Brookside Golf Course #1: Member Reviews

1133 Rosemont Ave
Pasadena, CA 91103 • (626) 585-3594

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Pasadena, CA (91103)

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11. roarksown1

Posted: 12/26/22 8:54p
Member Since: Jan 6, 2013
From: Playa del Rey

Played a Christmas Day round at Brookside #1 with three friends and was surprised to find the course pretty quiet and smooth going all morning with an 8:10am tee time and playing from the blue tees. I... Continue »

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Rated
6.3 Conditions

12. chipper28

Posted: 07/13/22 11:08p
Member Since: Oct 29, 2006
From: Glendale, CA

My first time playing B1 since all the music festivals and the course is in bad shape. The biggest issue are the greens. It appears that they mini-punched the greens but did NOT sand them this past ... Continue »

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6 Likes.

Rated
3.1 Conditions

13. shankwedge

Posted: 07/05/22 3:25p
Member Since: Jul 5, 2022
From: Pomona

Played 7/3 and they were doing all kinds of work in preparation for the July 4th firework show at the Rose Bowl. The worker didn't bother me and I don't expect it to be a norm. #9 was turned into an 8... Continue »

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4.7 Conditions

14. Duffer4fun1

Posted: 06/27/22 9:45a
Member Since: Mar 20, 2020
From: Duarte, CA

Played Course 1 (Koiner) yesterday. Course was in good condition except maybe one green where on low life ran his cart or car across the green multiple times. Greens are in great shape. We were a four... Continue »

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15. hugepark

Posted: 03/17/22 11:25a
Member Since: Apr 24, 2008
From: south pas

I played the back-nine on Brookside #1 this morning, so this review is specific to the back. A heads up that as I was checking in, the guy at the pro shop was mentioning to another customer that they ... Continue »

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6 Likes.

Rated
8.7 Conditions

16. weber

Posted: 06/10/21 11:56a
Member Since: Dec 4, 2002
From: coto de caza

I went to Brookside with the intention of playing the #2 course, but was fortunate enough to be able to get out on the "big" course. I've always preferred the #1 course, even though there are several... Continue »

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10 Likes.

Rated
6.5 Conditions

17. roarksown1

Posted: 06/07/21 3:54p
Member Since: Jan 6, 2013
From: Playa del Rey

It was a friend's birthday this weekend so we snagged a nice late foursome at Brookside #1 and ended up canceling the less interesting Woodley Lakes at the last minute. It was a wise choice.

I'm still not a fan of Brookside #1 switching the nines on us like they did sometime this past year, but the course is no less fun or interesting because of it. I think I just liked the flow of it better the old way, and the first hole now requires a long shot over that concrete ravine that bisects the course instead of the rather benign old first hole (now #10) that let's you work your way into it slowly.

Very nice course conditions all around here right now with the greens running super quick, having very nice coverage and rolling true all day. I had a very difficult time keeping the speeds right and suffered a few too many 3-putts, but blame that on me and not the course.

Fairways are in good shape right now and the rough in spots in brutal thick, but mostly playable if you're not too far into the sticks. There were a lot of bunkers that were pretty thin and even some with standing water in them, but I only had to play out of one all morning and left it a half foot from the hole for a tap-in so I'm not complaining. Tee boxes were a little bit thin on some of the holes, but always manageable.

Cart service was great and came around numerous times, and there's a great little BBQ area near the first tee box that serves up some tasty brats. We also had some drinks and other apps outside the now-open diner, so that was nice to have back. Don't recall exactly what the greens fee was but included the very basic carts with the exception of the serviceable GPS they have attached to them.

We played from the blue tees and it's all a high-handicapper like myself can handle at 6700 yards and no shortage of very long par 4s throughout the day. You've got some narrow landing areas to deal with and some vital distance calls, but there are some gettable holes here as well. It's just a really fun track and it will keep you entertained all day long.

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12 Likes.

Rated
6.9 Conditions

18. dangerousbri

Posted: 05/29/21 5:51p
Member Since: Nov 3, 2015
From: La Crescenta

Played here mid day Saturday Memorial day weekend. POP was 4:30 with waiting on only a couple of holes. Being a threshold that played ready golf may have contributed to the waiting. Hope they keep th... Continue »

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7 Likes.

