Tough to find courses with reasonable rates, but fortunately Brookside still provides great rates for seniors. Wanted to play the #1 course, but ended up on #2, which turned out to be just fine as the... Continue »

Tough to find courses with reasonable rates, but fortunately Brookside still provides great rates for seniors. Wanted to play the #1 course, but ended up on #2, which turned out to be just fine as the "big" course is becoming a little more than this senior can handle. Too many long four pars. Course seems to have dried out since the last review and was in decent condition. Greens rolled well and had decent pace. Good coverage in the fairways. Rough was a bit inconsistent. Always enjoy playing this course as the green complexes are more interesting than the #1 course. Smaller and more difficult to hit. (But at least I can reach most of these holes)

I played here yesterday with a small tournament of just three foursomes. First group out at 9 AM. POP was about four hours. If you want to hit balls, you have to stand in line and wait for a station a... Continue »

I played here yesterday with a small tournament of just three foursomes. First group out at 9 AM. POP was about four hours. If you want to hit balls, you have to stand in line and wait for a station as the range is small. One of the two putting greens was open. The course itself is in great shape with lots of good grass coverage most everywhere. It was cart path only on a couple of holes and all the par 3's.

Greens here are relatively small. They were medium fast and looked great. Lots of subtle breaks and somewhat challenging.

Tees (we played the white tees) were decent. Good grass coverage and mostly level.

Fairways were very nice with the exception of the first hole. There's a large area that is low lying and had standing water and no grass. Lay up, then hit over this mess! Other than that, the rest of the course was great.

Rough was very playable; deep and penal at times, but almost no problem finding your ball.

There are many bunkers on this course, and they looked to be in good condition. The sand was not too deep, maybe a couple of inches over hard pan. They all appeared to be raked nicely.

We went into the bar area afterwards and the food/beverage service looked nice. It's a fun course and I would like to play here again.

Even though I work nearby I hardly ever play here - last time was Feb - but since I had a free afternoon the day before Thanksgiving I found a noon tee time and decided to walk and see how the course ... Continue »

Even though I work nearby I hardly ever play here - last time was Feb - but since I had a free afternoon the day before Thanksgiving I found a noon tee time and decided to walk and see how the course is doing. Since football season is winding down I'd hoped that the worst of the fairway damage has passed, but honestly the fairways were in better shape than I'd anticipated. Besides the white parking lines marking up the fairways you would probably have never known. Not to say the fairways are in great shape, but they're playable. It's a tricky course, fairly narrow in spots, and even if you manage to keep it in play, the greens were absolutely brutal!! Some of the fast muni greens I've ever played on. If you're above the hole, RIP. Getting the speed right was a challenge all day, and some pin positions were diabolical. Tee boxes were in mostly good shape, fairways provided good roll out, was in one bunker and it needed some sand but it was playable. It was a beautiful day for a walk, POP was about 4.5 and the scenery was very nice. I'll probably be back here sooner rather than later

A bit of a late review. Not a whole lot to add to the prior review. The best part of the course would be the greens. Beyond that, not a lot of positives. Tee boxes still not totally open, so had to "m... Continue »

A bit of a late review. Not a whole lot to add to the prior review. The best part of the course would be the greens. Beyond that, not a lot of positives. Tee boxes still not totally open, so had to "make my own" tee box areas. The fairways are rather shabby right now as is the rough. I hope this is temporary.

I enjoy playing this course, now more than years ago, perhaps because it lacks all those "big" par four holes I can no longer reach in regulation. Still enough of a mix a holes to make it fun, and the green complexes just add to the enjoyment

Came into town to visit my old golf buddies. Played Brookside #2 today (6:50 t-time), POP 3 hours 40 minutes that a good thing. Also, the company was great, but that is where it ends. The greens where... Continue »

Came into town to visit my old golf buddies. Played Brookside #2 today (6:50 t-time), POP 3 hours 40 minutes that a good thing. Also, the company was great, but that is where it ends. The greens where good and the ball holds good. The T boxes were basically closed for over seeding. That was the good and the bad. Now the ugly, the fairways and the rough. The fairways are a mixture of grass, weeds and dirt and the rough is about the same. I guess with football season going on it will only get worse.

