Spent Sunday afternoon at Brookside #2 playing with a buddy from the blue tees and riding. Greens fee was a shrugging $78 with cart so not too bad but some question marks regarding conditions. We had ... Continue »

Spent Sunday afternoon at Brookside #2 playing with a buddy from the blue tees and riding. Greens fee was a shrugging $78 with cart so not too bad but some question marks regarding conditions. We had a noon tee time and were paired with two cool young cats so it made for a fun day despite playing rather horribly.

The first hole remains a disaster with a massive chunk of the fairway turned into the world's largest waste area thanks to the Cruel World concert all the way back in May. Where the main stage was remains a wasteland that just happens to be in range of anyone decent's driving range. But once you get past that, it's alright.

Greens were actually running very fast and were the best part of the course. They're very tricky indeed as a defense for this generally short course that has no par 5s on the front nine. Holding greens can be tricky as well and the greenskeeper was in a devilish mood with some rough pin placements. But really good overall in that area.

The rest drops off significantly with lots of thin and dry areas around the course to detract from the good-decent sections. The rough is playable and not too scary. The bunkers were a little on the thin side but playable, while many of the tee boxes were beat up and lacking the proper coverage for anyone who doesn't opt for a tee on every hole. The overall conditions make good shots quite difficult.

Carts were in good shape and had a rudimentary but effective GPS system, while cart service was seen often and that was a good thing. POP was actually quite good surprisingly for Brookside on a Sunday as we finished in around four hours and twenty minutes.

Brookside #2 remains the inferior of the two courses at the Rose Bowl but with some TLC and a little more attention to detail it could be fun still.