Rated
6.2 Conditions

19. roarksown1

Posted: 01/09/21 4:56p
Member Since: Jan 6, 2013
From: Playa del Rey

Managed to snag an 8am tee time at Brookside this morning and played with three friends, one of which had been out of the game for a while, so we opted to play the white tees, which, if you know Brookside #1, is still more than enough challenge. It was a cold morning but the range was bristling as a long line waited to warm up.

Once we started, I was miffed to find out that they had reversed the nines here. Having last played here in 2019, I must have not gotten the memo, so that was a bit of an adjustment. I'm not sure I prefer the current routing compared to the old one, but I can also admit that I have no concrete explanation for feeling that way. Nostalgia maybe?

As for the course itself, tremendous greens, with the only blemish on them being from too many weekend hackers unwilling to fix ball marks. Apart from that, they' very fast, very true and incredibly difficult to master. Green complexes here offer some tricky pin positions and today was no exception. Also, only very well-placed approaches managed to stay on the greens.

Fairways were in good, but not great shape. I'm not a fan of the rough between the trees where you will find a great many dry patches and simple dirt to work from, and it's frustrating at times to watch great shots just roll off the green and into some junk right off the cart paths since a lot of the holes are pretty tight. But hey, whose fault is it being there?
Bunker that I was in played fine, not super fluffy but an actual sand shot possible, unlike other places where chips are necessary. And tee boxes were in good shape - flat and mostly well covered.

Brookside is one of the more stringent Covid regulations courses I've played in a while, so be prepared for that. They also did not have any food services available in the morning, but when we finished up after around 5.5 hours, there was a BBQ and beverage stand available with some nice selections. Oh yeah, the POP stunk. Super crowded and we waited on just about every shot, but once the cold faded into a nice summer-esque day, no one cared all that much. It was an amazing winter day that we SoCal residents should never take for granted.

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10 Likes.

Rated
6.0 Conditions

20. dconnally

Posted: 09/11/20 2:46p
Member Since: Oct 6, 2003
From: Mission Viejo, CA

Played the LONG #1 course in an SCGA qualifier on Thursday, 9/10/20, teeing off at 820am and playing in just over 4.5 hr. Which was pretty torturous, as all the fires made the air brown and smoky, and we had NO wind and high humidity, making the round very uncomfortable. After the high heat of the past couple weeks, the course (yes, all that lovely kikuyu!) was very wet from early watering, and for some reason SCGA set us up on the Blue tees (6,711/72.5/129), making the long day even longer. Greens were the best part of the course. They were fairly firm but held good shots, had good coverage and rolled smoothly at medium+ speed. We saw scattered old ballmarks on each hole but it was manageable. Greens on the back nine are a little sloppier than on the front, and a couple of pin placements yesterday were on the edge of the precipice – my downhill putt on #10, struck with appropriate speed for what we saw on the front nine, rolled past the hole and continued off the front of the green 30 feet away! Fortunately this was the exception and not the rule! [Please HOLD the comments on my putting!] Fairway coverage was variable throughout the course – you could get lush/spongy kikuyu, tight/firm kikuyu, thin/patchy lies, or bare spots. Rough was similar in the variability encountered, but was much more likely to be on the thin/bare side. And farther from the fairway you were in loose dirt. Tees were generally OK but were set up pretty narrow, so cleat damage built up fairly quickly, and frequently were pushed to the side of the tee box, where bordering trees could intrude (go, American Golf!!). Sand was barely adequate – a very thin layer over wet, packed base. It helps that SCGA lets you play lift and place within one club in competitions, but you still have the thin sand problem. I hadn’t played #1 in 20+ years, so I was happy to see a TFM GPS unit on the good-quality cart. COVID measures in place – don’t touch the flag, no rakes, masks in the clubhouse, and putting green closed. But the range was open. As opposed to the courteous staff at Arrowood a few days ago, staff here just keeps working/driving while you are hitting. Recommended, but play the correct tees, and wait for the fire residue to clear out.

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Rated
6.6 Conditions

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