decent time. i can't believe i'll say this, but i'll play it again...until they break my heart again, play a round in 5.5 hours behind a fivesome and the course goes to crap after the PCC.

Posted: Friday, April 11, 2008
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stevely - Laguna 
Played this track on 3/29/08 at 10:30am. Didn't see anyone in front or behinid us until the 10th hole. Didn't understand why it's so hard to get on this course when it seemed like no one was on it. Much easier to get a time on course 2. Very strange for a saturday. Finished in about 4.5 hrs. The greens were aerated 2 wks ago and were surprisingly rolling ok. Bumpy here and there but not sandy. Definitely worth playing. Course plays pretty long on some holes and you have to place your ball well off the tee.

Posted: Thursday, April 3, 2008
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h8bogeys - Irvine 
Customer Service: Not the friendliest of places, the starter "Darryl" checked us in and when asked if they were running late, he said you have time to hit range balls in a non-polite fashion. We finally teed off about 20 mins after our scheduled tee time. We didn't see the cart girl until the 13th hole, and that was the last time we saw her.

Tees & Fwy: The tee boxes were pretty level, hardly any broken tees on the ground. They are placing bunkers "strategically" for the long hitters...I guess they think the course is too easy, I'm not sure. Fairways were in pristine condition, didn't see one bare spot, as mentioned before there are bunkers under construction throught-out the course and they look immaculate.

Bunkers & Greens: I was in the bunkers a few times, sand is very soft, consistent most of the time, although a noticed there are multiple pebbles within the sand (be careful with your wedges). The greens are recovering pretty nicely after being aerated about three weeks ago. Most greens are undulating, have some slopes from back-to-front, and give you an optical illusion which I learned that most putts are pretty much straight!

Overall I'd give the course a 7.0, it should improve alot more once the greens recover from aeration. The non-resident rate of $50 (walking)seemed a little too steep for an American golf municipal course. The price/value ratio is definitely "disproportionaly elevated" for this course. Play during the week...even then it's still not worth the price!

Posted: Sunday, March 30, 2008
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gdemeter - Los Angeles 
Love this course, despite the slow pace of play on the weekends. Caution: the greens have been aerated during the week, so their extra bumby and slow. Construction is also evident on holes 5, 9 and 16 (new bunkers?). All other aspects of the course though, are in great shape.

Posted: Saturday, March 15, 2008
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CSpan - Pasadena 
Played in the SCGA qualifier on March 4. The course was in pristine shape. The greens were rolling fast, fast, fast, and the fairways were as good as I've ever seen them. Tee boxes were in good shape, and I have no complaints. It's a shame the course isn't in this condition all the time - it could be, but with football and the diversion of golf money to the Rose Bowl, the course conditioning suffers at times. The new bunkers on both courses are going to look really nice. I've seen the some of the new ones on course #2, and they look great. When Brookside is in this kind of shape, and when it's a tournament where no 5somes are permitted, I think this may be the best muni facility in the greater LA area. Yes, we all gripe about the starters here (smiling is not permitted behind that window apparently), but the courses are solid layouts.

Posted: Friday, March 14, 2008
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weber - coto de caza 
Played 2/14/08 in heavy winds! Makes for a long day with some of those par 4's into the headwind. Also some tough pin positions. But the worst part was 5+ hours to play. Hard to focus for that long. Staff was less than friendly at checkin, but with the long waiting list despite the poor weather, I guess they figured there were plenty of people there if they pissed us off and we left. Love the course, hate the attitude!

Posted: Friday, February 15, 2008
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dhowe39 - South Bay 
too many trash on the fairway from the 1st hole to the last hole. They used the course for the parking lot for the college football game @ Rose Bowl = Tail gate party. Trash every where on the fairway - empty cans, beer bottle caps, used bbq charcols, broken glasses, ice from the ice chest. Why don't management clean up??!!! The golf course should give us some discount to us for playing in such a bad condition.
It is a nice golf course and challengin greens w/good condition.
Instead of Marshalls we need Park Rangers to keep this course safe.
Like to return after and before the college football season.

Posted: Sunday, October 7, 2007
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dhowe39 - South Bay 
Played Sunday, day after the college football game @ Rose Bowl. (Big mistake > Like to return after and before the football seasaon.

Posted: Sunday, October 7, 2007
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mtaylo1 - Pasadena 
Played on Sunday 9/30 and walked right on. The pace of play was great and very much a surprise but that was the only good news. The course was not in good condition at all and not really worth the green fees charged. While the greens were recently punched two weeks ago and I expected them to be a bit rough I did expect them to have healed better at this point then they had. They were still very rough in a lot of areas and were very bumpy. They seem to need a bit more water. Still people are not fixing their ball marks and that's a real shame. The green collars were awful and need some serious attention. They were so long that in some places just off the putting surface it seemed like you were in the rough. The fairways were not much better. There were places where water had collected and were very muddy and in places the Heinz 57 varity of grasses growing was weird. There were some bare areas and there were hundreds of bottle caps and lots of glass all over from the last UCLA game and it will only get get worse next week when they again park 25,000 cars on the course. Lastly the tee boxes which were recently redone are in bad condition and were in need of some care. This used to be one of the premier courses around but it seems to be sliding downhill.

Posted: Sunday, September 30, 2007
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mizunohacker - Los Angeles 
Nice course to bomb your driver, but this course sorely needs GPS carts or yardage books, in my opinion. There are no above ground yardage markers, only yard distance on sprinkler heads which are placed at random yardage increments and can be annoying to try to locate.

Posted: Tuesday, September 4, 2007
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trevortime - Santa Monica 
As a fan of traditional layouts, I really liked this track. The greens however were a HUGE dissapointment. It appears that nobody that plays here fixes their divots, I truly have never seen anything like it. The bumpiest greens I have ever played, particularly on hole #1, and holes 15-17. The poor greens take much of the value of this place away.

Posted: Wednesday, August 8, 2007
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atlasdk - Alhambra 
Played Sat 08/04. Course #1 is long course. Many long par 4s. Unless you have good long drive ~280yds, it hard to get GIR. Course layout is simple... not much to talk about. I normally play here because it is near by. Don't like to pay $64 for this course. Well maintained course but just not interesting course. Staffs are great. Good customer service. Great place to have lunch after the round. Course #1 is for testing your driver shots. I prefer course #2. This is shorter course but little more interesting course.

Posted: Monday, August 6, 2007
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atlasdk - alhambra 
Played Sun 07/22. Long flat course. This course has quite a few long par 4s. Unless you have long drives, it's hard to get to the greens in regulations. Course is in a good shape. Greens are normal to slow. Pace is around 4.5 ~ 5.0 hrs. Customer sevice is excellent.

Posted: Monday, July 23, 2007
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huntman56 - Torrance, Ca 
Play here Friday 7/6/07 9:00am tee time for four. No problems with the starter. Great course to play. Must be a long hitter in order to score well here. Greens were in great shape after being punched two wk's ago. A lot of long par 4's to play. Had a good deal to play here. I would rate this course a 7.5 out of 10. It took about 5 hr's to play, because we had a couple of gr's in front of us that needed to be playing on a par 3 course. People should learn how to play ready golf. I would play here again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: Saturday, July 7, 2007
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sachinagolf - Monrovia 
The greens are fully recovered from being punched. Fairway has many burnt/bald spots. There were used fireworks and some, only some garbage in the rough from July 4th celebration. The round was at 7:30 am, took 20 minutes to find a spot as a walk on. This is one of the best courses for a single walk on. I have never waited more than 35 minutes as a single walk on.

