Yes, I'm a "local". I live five minutes from the Rose Bowl, so, one might think that Brookside would be a natural choice for a nice Friday morning round of golf. We had a 10:00 A.M. starting time. ... Continue »

Yes, I'm a "local". I live five minutes from the Rose Bowl, so, one might think that Brookside would be a natural choice for a nice Friday morning round of golf. We had a 10:00 A.M. starting time. Now, I know I have been negative about Brookside in the past (see my prior postings ragging on the City of Pasadena for bowing to political correctness and banning cigar smoking for a short time.....this has been rectified, so - smoke 'em if you brought 'em!) -but - here is my latest rant: (Switching to ALL CAPS is not a mistake....I am still angry!!

SOMETHING MUST BE DONE ABOUT THE PACE OF PLAY!! IN MY 34-YEARS OF PLAYING GOLF IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, YESTERDAY (25 June 2004) WAS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE EVER HAD TO WALK OFF OF A GOLF COURSE DUE TO UNACCEPTABLE SLOW PLAY!!!! If ever there was a case to be made for making sure golfers pass a minimum-handicap proficiency test (even insisting upon a 36.0 index would be better than what I saw there yesterday!) - yesterday was it!! To the unknown Lady Golfer who played out in front of us......when you take your 8th shot in a sand-trap on a par three - YOU MIGHT WANT TO PICK UP YOUR FRIGGING BALL AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT HOLE!! But that's not the worst thing. I know that Brookside has decided that FIVESOMES are a good idea.....but - for God's sake.....spread 'em out!! It gets worse. MUCH worse. After a two-and-a-half-hour FRONT SIDE (no lie!) - there is a snack-shack after the 11th hole. Sitting under the trees, chatting and eating their lunches....WERE FIVE (5!!!!!!) COURSE MARSHALS SITTING IN THEIR CARTS WHILE THERE WAS A TWO-FOURSOME BACK-UP ON THE NUMBER TWELVE TEE..... NOT 20 YARDS AWAY FROM THEM. It took us another 20 minutes to play the 12th hole!!!!!! And this was after the GROUP IN FRONT OF US WAS ALLOWED TO PLAY THROUGH THE "FOURSOME OF DEATH" IN FRONT OF THEM. We had to wait ten minutes (all the time watching the unknown female golfer flail away in the sand!!) to tee off on the par three number 12! By the time we got to the next tee-box, the group in front of us had fallen a hole-and-a-half behind!! This had the makings of a six-hour round!!!! I gave up. I bailed on the rest of my round!! AND WHAT DO I SEE WHEN I AM DRIVING MY CART BACK TO THE CLUBHOUSE???? SOME OCTOGENARIAN MARSHALL DRIVING RIGHT BY THE OFFENDING GROUP IN FRONT OF US WITHOUT STOPPING TO AT LEAST TELL THEM TO PICK UP THE PACE A LITTLE!! There can be no excuse for this!! Brookside Number One should never hake over 4 1/2 hours to play!! Get those course Marshalls off their butts and get the course moving again!! I won't be back. There are way too many good choices around to have to put up with this baloney!!!!