Played on Sunday in a Rancho Park Men's Club event at Brookside #1 and thankfully the weather played along for a very fun round in Pasadena. The rate was pre-paid for the tournament of course, but still had to pay an additional $18 for the cart and unfortunately the driving range is currently closed so don't do what I did and get there an hour early.

Right now the greens at Brookside are devilishly quick and running really nicely. That is far and away the best part of the course right now as the bunkers were definitely heavy after the recent rains, the tee boxes were good but not great, and the fairways had some good coverage in some spots, but very thin and beat up in others. Rough was nice and thick but playable.

POP was dreadfully slow though as my group was the very last one for the tournament so all complaints only directed to RPGC players who for whatever reason weren't moving quite as quickly as they always seem to do at Rancho Park. It was definitely tough to keep any rhythm going throughout the round but it was a beautiful day again finally so we managed it.

Brookside #1 is always a great layout and very tough in terms of length (even from the whites which I was assigned) and tricky trees everywhere that keep narrowing a decent number of the fairways. There are some wide open ones as well though to keep you honest.

While I have seen Brookside in fairer condition, I think it will look much better very soon and I would not hesitate playing here again and again.