Posted: Saturday, July 7, 2007
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hank - So Pas 
Greens are recovering from being punched. They are slower than they look, so put a good stroke on it. Its a d%mn shame people can't fix their divots. I played course 2 yesterday, and one of the guys was surprised to see me fix another divot besides mine. I try to on every hole. I guess he felt guilty and started to do the same.

Posted: Thursday, June 28, 2007
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hank - So Pas 
Course was in good shape today. Greens were punched so it was hard to get a true roll. I got 18 in less than 4 hours (I had to jump around for the last 5 holes).

Posted: Sunday, June 24, 2007
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richardtrotter - Oxnard, Ca 
its a short course but not bad at all

Posted: Sunday, June 24, 2007
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putt4dough - WALNUT 
I PLAYED IN A TOURNAMENT HERE ON FRIDAY, JUNE 15. THE OVERALL COURSE WAS IN VERY GOOD PLAYING CONDITION. i THINK #1, IS GOOD FOR LONG HITTERS, COMPARED TO #2.
I LIKED PLAYING #1, BECAUSE I LIKE TO SWING AWAY. I WILL PLAY THE TRACK AGAIN. BUT, I HEAR ITS A BIT PRICEY FOR REGULAR PLAY? AND NOT WORTH THE G.F.? I WILL CHECK WITH THAT LATER.

Posted: Monday, June 18, 2007
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alanmode - CERRITOS 
PLAYED SUNDAY JUNE ,3rd MORNING ONLY 15HOLES AT $43.00 CAUSE OLD COLLECTABLE CARS INVADED HOLES 9,10 & 18.
I CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW COULD BORROW THE FAIRWAYS TO CAR EXHIBITION ANYWAY,THE COURSE CONDITIONS ARE EXCELENT FROM TEE BOXES TO GREENS AND ESPECIALLY PACE OF PLAY.

Posted: Monday, June 11, 2007
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ELCORICH - El Monte 
I have lived in this area my whole life and never played this course. I was very pleased with the experience and will definetely play this couse again and again

Posted: Friday, June 1, 2007
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mark_6m - Glendale, CA 
Brookside is a very beautiful traditional style course. Fairways are tree lined and tend to be narrow to average in width. The course is primarily flat. It plays over 7000 yards from the gold tees. An excellent challenge for any golfer.

Greens were in good shape. A little bit too slow for my taste. Ball held well. Fairways were green and cut to a good level. Tee boxes were level and lush with typical wear and tear. The rough was lush and at a reasonable level, but still challenging. Sand was good in quality. Excellent for explosion shots to the green.

All in all, Brookside 1 is a wonderful traditional style track. It will challenge all parts of your game. Be ready to play every club in your bag.

Posted: Tuesday, May 1, 2007
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alanmode - Cerritos 
Played saturday 4/21/07 as a member of tournament.
Now greens healed completely from aeration only need to mow & press to get more speed,and pretty soft to receive & hold well the short - middle iron shots.
Fairways enough lush ,no complain to do.
The major notorious thing here is pace of play improved a lot .
I hitted so many times the poor trees ,you know one of that bad luck day, but nice day.Enjoy yourself !!

Posted: Monday, April 23, 2007
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hank - SoPas 
I agree with you Harryo on a couple of things. Course 1 (and 2) are in great shape. I played on Friday with a bro and we had a blast.

I played behind a 4 some who insisted they play from the golds about a week ago. It was painful. Not because they took forever (5/6 shots to reach the green), but why would you punish yourself like that? Maybe they were new to the game? I don't know.....but maybe next you could be so kind and let a faster group play through. Nobody wants to be log jammed and watch you make a million swings. I hope I don't sound bitter....ha!

Posted: Sunday, April 15, 2007
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harryo - Los Angeles 
This is one of the great local courses. It is strategic, not penal. If you like this type of course, it doesn't get better. It is far more interesting than your typical target golf course. Most people play from the back tees, but they are not nearly good enough for this, which means that the course can play slow. It is a hidden gem of a design, very much in the vein of Bethpage Black. A major event could easily be held here after some intensified grooming and maintenence.

Posted: Friday, April 13, 2007
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hank - So Pas 
Played today and the course looked and played great. Fairways, teeboxes, greens, and rough looked great. Now that its getting darker later, I'm hoping to get out more and play.

Posted: Friday, February 23, 2007
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hank - SoPas 
I'd have to agree CSPAN. The teeboxes, fairways, and greens are in good shape. I was really impressed with the greens considering the amount of play this course gets. Either people are fixing their ball marks or the super is doing his job. Maybe its a combination of both. Sorry Sly...I'll have to pass on that....and I don't swing that way. But hey knock yourself out...maybe you could do a 2 for 1. The cutie I was talking about is a woman. She is a brunette with some very nice curves.

Posted: Friday, February 9, 2007
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CSpan - Pasadena 
Teed off this morning. I haven't played this course since last October, but I was very surprised at the good conditions. I paid the resident rate of $38 (walking), so I don't expect the conditions to similar to a place like Angeles National. Generally, I expect the tee boxes to be a little beat up, the greens slow, and a lot of dry patches in the fairway. Well, today I was wrong. Real wrong. The tee boxes were very, very good, the greens were rolling as fast as I've ever seen them (and they were comparable to PGA Oak Valley where I had played the day before), and there were virtually no dry patches in the fairways. Of course there was some dead grass, but those areas were confined to just in front of the tee boxes and well off the fairways. I even noticed that the cups were re-painted. Basically, I thought the course was in very good and even excellent condition - especially since it is early February.

Posted: Sunday, February 4, 2007
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hank - So Pas 
What a difference a week makes. Course look like it was in better condition. Did the Course Super come back? Greens, fairways, bunkers, and rough looked better. Me and 3 bros had a great time today. Can't beat the super twilight deal. Who is the cutie with the nice bootie who works in the mgmt office?

Posted: Friday, February 2, 2007
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hank - SoPas 
Wow....what happened? Did MGMT go on vacation and forget about the course. I was surprised to see how beat up the course was. I understand some courses like to let the rough go brown during the winter, but the fairways too? Plus a ton of thin spots in the fairways. The bunkers had rocks and cigar/cig butts. I only played 15 holes, but I counted around 50 beer bottle caps Please someone tell the course super to come back and bring Brookside back to life.

Posted: Friday, January 26, 2007
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alanmode - Cerritos 
Played 1/14/07 sunday morning after 2 & half years.
The big surprise was pace of play that I remember always at this course you had to wait & wait to each shot but now we finished less than 5 hours.Maybe increased steeper green fee or just cold weather of that day was icy all over the place(greens,fairways ,cart path even water for towel at 1st tee box).Until 9;30 we played with frozen greens that we could not stop the ball with wedges nor putters.But when came back to normal conditions was very pleasant & realized their good conditions generally.

Posted: Tuesday, January 16, 2007
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weber - coto de caza 
Greens are the best I have ever seen them! They are smooth and reasonably quick. The fairways were decent considering all the liter left after the UCLA over USC victory of saturday. Still lots of bottle caps , broken glass, charcoal, etc. Course is in very nice shape! With a number of "big" par 4's, this course always plays tough for me. Not a lot of birdies here!

