Sweetbriar Golf Club - Legacy 18

AS a first time player here i thought this course had a different feel to it, alot of doglegs, mostly left ,which is always a challenge for average hackers like myseif ,but i felt very confident and at ease due to how great the fall conditions were, the water hazards were a suprise with some running across the fairways ,great deals, great courses, than again!

I live in the area, and play there quite a bit. I know that it's fall, and lots of courses are aerating, but the greens were terrible, and there was even large areas in the fairways and rough that had been done add well. It was ok fir a 10$ hot deal tee time, but automatic 2 putt on the greens of you go. You won't make anything outside 3 ft.

Played it in the afternoon. The weather was fantastic. 70 degrees. The greens were true and fast, just the way I like them. Finished in 3-1/2 hrs.

Great course for the price on GolfNow, relatively easy with a couple of holes that force you to really place your tee shot.

Get out early on the weekends, or your round will be longer than normal.

doesn't have decent distance markers. driving range balls come way too close on the 10 hole into the fairway.

I was a little skeptical in booking a round of golf after 2 1/2 days of steady rain and below average temperatures but the Legacy 18 @ Sweetbriar deal was too good to pass on considering the aforementioned deterrents.
The course was in very good condition which was proven by my surprise that carts were permitted on the fairways @ 90° and aside from a couple of bunkers, the sand traps were in great shape (considering the amount amount of precipitation they were asked to absorb).
What amazed me the most was the condition of Holes #10-12 which traditionally do not drain as fast as the remainder of the course. They contained zero standing water nor were there any areas of saturation.
Kudos to the Superintendent and his staff.
Needless to say, I highly recommend a round here to anyone who has hesitated to play this course. You will become a repeat customer.......just as I did.

We grabbed a hit deal for $12 here. The round was certainly worth that, But I wouldn't pay much more. I also played with my travel league on their Legacy course 1 week ago. Both rounds were played under a cart path only rule. Legacy has good drainage & I thought cpo was not warranted, but its hard to fault a course for protecting what they've built. The older sweetbriar course seems abandoned in some respects. There are large wet areas that are present year after year, obviously not being addressed. The greens were decent though. But the sweetbriar 18 should be avoided anytime there has been recent rains. The pace on front nine was totally miserable, we had 3 groups on almost every tee box. We played behind a senior league, which might of been playing an end of year championship or something but it was ridiculously slow. We played the very wet back nine in 1 1/2 hrs. Hot dogs were good, and service before and after excellent.

Sweetbriar is my favorite course for weekly play. The greens are always in great shape and the course recovers well from the rough winters. The other course Legacy, is also one of the best in the area.

Although Legacy gets all the press, this redo of the older holes of Sweetbriar is actually one of the better practice rounds you can have on the west side of Cleveland (public). The greens were in immaculate shape, and although this 18 has no sand traps, it still requires some course management getting around the water hazards, etc. Great value if found discounted on Golfnow.

We were paired up with a group so played the blue tees instead of the black. Almost every hole was a short iron into the green. Greens were a little rough with spike marks but it was later in the day. The kitchen was already closed when we made the turn so no hot dog. Pace of play picked up on the back 9. Slow starting off. I think we even teed off about 25 minutes late.

Good course,Great environment ,good people at a nice pace.

Pace of play was like a death march. It took 3 hours to play the back nine. They had a group outing on a Saturday. Ranger was useless. Played with my usual foursome, 18 holes.

This course could definitely use some work on it. There was standing water everywhere especially in the middle of fairways. You should not be penalized for hitting in the fairway. Cart girls drove right past us several times without even stopping. The food selection when making the turn was terrible. Hot or nothing. And that wasnt even good. If they spent a little more time on this course instead of directing all their attention to the Legacy course it would be nice too!

Sprinklers left some spot a lil to wet..other than that legacy was perfect

Not long, wide open

Not very well kept as compared to Legacy.

But for deals ranging from $12-$18, this course beats being on the driving range.

Club house could put some water coolers on the course - that could be useful!

Easily accessible from the West Side, Sweetbriar is a nice course with tidy fairways and well-maintained greens.

However, some of their senior staffers epitomize the bad customer service that their Baby Boomer brethren deplore in Gen Xers and Millenials.

Multiple times now I have witnessed a curmudgeonly starter tell patrons he has "nowhere to put them," as though he was a 70+ year old manifestation of the overwhelmed hostess whom guys his age complain about at Bob Evans.

This reflects directly on course management which either over books a course or neglects to ensure a culture of customer service.

This is a shame because the convenient location and good groundskeeping call for better.

Overall, course was in good shape. The green ran very true and average pace!

Well maintained course. Greens in great shape though the course is overplayed in my opinion. Fair course with some challenging holes.
Major drawback is the almost always painfully slow pace of play.
I played behind 2 foursomes of elderly ladies. Ranger would come by me and watch and say nothing. Played in 3:45. Would have been through in 3 or less had the ladies let me play through.

Great course for the money. The pace of play was very slow. No ranger assistance to speed up play. I would recommend this course to others.