Sat morning round on Brookside #1, a bit slow and busy course today (5:10) for sure. Saw carts stacked up all over the place. Anyway, the layout on #1 has some well designed holes mostly protected b... Continue »

Sat morning round on Brookside #1, a bit slow and busy course today (5:10) for sure. Saw carts stacked up all over the place. Anyway, the layout on #1 has some well designed holes mostly protected by mature trees and strategic bunkers. Some length is required if you go beyond the white tees, short knockers beware!

Greens were in very good condition considering the amount of play it gets. I was impress with the nice short cut and speed, so difficult to read theses babies ... I putted poorly but still enjoyed the challenge and look forward to coming back.

Some very thin fairway lies, and if you go under the trees it's noting but hard pan and leaves. Bunkers somewhat thin sand coverage, be careful in there.

I'm looking forward to coming here again.

First time playing was morning after UCLA game in the Rose Bowl night before: the golf course is used for parking! Thus, the fairways were a bit chewed up and a pickup truck was still parked in the ... Continue »

First time playing was morning after UCLA game in the Rose Bowl night before: the golf course is used for parking! Thus, the fairways were a bit chewed up and a pickup truck was still parked in the 9th fairway about 280 off the tee: couldn't quite reach it into the wind. Good design, but the grass isn't in great shape right not. Greens are very fast, but still waffled from earlier punching, so tough to score. Staff friendly and helpful, even letting us hit on the range for a while before the portapottys from the football game were trucked away: only time I've ever had a hitting target perfect matched to my wedge game. We were a 3some following other 3somes, and round was surprisingly fast for Sunday morning, around 4:15. Bit more expensive than some other local courses in better shape, but an enjoyable change-up.

Played in the morning of 10/4/2015, with period showers, and just after the UCLA v ASU game at the Rose Bowl...

Pace of play was great, no one ventures out on a raining day. However, everything els... Continue »

Played in the morning of 10/4/2015, with period showers, and just after the UCLA v ASU game at the Rose Bowl...

Pace of play was great, no one ventures out on a raining day. However, everything else, but the greens were trashed. Thank you, tailgaters. Can't forget the tire treads on the fairway.

I like Brookside, both #1 and #2, but if you can ever avoid it. Don't play after a football game at the Rose Bowl.

First the course is in great shape. Greens medium fast, fairways good, (some areas G.U.R.) T-boxes good. That's the good and now the BAD!!!! Pace of play was just about as bad as it could be!!!!!!! At... Continue »

First the course is in great shape. Greens medium fast, fairways good, (some areas G.U.R.) T-boxes good. That's the good and now the BAD!!!! Pace of play was just about as bad as it could be!!!!!!! At the 4.25 hour mark on hole fifteen I had had enough. Brookside lets out 5 balls and then just let them play as SLOW as they want. So for the first nine holes we waited on every shot (2.5 hrs.). At number 10 there were three groups standing on the Tee and then it got worse. Brookside had a modified shot gun starting at 8am (14 to 1 holes) with six-somes! The 5 ball that was so slow could not keep up with a 6 ball! MARSHALL WHAT MARSHALL!!!!!! So when we finished 15, there standing on the 16th tee was FOUR groups and I had had enough (4.25 hrs)!!!!!!!!!! One more thing the five-some were five men in three carts and right behind them was another five-some all women, all walking and they were up there butts all morning. Shame on you Brookside, players that tee off at 5:45am want to play in 4 hrs. or LESS and not 5.5 hrs.!! If you want to put out five-somes in the am get Marshall's out there to keep them going.

Hello fellow golfers. I played Brookside #1 today the 18th of May. I wanted to play somewhere close today to I decided to tee off at super twilight, 3:30pm, on the #1 course. I haven't played this sid... Continue »

Hello fellow golfers. I played Brookside #1 today the 18th of May. I wanted to play somewhere close today to I decided to tee off at super twilight, 3:30pm, on the #1 course. I haven't played this side a year or so. They have made a few changes to this course. They added more length and fixed the lake on # 6 making it more of a challenge on the left side of the fairway from the gold markers. I usually bring my driver with me to the green on #10 and then walk right off the green to #11 tee box, but not this time. I had to look 60yds to the left of where I used to tee off on #11 to see the gold gold tees. The water on #18 is no longer a factor either but there is still the Rose Bowl parking lot if you go too far right. Overall the changes were good and the course was in good shape. I thought the greens would be a bit faster but oh well. Until next time...

I played Brookside #1 yesterday after not having played out there since February, and it is in awful shape. I first played course #1 about 4 years ago in the Pasadena City Championship, and the condit... Continue »

I played Brookside #1 yesterday after not having played out there since February, and it is in awful shape. I first played course #1 about 4 years ago in the Pasadena City Championship, and the conditions of this course have been going nowhere but down. The greens are becoming unputtable, before and after they punched the greens, and the fairways at times look like parking lots. The greens used to be poa, but now with the emergence of the kikuyu grass on the greens, there is no consistency with the speed or firmness. It is a shame to see the course in such rough shape, because it is a great layout and challenge. It says that they aerified the greens a month ago but most greens still look like they were punched less than 2 weeks ago and the holes never were grew over by the grass. I advise anyone who cares about conditions of greens to steer clear of Brookside #1 and 2. I think I may have played my last round there for a long time. No longer will they collect my money to play there.

Played this morning in a POP of 3:30. Greens had been punched 3/16 and are still not that great (at least 2 more weeks IMO). Putting was not good all day (we had hoped for better, but it is what it is... Continue »

Played this morning in a POP of 3:30. Greens had been punched 3/16 and are still not that great (at least 2 more weeks IMO). Putting was not good all day (we had hoped for better, but it is what it is when they aerate). The rest of the course (tees, fairways, rough, sand traps) are just fine (but play # 2 as they aerate beginning of April). Customer service was excellent. Had lunch in the restaurant and the food/prices and service was excellent. Even had a chance to "browse" the pro shop and they have a huge selection to choose from at reasonable prices.

Played early on Sunday morning (3/8). I was grouped with the first group off the tee so the pace was really fast. The course condition was good. There were some patches here and there but nothing t... Continue »

Played early on Sunday morning (3/8). I was grouped with the first group off the tee so the pace was really fast. The course condition was good. There were some patches here and there but nothing too bad on the fairway. The greens were speedy and nice. I believe they have it noted here on greenskeeper.org that they will be aerating this weekend. The only disappointment was on the 18th hole. They have a temporary tee box set up that makes the par 4 hole into a par 3 156 yards. Other than that, wasn't too bad.

Back again today and we played in 3:30. Not much more to say than what we said last week, but glad to know they will aerate 3/15-17 as some of the greens need it (more of a visual vs affecting putting... Continue »

Back again today and we played in 3:30. Not much more to say than what we said last week, but glad to know they will aerate 3/15-17 as some of the greens need it (more of a visual vs affecting putting). Was nice to see the maintenance guys out using the stamping tool to fix the divots, that others do not (nice touch). Overall course in nice condition. Good tee boxes; fairways clean and providing good roll (though they need more grass as you will find good lies but some tight lies await). Bunkers all raked and clean. No rough to speak of (but stay out of the water). Greens clean and though they looked slow, they were very fast and even faster when the sun dried them out. Customer service with starter excellent. Enjoyable course to play and easy to walk.