Posted: Tuesday, December 5, 2006
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robertan - glendale 
played thursday. course is in good shape. The gold tees were way in the back but the blue tees were near the whites and sometimes the reds. the fairways did not roll as much as I remembered The greens were fast but a few holes were bumpy. the green fee is up $2 to $38 now. Wilson/harding/santa anita is a better value but brookside from the tips is a better challenge. You will use all your clubs. watch out for the 1st hole with the front pin placement above the hole is a sure 3 putter.

Posted: Friday, October 27, 2006
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sportsdoc - Pasadena 
Walked on late afternoon yesterday. Course 1 is recovering from the aeration. The greens were soft and bumpy. This course is over played by many golfers over the weekend. Weather was great. Pace is decent. Greens should get better in the next few weeks.

Posted: Monday, August 7, 2006
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mjquick - Pasadena 
Played Saturday 7/8/06 7:45, and played in 4.5 hrs! (the way it should be) I think we waited on two holes all day. Course is in great shape. Got out of there just in time to beat the heat of the day.

Posted: Monday, July 10, 2006
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tjarnot - West Los Angeles 
Played the course in a tournament Sunday, July 2nd. Expected a slow round and got it! 2 hours, 40minutes for front nine-and it got slower from there with waiting on virtually every hole. I always try to get out on Brookside around 7:00 AM to get in a good round. Anything after that has always been torture. A fun course to play, though. One of the best City/County courses around-but just too slow to fully enjoy. Course was in very good shape for the amount of play it sees.

Posted: Wednesday, July 5, 2006
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mmacready - Pasadena 
Played #1 Sunday June 25 twilight. Started at 3:30 and finished at 8:10p. Greens were even and nice. Pace was average but could have been faster if the threesome infront of us used common sense. Please do not play from the blues if you can't drive more than 180. And then please do not wait on your 200+ yd "approach" shot, if you can't reach it off of a tee, then your not going to make it with your 100 yd shanked iron shot. Overall the course was nice. One tip: Bring "Bug Off" or some sort of knat repellant if you are there a dusk. I spent the last three holes with a cigerette in my hand to keep the knats out of my face, and I don't even smoke.

Posted: Wednesday, June 28, 2006
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atlasdk - Alhambra 
Played course #1 Sat. Fairways are in good shape. Greens are slow due to aeration - not bad... playable. Overall course is not that interesting... just bid longer than other public courses. Comparable to Diamond Bar. Didn't play at this course for long time since they raise the green fees. Green fees are too high for this course - $48 to walk. Too expensive for this course! I will pick Diamond Bar anytime. A hotdog with a drink cost me $7.00. What a rip-off! Gave me reasons again why I didn't want to play at Brookside. One thing good about the whole experience was, Chi Chi - the starter was very nice and courteous. Thumb up for Chi Chi!

Posted: Monday, June 19, 2006
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hank - So Pas 
I had a tee time at 2:15 on 6/1/06. I was stoked to play until I found out that I had to pay the regular rate (not TW rate). Appartently the TW rate is not 2:00 pm but 2:30. I was pissed because if I had paid the regular rate, I would of paid an extra $25.00 to sit in the golf cart to wait to tee off after 2:30 pm. There was a tournament going on course 1, so course 2 was backed up. I know its not the starter's fault (or is it?), because he said everything is computerized in terms of the register. I mean Brookside is a good deal and all, but to get charged $25.00 extra to sit in a cart for 15 minutes and then tee off during Super TW is ridiculous. The guys who make the decisions need to re-think this policy. Other than that, course was in great shape.

Posted: Thursday, June 8, 2006
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mjquick - Pasadena 
Played 6/3 (Saturday) tee off at 7:15 finshed at fricken 12:30. Big gaps in course. In one case one group was TWO holes behind and the group behind them was ONE hole behind. Come on Brookside (American Golf) send a marshall out on the course. We did not see one all FIVE + hours we were out there. What a shame, just so thay don't piss off some SLOW group by telling them to speed it up, they have the hole course behind the slow group PISSED OFF. JUST KEEP UP WITH THE GROUP IN FRONT OF YOU!

Posted: Monday, June 5, 2006
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Itslikeimsayin - Mission Viejo 
Played here Saturday 6/3: Course is in good shape but I was a little underwhelmed after reading so many people saying it's in the best condition ever. It's in good shape, but I think it looked more lush last time I was there for a UCLA game last November. There were big sections of grass clippings sitting around in certain areas just off the fairway. I thought the greens were a little slower than they look, although they still rolled pretty good.

Posted: Monday, June 5, 2006
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pan2era - Playa del Rey 
Oh my god!!! I can't believe how many gnats there were constantly flying in my face and under the brim of my hat. The fairway clippings were blown only about 5- 10 feet off the fairway, and in some cases the clippings were still on the fairways- very sloppy. We teed off at about 6:40 (although my tee time was 6:52- I barely pay and they are already calling me up to the tee box- I had to scramble to put on my shoes and sneak in a few practice putts). It took about 4 hours and 15 minutes to play on a Friday morning. The greens are soft on the approach shots, but the putts play like glass. I liked the snack shop before hole 12 (it allowed for a quick bite without running into a clubhouse). There isn't much water and only a moderate amount of sand traps. All-in-all, Brookside #1 is an attractive course, but the distractions and sloppy clippings totally distracted me.

Posted: Friday, June 2, 2006
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weber - coto de caza 
The best condition I've seen the course in years! Nice to see that some effort is being put into this wonderful old style course. Too bad that too many people play from the "tips" which doesn't help to speed up play. For most of us, 6732 is all the course we can handle, yet I see 20+ index players playing from the tips? No problem provided that they keep pace.

Posted: Thursday, May 25, 2006
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mjquick - Pasadena 
Played Thursday 5/18, walked up to put my name on the list and starter said there a threesum on the T if you want to go now, so I did. A great day for a walk and all of the course is in great shape. Took a little over 4 hrs. to play, not bad for course #1.

Posted: Sunday, May 21, 2006
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phuyck - Alta Loma 
Best shape I've ever seen it. But, I don't play there often. New tee boxes are very good, greens are very good. Only complaints were the weather, about 2 inches of rain, played anyway, til SCGA took us off the course, and they didn't open the driving range until about 8 minutes prior to my tee time, 7:00. Poor management on their part. If we pay all the money to play in a qualifying event, management should insure that all aspects of the course are available to participants in a professional manner befitting the SCGA and golf in general.

Posted: Wednesday, April 5, 2006
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mjquick - Pasadena 
Greens as fast as I have ever seen at Brookside. Course is playing short because of new t-boxes, but still tuff.

Posted: Thursday, February 23, 2006
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Orpheus - Los Angeles 
Played on Saturday afternoon. There is a significant amount of construction going on and several tee boxes are closed. It appears that this will take months, not weeks. The course is playing much shorter. The fairways and greens looked to be in good condition, yet some of the bunkers lack an appropriate amount of sand.

Pace of play was slow. 5-somes all around. Marshalls here are useless.

Posted: Wednesday, February 8, 2006
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imdwiz - hhts 
Played here a couple weeks ago. The wait in between holes is ridiculous and we were in a tournament. We never saw a marshal. Fairways and greens were okay. Not enjoyable round of golf.