Morning tee time. Check in and first tee well organized and smooth tee boxes have been reseeded and markers were bunched together in front of teeing area. It’s football season and the course is used f... Continue »

Morning tee time. Check in and first tee well organized and smooth tee boxes have been reseeded and markers were bunched together in front of teeing area. It’s football season and the course is used for parking so some of the fairways have worn spots but the majority of the fairways have good coverage. Rough had been recently mowed and clippings were not picked up which made finding your ball difficult. Traps were well maintained. Greens were recently punched with small holes, thin layer of sand and some of the sand was in clumps. Hard to judge speed and putts not holding their lines give it a couple of weeks to recover. POP was very slow on the front and picked up on the back a little over 4.5 hours. Both courses were very busy.

Got a 1:30 slot on Friday 5/27 for our twosome and were joined by a sociable single. Overall conditions are pretty good but with some exceptions. Generous swaths of the first and 18th fairways have be... Continue »

Got a 1:30 slot on Friday 5/27 for our twosome and were joined by a sociable single. Overall conditions are pretty good but with some exceptions. Generous swaths of the first and 18th fairways have been roped off where the turf seems to have been damaged and is undergoing some kind of replacement. On the first fairway it begins around 220 yards out from the tee and continues for about 40 yards so it definitely has to be factored in to your tee shot and how you play the hole. On the 18th where the disruption crosses over, it is less of a factor because it starts closer to the tee and any reasonable tee shot will land well past it. As far as the rest, teeing grounds are in good shape and level, fairways are green and on the lush side, the rough is consistently grown in and will cost you a shot or more. The one bunker i visited had good sand but a bit heavy from dampness. Short game areas were in good shape for execution and the greens were clean, running the quick side of medium. The course was busy as usual and the pace was sluggish and not promising until things picked up around the ninth hole. As a result, it felt slower but we ended up getting around in 4.25 hours, which is pretty good. The range is undersized for two courses and frequently has a line waiting to hit, so give yourself extra time if you plan on warming up. For my own reasons, Brookside is not one of my favorites so I get there about once a year even though I am local, but I thought it was in good shape and played well.

Played on Sunday March 5. My advice is to stay away if you care about trying to play a regulation 18 hole golf course. Without any prior warning at time of booking, I arrived to find that they are d... Continue »

Played on Sunday March 5. My advice is to stay away if you care about trying to play a regulation 18 hole golf course. Without any prior warning at time of booking, I arrived to find that they are doing major construction on the fairway of the first hole. The mysterious sign posted at check-in was "Holes #1 and #7 teebox is on #7 fairway". Hard to even understand what that means (especially at 5:50 am in the dark), but basically they have ruined the experience on both holes #1 AND #7 by putting a makeshift tee area on the fairway on #7. So the first hole becomes a weird 80-yard par-3 (who knows?) with a large tree directly in the line towards the green, and #7 also becomes shortened to a 160-yard whatever hole. They just don't seem to care about the golf experience for those who want to play course #2 right now. Oh well. The rest of the holes seemed ok. Some greens were oddly unfair with putts that would literally go in full reverse after being putted up the slope and back down to your feet. I wasted a couple hours this morning before I just walked off and decided that it wasn't worth the time, so hope this helps anyone out there. Call the pro shop and find out what the situation is before you play if you must.

Played #2 this morning (12/1), and have to say that the course conditions are pretty decent right now. I was first out at 6:20, and no one else showed up, so I played as a single the whole round. Co... Continue »

Played #2 this morning (12/1), and have to say that the course conditions are pretty decent right now. I was first out at 6:20, and no one else showed up, so I played as a single the whole round. Course was pretty empty as I think people thought it was going to rain. The first hole still has that silly flat sandy waste area from about 220-260 yards out from the blue tee. Basically any drive that lands or rolls in that area is going to keep rolling through to the other side, which leaves a short wedge into the green. I wonder when they are going to put some grass back in there. Fortunately the green on the par-3 12th is back in play and looking pretty good. It's slightly slower and a little shaggy compared to the other greens. A word about the greens in general today -- super duper hard and fast, so be advised on approach shots. I didn't have any approach shots that were actually repelled off the green, but there's definitely a need to play for a bit more of a first bounce and some roll even on short irons. I really like fast greens, so it will be interesting to see how long it stays this way. Overall I'd recommend it right now.