Posted: Wednesday, February 1, 2006
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bathom - Lakewood 
The service at this course is the worst I have experienced. They have a rule that if you have a fivesome playing on a weekend everybody in the group has to ride a cart. This is classic price gouging! The starters are also some of the rudest MF's I have ever encountered. My response to anyone considering "Crookside" is " any where but Brookside".

Posted: Saturday, January 28, 2006
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chappy23us - Upland 
Played here 01-16-06. Went out at 1245 and made to #14 before it got dark. I cannot believe how slow this course was playing. We waited up to 10 minutes in between shots. There wasn't a marshal in sight. Condition wise, the course was OK. Greens were full of ballmarks but the fairways were above average. I will stick with Santa Anita or San Dimas. This place was a joke today.

Posted: Monday, January 16, 2006
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hank - So Pasadena 
First of all kudos to Brookside for not using the course for the Rose Bowl game. With all the rain we had it would of destroyed the fairways. I thought the course was in pretty good shape considering the time of year. Ruff was pretty long plus with all the leaves falling, looking for you ball is like looking for a needle in the haystick. Teed off at 3:00 and got 13 holes in-not bad for a Friday.

Posted: Friday, January 6, 2006
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Butch - Glendale 
Grew up playing this course and I always enjoy playing it. The distance is perfect and the condition is descent. The only negative thing about Brookside is the slow pace. Yet, the positive features surpass the negative. I recommend this course to anyone that lives within 30 miles of Pasadena....definitley worth the time...besides, I always thought it was cool that you play three holes right next to the Rose Bowl.

Posted: Friday, January 6, 2006
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gevans - St. Louis, MO 
I have enjoyed playing Brookside #1 with my brother-in-law and his friends when I visit LA. The course is very flat especially compared with courses in my part of the country. As a result there are almost no uphill, downhill, or sidehill lies. The most challenging holes for me are those in which a rather wide "wash" runs north to south through the course. It's often difficult as an occasional player at Brookside to judge distances to and over these rather remarkable hazzards, but they are rare and maybe unique on a golf course which makes playing the course not only challenging but fun.

Posted: Monday, January 2, 2006
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dondadda - Rowland hts. 
Played the course for my first time.. fun track. Good condition, we had rain/drizzle all round. Helped with holding the greens, which where pretty firm, they rolled nicley also. Good food in the coffee shop, but pricey. (8.00 for an egg/bacon sandwich)

Def. will play again.

Posted: Thursday, December 29, 2005
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csail - valencia 
Played Fri. 12/23. Busy day, but finished in about 5 hrs, despite the fivesomes. Course in decent shape for the traffic it gets. Greens not real quick, they make your putting look pretty good. Rough was tough. If you are going to miss the fairway, miss big and put it in the next fairway over.

Posted: Sunday, December 25, 2005
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jsmaru - Los Angeles 
Course was in fair condition, considering there was a football game the night before. Greens were bumpy and there was a flea market at the Rose Bowl and was very noisy. Not really worht the green fee since out of towners (non-Pasadena residents) pay alot more than residents.

Posted: Tuesday, November 15, 2005
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sealskinz - duarte 
I've complained in the past about plenty. But there is one thing this course could do to improve. Open the clubhouse at 5:00am instead of 6:30 and have some god d%mn loud speakers in the clubhouse so you can hear your name being called while warming up with a cup of coffee or coccoa in the restaraunt-- So that way you don't have to show up at 4:00am to be first single on the waiting list and then be forced to have to wait outside in the cold for three f***ing hours before they finally call your name. Some people might say just go get your cup of coffee and go back outside. Well, in the time you go get your coffee they'll call your name three times and then your screwed without even knowing it. This has actually happened to me before.

What's the point of warming up on the range when it's fourty degrees outside? You simply will not get warmed up!!
What the hell do they have a clubhouse for anyway?!!
For christ sake make some use out of those couches sitting in the front lobby. Why not have a waiting list to sign-up on in the coffee shop every morning? That way when the sleepy starter staff finally moseys in at 6:00 am, your name will already be on a list that they can pick up when they grab their morning cup of coffee. I'm sick and tired of waitng out in the cold just to play some golf. USE THE CLUBHOUSE TO KEEP COLD PLAYERS WARM, AND GET SOME SPEAKERS INSTALLED INDOORS. GOD I HATE AMERICAN GOLF!!!!

Posted: Tuesday, November 8, 2005
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hank - So Pas 
Played STW and got 16 holes. Course looks likes its holding up considering its used for parking/tailgate parties for UCLA football games. Greens have improved, I didn't notice that many divots. My only compliant is that the divot mix containers on my cart were empty (this is the second time). Other than that, you can't beat the price. You get alot of golf for little money (during STW that is).

Posted: Friday, October 28, 2005
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hank - So Pas 
Course was in pretty good shape considering the aeration. A few greens were alittle bumpy. I was suprised to see that some of the bunkers actually had real sand...not dirt with rocks. I just hope Brookside keeps up with the improvements.

Posted: Friday, September 30, 2005
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SteveSlr - LA 
With Brookside #1, the glass is a little more full than empty. On the downside, to wedge a 7000 yard course into a rather small piece of property required some tight hole corridors, and a rather uninspired course routing (there's only one dogleg on the course). The fairways are narrow, but the trees between the holes are both attractive and not so densely planted that you are dead. Other than the terrific fourth hole, the land seems flat, but most holes go either up or down the Arroyo Seco and there are some nice small undulations in most fairways. And the greens are dramatically pitched. Billy Bell's design palette was rather limited, with mostly oval greens and oval bunkers, but the back to front slope of the greens is frequently severe, so the course is more challenging than most munis. The overall setting next to the Rose Bowl at the base of the San Gabriels is of course one of the classiest in Southern California.

As for conditioning, playing on Thursday afternoon following a UCLA home game on Saturday night, I didn't see any litter or tire treads at all from parking cars on the fairways. The one problem with the fairways appears to be that the sprinkler system doesn't cover the turf consistently, so there were both dry spots and muddy spots. To me, it seemed like they were generally overwatering the turf, perhaps to cut down on dry brown spots, causing me to take big divots. Shots hit fat might travel only 20 yards since your club would just dig in rather than bounce off the turf as on a dry course. I'd prefer a dryer course even if it was a little browner.

The greens are poa annua, which I guess must be kept fairly wet. On a sunny 80 degree Thursday afternoon in mid-September, the greens were very wet, causing big ball marks and one wedge shot just plain plugged. The grass on the greens was cut extremely short -- if the greens had been dry, some of the pin positions would have unputtable due to the steep slopes of the greens. The course was built back during the Golden Age of golf course design, back before supershort grass was feasible, so the green slopes were intended to be played with longer, slower greens.

Personally, I would prefer to have the green grass longer and dryer rather than shorter and wetter, which would seem like it would be better for maintenance, but perhaps that's not feasible with poa? The greens didn't looke too good because of all the (repaired) ballmarks, but they putted reasonably well.

Teeing off at 2:00, the beginning of twilight, we finished with about 20 minutes of daylight to spare, in about 4:30 (we let a threesome play through). We only had to wait on a few holes. For only $24 twilight, it's hard to argue with even if the course was a little too wet.

Posted: Friday, September 16, 2005
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phuyck - Allta Loma 
Considering the play at this course, I feel it's in fine shape. Some greens do have excess pitch marks, but all in all, nice challenging course. Remember, fix your own and one other, pitch marks, that is, and the problem will go away. Helps to rake those new bunkers too. Etiquete, etiquete, etiquete, can't spell it, but it's easier to do.

Posted: Wednesday, September 14, 2005
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hank - So Pas 
Course was in good condition after first UCLA home football game. As I was walking down the 10th fairway, I saw a bunch of free passes to a strip club as well as a condom (unused...no love after the game I guess). It will be interesting to see how the course holds up with the parking for the games. Anyways...greens looked and played good..I didn't see that many divots...there were a few bare spots in the the fairways...but nothing to complain about...a good course for a great price (twilight or Super).

Posted: Sunday, September 11, 2005
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hank - Pasadena 
Its a good course...I just wish people would fix their divots...course would be in better condition if people took the time.

Posted: Friday, September 2, 2005
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skboyer - Fullerton 
First time I played the course. The course was fun, but my game was not. It is a course that you have to play a couple of times to know where not to go.

Posted: Thursday, September 1, 2005
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birdies4me - Culver City 
Played Sunday, Aug 27. 2nd group off at 6:05 AM 1st group played very slowly, which is unusual, but we still finished in 4 hrs. Greens were very soft and had some ball mark damage do to players not fixing their marks. Also new sand in bunkers made for nice play from them, except when previous players did NOT rake them. Overall very nice though.

Posted: Sunday, August 28, 2005
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hank - south pas 
You know Brookside is a very nice track....too bad people are too d%mn lazy to fix their ball marks on the greens. Played today...as I was walking up...course looked in good condition until I got to hole 1 on course 1....it looked like a piece of swiss cheese with all the pitch marks/divots...its a d%mn shame! Alot of the holes had tons of divots...I tried fixing them put it would take me 5 min to get to them all. C'mon people...bend your fat ass over and fix your pitch marks/divots. Other than that course was in good shape and I had a good time (even had a good laugh watching a guy get pissed on 15 and throw his club about 30 yds)

Posted: Friday, August 26, 2005
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skaghetti - glendale 
course #1 was in pretty good shape. however, it took 6 hours to finish a round. aside from that, it was a fun course to play and the length of it makes it pretty challenging. aside from the length, it's a relatively easy course with wide fairways and not much trouble other than the little channels running aside the course. all in all a good course for the price

Posted: Friday, August 26, 2005
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kitvan - La Canada Flintridge 
This course was in great condition and was a lot of fun. All aspects were in good condition including sandtraps. Very much worth the green fees.

Posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2005
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jlin513 - Pasadena 
Played a free round using golf626.com, part of the golf800.com network...Conditions are deteriorating fast, I'd give it a 6 out of 10 overall...Many bare spots on the tee boxes and in some fairways and greens, inconsistent sand quality in the bunkers, and some greens have way too many ballmarks and bare spots...
The only good thing about playing in the afternoon is the pace of play...Teed off around 1:45pm and finished by 5:15pm...Can't beat that...Better get out there before UCLA football season starts next month...

Posted: Thursday, August 18, 2005
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rrichmond - Glendale 
Fun course to play around the Rose bowl. A few problems with some fairways, especially after a USC game because they use it for parking. Tee boxes were level and in decent shape.

Posted: Tuesday, August 16, 2005
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dragoon101 - pasadena 
All i can say about this course is "heads up!" This course is a shooting gallery with tons of stray balls flying everywhere. The fairways are really really narrow.

Posted: Tuesday, August 9, 2005
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sealskinz - duarte 
just a note regarding IROberts recent entry....

I know that twilight trick too....it really does work!! There's a downside to it however.

Everytime I do it, I still take the time to repair my ball marks on the greens, regardless of how much sunlight is left. Heck, I'll even fill-in my divots on the fairways....Most of you twilighters do use a cart, and yes, there should be divot fill in those little white bottles attached to the back of the cart....use it.

Alot of the players who take advantage by making their own path in the late afternoons at brookside never fix divots or ball marks because they are in such a hurry to fit in as many holes as they can for least amount of money. The result is ballmarks that don't get repaired until the next day, or worse, several days later. So, If your gonna try to cheat and squeeze in 19 or 25 holes after twilight, just remember all the other golfers who will find your ballmarks and unfilled divots in the morning. So don't be selfish-- fix 'em you dummies!!!

However, this method of jumping around the course wouldn't work at all, if brookside managment paid some decent marshalls to prevent players from doing it.


Just goes to show how bad Brookside has it....

see my other negative remarks on this course below, also positives for La Purisma and Rancho San Marcos....

thanks

sealskinz

Posted: Wednesday, July 27, 2005
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Iroberts - Pasadena 
Grew up in Pasadena and play this course all the time. #1 is a challenging course although I don't understand why people love the design so much. Most of the bunkers are poorly placed and ugly with those high lips. It's also bothersome when lakes are placed in higher terrain so that sometimes the water level is well above you, it just seems very unnatural. Also, on 7 and 8 the cart path just shouldn't be on that side, especially on the 7th where the path is only about 10 feet away from the green.


Still, this course has alot of potential and a respectible history, having hosted the LA Open (supposedly Pros found it quite difficult). The real problem with the course is course #2 in my opinion. #1 is too hard for alot of bad golfers who go out there and slow everything down, but because course #2 is so meek in comparison (and doesn't come back near the clubhouse at the turn), #1 is almost always too busy while #2 is wide open. That said, most people don't realize that the first half of the back nine of #2 actually has the most interesting terrain of anywhere on the course, with holes 10 through 13 being that best golf on the entire complex in my opinion. It is also in the best condition, since most of the players on #2 are so bad that they rarely make it that far.


My advice, start out on #2 but play #9 as #3 then continue over to the back 9. at #14 switch over to #5 of course 1 (which is adjacent) and play #6 & 7 as well. From there, move over to the back 9 of #1 starting on #12. Play through the 18th hole, then, to complete the round at twilight play #10. Play 18 or 9 just to come back and you've played 19 holes. If you start a round like this at around 3 to 3.5 hours before dark on a weekday you'll finish everytime, and play a course that is in much better condition.


Since I'm in college now I rarely play there, which is the only reason I'm giving this secret away.

Posted: Tuesday, July 26, 2005
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gofson2 - Sherman Oaks 
Played in the afternoon on Jul 15. Are the greens bumpy? Yeah, a little bit. Are the fairways a little bare? Yeah, in spots. Was it slow? Sure, a 5 hour twilight round. But for $32 not a bad deal at all. It’s still a great layout. We played it from the tips, and at a little over 7000 yards, it’s all the course you could want. Or at least, all the course I could want. Yes, I fixed a lot of ball marks that should have been fixed by other players. No use moaning about it, just bend down and fix them. Better to fix them than let them sit there. Are the sand traps in great shape? No, but then again, you're not supposed to hit it there. That's why they call them hazards... You think Old Tom Morris, or Bobby Jones played on perfectly manicured courses. No, they just played the course as it was. Sometimes I think today's golfers are a little spoiled by the standards we have today. Remember, it's just a game. Go out and enjoy it!

Posted: Friday, July 22, 2005
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sportsdoc - Pasadena 
I play here alot and yesterday was one of the worse times I experiencee. Two things, greens were way bumpy, ball marks everywhere, just terrible. Sand traps, what sand. I hit into a fairway bunker that was basicly dirt and rocks. And yes I dinged my 7 iron because of the condition. Not happy about it.

Posted: Monday, July 11, 2005
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greenhornet13 - altadena 
amazing! that's what i feel when i read all the negative posts about brookside. what is amazing is that so many of you are finally coming around to my way of looking at this golf course. it stinks! the city and american golf have let it go to pot, they allow 5-somes and the staff blows! those of you that post "it's in great shape" have obviously not played anywhere else. you can buff a turd only so much. not until more people like the previous posts start submitting these responses to the rose bowl management committee (the people of the city that control brookside) nothing will be done. i used to play brookside all the time, i grew up there, but i won't go back. it's a wonderful layout that could be great with vast improvements in condition and management. sadly, it's up to the city and they don't want to raise greenfees. speak out and maybe something can be done.

Posted: Thursday, July 7, 2005
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dpiotrowski - So. Pasadena 
First time playing Brookside and course was in decent shape for mid-summer.

Positives: receptive greens, moderate gree fees and ample yardage markers on the sprinkler heads.

Negatives: no marshals on a Sunday to monitor play, beverage cart non-existent, and tee markers were consistently placed on uneven ground.

Overall, good value but typical American Golf short comings.

Posted: Monday, July 4, 2005
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han971 - winnetka 
@&^% AMERICAN GOLF!!! AS COMIC BOOK GUY ON THE SIMPSONS WOULD SAY, "WORST MANAGING COMPANY EVER." How about promoting golf rather than stuffing pockets?

Posted: Monday, June 20, 2005
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sealskinz - Duarte 
I think all those big cats at Annandale CC in Pasadena who I used to caddy for should get their funds together and buy out American Golf and the city of Pasadena. Then plow the whole d%mn property over and build an entirely new facilitya nd keep it to just 18 holes. Push the yardage over 7500 from the back and sprawl the course over the whole property. Lets call up steve wynn and tell him to build a friggin casino next to it.

Then raise the green fee ten dollars and take no more than a threesomes for reservations. That way there might be room for a twosome waiting on the list and, of course, the army of single golfers just dying to squeeze in on a regular basis. Ban the fivesome groups. Hire some paid rangers to keep the pace up. Fire them if they can't do their job. If old men (American Golf Rangers) want to roam the golf course in a golf cart in exchange for free golf, they'll have 300 to 400 other American Golf Corp. courses around the world to do it at. But not Brookside!!!!!.....not anymore!!!!! If someone would just come in here and buy out everyone and fix eveerything Golf in Pasadena could be saved!!

Convince George C. Thomas's family to release some of his secret designs never built and lets put together a layout that can attract a US OPEN or at least a NATIONWIDE TOUR event.

SCREW IT...I HATE BROOKSIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've shot a 64 there when I was 19 but still HATE IT!!!!!!!!!


maybe I'm just pissed because I haven't broke 68 there since then.

I don't know!!! #%&***^%%$%$#$$$#

Posted: Tuesday, June 14, 2005
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jerry - Los Angeles 
I have ever played several times on Brookside before.
but I always think that paid green fee two much than course status.

Posted: Tuesday, June 7, 2005
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KAtkins - La Crescenta, CA 
Longer with larger greens than course #2. Definitely will challenge to stay on the tree lined fairways...but they are wide enough to give you a good chance. Well maintained overall and worth the reasonable green fee. Course is located next to famed Rose Bowl with some holes virtually next to the stadium.

Posted: Monday, June 6, 2005
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sealskinz - duarte 
I used to love brokside.

Now I hate it. it's that bad.

Posted: Monday, June 6, 2005
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edbannister - Victorville 
Brookside remains one of the better maintained municipal courses. #1's layout offers good variety despite the neary flat site. No contrived piles of dirt faking terrain.

Posted: Friday, May 27, 2005
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CSpan - Pasadena 
Played 5-13-05. The course is in the best shape I have ever seen. Of course, they're getting it ready for the Pasadena City Championship. Nevertheless, they've done a really good job. The tee boxes are far better than they've been in the past, and while not perfect, they are much better. The fairways are lush, and the greens are in very good shape. They've always had a problem with fungus here, but there's no trace of that now. Now is the time to get out here!

Posted: Saturday, May 21, 2005
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76 - Altadena 
Course was in the best shape i've ever seen.Still a little expensive for a course of that caliber. 7.5

Posted: Tuesday, May 17, 2005
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Orpheus - Los Angeles, CA 
How hard can it be to level a tee box? After months of construction, it seems that many of the tee boxes on both courses (1&2) are still uneven.

That said, the course is playing well, with greens firmer than they appear. The rough is not too penal and you can get away with some shots. Yet, there are some real monster par 4s.

Posted: Monday, May 9, 2005
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sportsdoc - Pasadena 
Played twilight yesterday. The course is playing great. The greens have recovered well from the aeration. Speed is medium fast. Brookside is looking very lush. There are some tee boxes that are a bit unleveled. Everything else is good. Playing close to a 7.0.

Posted: Monday, April 25, 2005
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nallr - La Canada 
Played 4/14. I've been playing Brookside for 15 years. It was in the best condition I've ever seen the course. The greens had been aerated about a month ago and they were perfect. No signs at all of the aeration. We had to play the back first because of small tournament going off on one. We had no problem coming around finishing on the front nine. If only they could keep the course in this condition..... I would want to play there all the time. It's truly a great "old-style" layout.

Posted: Friday, April 15, 2005
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michaelko - arcadia 
greens in great shape from the aerating... played 4/8.

Posted: Monday, April 11, 2005
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sportsdoc - Pasadena 
Recovering well from the rain. The course is as lush as ever, Rough is thick so beware. Sandtraps are slowly getting refilled. Tee boxes were okay, some unleveling and soogy. Greens, very bumpy and can be slow. The scenery was great and in no time Course 1 will play like a 7.0 course. Great public course.

Posted: Sunday, February 27, 2005
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kmichael - Glendale 
I have heard many conflicting things about brookside since I have been playing and so decided to finally play the course this weekend. The pluses:
The staff are friendly and easygoing.
The course is in really great shape, especially considering the recent weather we have been having. The Tee Boxes were level, the fairways were lush and green. As mentioned below, the rough was tall enough that I lost a few balls in it even when I knew exactly where I hit it.
The pro shop is well stocked.
The only minus I have is the greens. I found them bumpy and slow. Especially considering how nice the rest of the course was, I was a bit thrown off. In fairness though, there was a sign at the start area explaining that they were in the process of fixing up the greens and so that might explain the condition.
Overall, its a great course.

Posted: Sunday, February 27, 2005
Member Since: December 22, 2004
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toddieo - Manhattan beach 
Brookside, It has been a long time! Over 4 years since I played you last! I am a different golfer and you are still a real test of golf!!!!! The course is very lush and green right now, only small areas of standing water. Greens were good, a bit soft still and maybe a little bumpy? The ruff, WOW deep and difficult to find your ball some times. Brookside is and will always be a little slow because of the 5 somes. Hey is your a single and you want to play 5 somes help you get out quicker!!!! Just remember 2 things golfers, play from the correct tees, your not kidding us and you sure are not scoring from the blue, black tees. Second fix the ball marks on the greens!!!!! Don't be sooooooo lazy!

Posted: Friday, February 25, 2005
Member Since: April 7, 2003
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mccloud56 - Chatsworth,CA 
Brookside #1 and #2 are the best county or city run courses I've played on in the LA/Ventura County areas.

Posted: Tuesday, February 1, 2005
Member Since: December 7, 2003
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cartman - Pasadena 
TOOOO slow. Management seems to try to recover from low greens fees by pushing out as many players as possible. On weekends its REALLLLLY SLOOOWWWW

Posted: Tuesday, February 1, 2005
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mtaylo1 - Glendale 
Played 01/17 and the course was not in the best of shape, fairways are thin in spots, greens are a bit rough and full of unrepaired ball marks, tee boxes full of divots and not many are level and the play was fairly slow. While I know it's winter and we have had a lot of rain I did expect the course to be in much better shape.

Posted: Tuesday, January 18, 2005
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cgill831 - Los Angeles 
I love Brookside #1- usually a great course and a great challenge. It was beautiful today...but the course was in pretty shape. The tee boxes were muddy, severly damaged by divots, and often severly slanted. Some greens were lightening quick and others were slow. My favorite moment was watching two marshalls talk under a tree while the group in front of us was an entire hole behind. Maybe next time it'll be better.

Posted: Friday, December 17, 2004
Member Since: November 13, 2002
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jd4 - Pasadena 
Even though Brookside is almost in my back yard, I seldom play either of its two courses. On Tuesday I was the guest of a good friend, and we got out promptly at 10:00. I have always thought that course #1 is very challenging (a 466 yd. par 4?). However, the greens have to be as bad as I can recall. I guess that I should be thrilled with the lack of ball marks (for once), but there are so many varieties of grass on each green that is hard to tell what direction your putt will take. The greens need some serious work if this is to become a quality course. Other courses in the local area do not have the same problem (at least to that extent). The pace of play was great, finished in 4 hours, which is ahead of schedule for that course.

Posted: Wednesday, November 10, 2004
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sportsdoc - Pasadena 
Got 18 in before the rain yesterday. My last posting of course 1 was not encouraging. However to my surprise course 1 was playing pretty good. The greens were a little bumpy but much much better than 3 weeks ago. Fairways and tee boxes were average to good. I play here a lot and yesterday was a pleasant surprise. Hope the rains did not over flood the course.

Posted: Wednesday, October 27, 2004
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sportsdoc - Pasadena 
Course is chewed up from UCLA football parking, broken beer bottles and beer caps. Greens were aweful even though they were aerated a week ago. People just don't like fixing their ball marks!!

Posted: Monday, October 4, 2004
Member Since: August 28, 2004
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divot1957 - Burbank 
Greens are somewhat slow & quite bumpy. Plenty of unfixed pitch marks. Bermuda grass encroaching throughout many greens. Tee boxes very poor condition. Between the tee and the green, the course looks pretty good.

Posted: Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Member Since: December 20, 2002
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palatto - Covina 
Great looking course, with some good forgiveness. PLayed at 2:30 on Friday and was at my car at 7:20. Not a difficult course, and easy to walk.

Posted: Friday, August 20, 2004
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golferdude - fontana 
This is a good course to play, especially if you want to get some practice play in. Course is not in that great of condition, but probably one of the best American Golf Courses in the area. A note to "Cheeseburger". I recommend going at twilight or super twilight, especially if you dont like slow play, because you can skip around to different holes after super twilight. Well happy golfing!

Posted: Wednesday, August 11, 2004
Member Since: August 8, 2004
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alanmode - cerritos 
It was a hardest day in my golf life .We teed off 2;25 saturday 7/24/04 ,finished 8;00 .5 hours 30 min.JESUS!!!!! Last hole almost in darkness.Hot weather,no cart girl to buy something fresh(where were you?),no marshall to control slow play,Snack shop out of hot dogs.THIS IS A BIG JOKE,MAN. I'm very sorry BROOKSIDE but you 'll never gonna see me again. d%mn !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: Sunday, July 25, 2004
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gofson2 - Sherman Oaks 
Played on the afternoon of July 15. 325pm tee time, and finished just before 8pm, and we were a fivesome. Not too bad considering the previous comments. Agree that the greens are in pretty bad shape with lots of spots of poa all around (at least that's what my friend was calling it). Many of the tee boxes were not level. Fairways were decent, but nothing to write home about. There was enough sand in the traps I visited to fill all the traps and waste areas at Rustic Canyon. And the number one rant&rave, unrepaired ball marks. Correct me if I'm wrong, but even a badly repaired ball mark is better than an unrepaired one. I just wish I had the answer to solve this problem.

Posted: Friday, July 16, 2004
Member Since: November 25, 2002
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dpaller - SHerman Oaks 
It's a shame that such a good value otherwise is tainted by the terrible tee boxes.

Posted: Thursday, July 1, 2004
Member Since: November 5, 2003
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Cheeseburger - Pasadena 
Yes, I'm a "local". I live five minutes from the Rose Bowl, so, one might think that Brookside would be a natural choice for a nice Friday morning round of golf. We had a 10:00 A.M. starting time. Now, I know I have been negative about Brookside in the past (see my prior postings ragging on the City of Pasadena for bowing to political correctness and banning cigar smoking for a short time.....this has been rectified, so - smoke 'em if you brought 'em!) -but - here is my latest rant: (Switching to ALL CAPS is not a mistake....I am still angry!!

SOMETHING MUST BE DONE ABOUT THE PACE OF PLAY!! IN MY 34-YEARS OF PLAYING GOLF IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, YESTERDAY (25 June 2004) WAS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE EVER HAD TO WALK OFF OF A GOLF COURSE DUE TO UNACCEPTABLE SLOW PLAY!!!! If ever there was a case to be made for making sure golfers pass a minimum-handicap proficiency test (even insisting upon a 36.0 index would be better than what I saw there yesterday!) - yesterday was it!! To the unknown Lady Golfer who played out in front of us......when you take your 8th shot in a sand-trap on a par three - YOU MIGHT WANT TO PICK UP YOUR FRIGGING BALL AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT HOLE!! But that's not the worst thing. I know that Brookside has decided that FIVESOMES are a good idea.....but - for God's sake.....spread 'em out!! It gets worse. MUCH worse. After a two-and-a-half-hour FRONT SIDE (no lie!) - there is a snack-shack after the 11th hole. Sitting under the trees, chatting and eating their lunches....WERE FIVE (5!!!!!!) COURSE MARSHALS SITTING IN THEIR CARTS WHILE THERE WAS A TWO-FOURSOME BACK-UP ON THE NUMBER TWELVE TEE..... NOT 20 YARDS AWAY FROM THEM. It took us another 20 minutes to play the 12th hole!!!!!! And this was after the GROUP IN FRONT OF US WAS ALLOWED TO PLAY THROUGH THE "FOURSOME OF DEATH" IN FRONT OF THEM. We had to wait ten minutes (all the time watching the unknown female golfer flail away in the sand!!) to tee off on the par three number 12! By the time we got to the next tee-box, the group in front of us had fallen a hole-and-a-half behind!! This had the makings of a six-hour round!!!! I gave up. I bailed on the rest of my round!! AND WHAT DO I SEE WHEN I AM DRIVING MY CART BACK TO THE CLUBHOUSE???? SOME OCTOGENARIAN MARSHALL DRIVING RIGHT BY THE OFFENDING GROUP IN FRONT OF US WITHOUT STOPPING TO AT LEAST TELL THEM TO PICK UP THE PACE A LITTLE!! There can be no excuse for this!! Brookside Number One should never hake over 4 1/2 hours to play!! Get those course Marshalls off their butts and get the course moving again!! I won't be back. There are way too many good choices around to have to put up with this baloney!!!!

Posted: Saturday, June 26, 2004
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ohpoh - los angeles 
had a tee time at 400 pm, didnt tee off til 430 pm. whats the deal!!! whats the point of making a tee time if you dont go out at your time. The starter was calling all of the people on the waiting list before calling us. This is not the first time this happened. Played only 9 holes for 3 and half hours. The customer service on this course is the worst. I played many courses, this ranked the lowest.

Posted: Tuesday, June 22, 2004
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CSpan - Pasadena 
Played the afternoon 5/28/04. The facility seems to be improving slowly. The new driving range is a plus, and overall, the course is in very good condition...with the exception of, what else, the greens and tee boxes. It's the same thing here every time. The greens were slow, patchy and inconsistent. Some of the tee boxes had a lot of damage and several were not level. The layout of this course, however, will keep people coming back. It really is a good track - long and testy. The city and American Golf just have to get it together on those greens and tee boxes - and get friendlier starters.

Posted: Saturday, May 29, 2004
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joeycat - Castaic, CA 
We played on a Tuesday...4 1/2 hours not bad for Brookside. Course was in good shape, greens a little bumpy (people don't fix a lot of ball marks) fairways and rough were fine. Fairly expensive with a cart...$34 per player + $26 for cart (although we had a free round w/cart) The starters are unfriendly/unheplful also...actually, it has always seemed that way to me...

Posted: Tuesday, May 4, 2004
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mtaylo1 - glendale 
Played on a Thursday at 6:30am. The course was in the best condition it's been in quite some time. The fairways were in great shape, the greens recovered from the work that was done (although players are still not fixing their ball marks) and were fairly quick for this course. The tee boxes still need work. While they all had grass not very many are level. The pace of play was OK although it could and maybe should have played a bit faster for that time of day. Overall the track was well worth the time and $$.

Posted: Monday, April 26, 2004
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jaeyc - Los Angeles 
Started at 9:45 AM, didn' t finish until 4:00 PM. The pace was horrendous, 6 hours to play 18? Never again will I play this course on a weekend. Did not see a single marshal on the course to speed up play. Stay away on weekends.

Posted: Saturday, April 10, 2004
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KAtkins - La Crescenta, CA 
Next to famed Rose Bowl. Lots of upgrades this year. New range and practice area going in. Course is usually without wind. Great Pro Shop.

Posted: Saturday, March 20, 2004
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mizuno25 - los angeles 
This is the first time I have played Brookside in several months, and it is very nice. The fairways were in the best shape of any local public course by far, and I mean ten times better, no bare spots, oh it was great. The course overall was in really great shape maybe even the best I have ever seen it. The only problem is there is no driving range, it's bulldozed over and will be closed util the end of April. Go play, go play, go play.

Posted: Thursday, March 11, 2004
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weber - coto de caza 
Played after the heavy rains. Surprisingly the course was in good condition - very minimal signs of the recent rainfall (5 inch) Everything in good shape, not great, but very acceptable.

Posted: Sunday, February 29, 2004
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Tcrable - Simi Valley 
Rather disappointing conditions. The Pose Bowl parking doesn't help. Found a couple of craters with ashes in them from tailgate parties on the fairways. Greens are bumpy but fairly fast with tons of ball marks. Needs to be over-seeded with winter rye like 0other local courses but probably couldn't stand up to the tire tracks from Ahhnold's Hummers during the Rose Bowl. I'd wait until February to book here.

Posted: Tuesday, January 13, 2004
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1scgolfer - TORRANCE 
what happened. it was a very good course. now its in terrible shape for here. nobody fixes ball marks, tee boxes are a messy, greens are very bumpy. i guess they lost their maintance people.

Posted: Friday, December 26, 2003
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mtaylo1 - Glendale 
Went out this morning at 6:30 and finished in 3 1/2 hours. Course in fairly good condition but it was a bit frosty at that time of the morning and was surprized we were allowed out. Fairways were good, rough was OK. Greens were in good shape and much faster than usual this morning although there are still several ball marks not being repaired (really a shame that fellow golfers are that inconsiderate by not fixing their divots). Tee boxes really need work. Very few, if any are level but overall it's a nice track for a public course getting that much play.

Posted: Tuesday, December 16, 2003
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mizuno25 - los angeles 
I played Course 1, two weeks ago and it was in great shape, partly due to the fact that a game had not been played there in two weeks. This course is better than any other L. A. course around right now.

Posted: Saturday, November 29, 2003
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Cheeseburger - PASADENA!!!! 
BROOKSIDE WILL NOW BE ENFORCING THE "NO SMOKING ON THE GOLF COURSE" POLICY PASSED BY "THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF PASADENA" - IDIOTS!! CIGAR SMOKERS UNITE!! CALL BROOKKSIDE! CALL AMERICAN GOLF! VOICE YOUR OPINION!!! AND BOYCOTT BROOKSIDE!!!

Posted: Friday, November 14, 2003
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mtaylo1 - Glendale 
Course was in terrible condition. Aside from the greens being punched and beginning to recover which is normal this time of year, the overall course was really beat up. Most likely from this past weekends UCLA game but there was trash everywhere, lots of bare spots and not very many level tee boxes. I have played many times after UCLA games and it's always been in much better condition than was the case today. Almost looks as though the entire grounds crew has been on vacation for months.

Posted: Wednesday, October 8, 2003
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ohpoh - los angeles 
played par 4 second hole as par 3. played 7th hole while maintenance workers on the fairway. Besides these holes course is good

Posted: Thursday, August 28, 2003
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Hankola - Long Beach 
This course always kicks my a$$. I liked the fact that #11 (par 5) was playing 152 yards from the tees!!!! Some greens were fast, others were not - I never got my putter going. I tee'd off at 6:39 a.m., by the time I finished it was 94 degrees.

Posted: Monday, August 18, 2003
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ajsalt - Pasadena 
Played the course tuesday, not bad for all the work that is going on with the new sprinkler system. Marshalls were close at hand with colddddd water for us. Greens were good, fairways good, some brown spots on the T-boxes. But outside of that the course is fine.

Posted: Thursday, July 17, 2003
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ajsalt - Pasadena 
#1 is still undergoing the sprinkler system installation, I have no problem with that. The long rough, no problem with that either. Ssssslow greens...... I have a problem with that.... at least if you can't make them fast make them at least half fast, fairways were fine, T-boxes fine, bunkers ok, But the green speed was slow over the majority of them but there were a very few that had speed, so inconsistency has also set in.

Posted: Wednesday, June 18, 2003
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mtaylo1 - Glendale 
Played 6/15, Greens very, very slow and really needed to be mowed. Rough very thick and deep making it tough if you strayed off the fairway. Other than the greens being far to slow, course was in good playing condition.

Posted: Sunday, June 15, 2003
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str8up - Los Angeles 
Called today (4/24) at about 11am and asked if there was room available for a single to walk on. Starter said sure come on out and we'll fit you in. Showed up about half an hour later and got on the waiting list. Waited for almost 2 f'ing hours!!! Gave up and was extremely pissed that I had wasted the rest of the day available to play. American Golf gets a big F.U.

Posted: Thursday, April 24, 2003
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sdr656 - 1000 Oaks 
Played 4/21. Course was OK in general, however tee boxes were real spotty. Greens were as slow as I've ever seen. Some bunkers had rocks in them. Hope it gets better for The City Champ. nex