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Sweetbriar Golf Club - Legacy 18
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Located in Avon Lake, Sweetbriar Golf Club boasts two scenic 18-hole courses that are routed through natural wetlands and forests. The front nine of the Legacy Course was built in 2002 and the back nine was added in 2007. The nines have different landscapes, creating a diverse set of holes that will have you using all the clubs in your bag. The front nine has a links design with winding fairways and large greens while the back nine was carved from forests. With natural wetland areas and a number of interesting risk-reward par 5s, the back of the golf course has more of an east coast feel. The other 18-hole course at Sweetbriar was built in the 60s. It is shorter than the Legacy but is still challenging, which makes it great for beginners.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 72 | 6634 yards | 71.4 | 121 |
| Blue | 72 | 6049 yards | 68.7 | 116 |
| White | 72 | 5478 yards | 66.3 | 110 |
| White (W) | 72 | 5478 yards | 71.9 | 121 |
| Gold | 72 | 4831 yards | 68.1 | 115 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 72.8/134 | 382 | 356 | 395 | 172 | 552 | 408 | 169 | 474 | 348 | 3256 | 454 | 383 | 396 | 170 | 496 | 385 | 516 | 182 | 432 | 3414 | 6670 |
| Blue M: 70.1/122 W: 75.4/138 | 349 | 318 | 363 | 160 | 529 | 359 | 126 | 436 | 311 | 2951 | 429 | 352 | 368 | 148 | 462 | 357 | 486 | 164 | 397 | 3163 | 6114 |
| White M: 67.3/118 W: 72.4/130 | 309 | 281 | 328 | 142 | 501 | 288 | 94 | 399 | 278 | 2620 | 400 | 329 | 339 | 128 | 435 | 336 | 452 | 147 | 370 | 2936 | 5556 |
| Gold M: 64.4/111 W: 68.8/120 | 275 | 259 | 296 | 117 | 471 | 272 | 69 | 372 | 252 | 2383 | 351 | 270 | 282 | 120 | 369 | 284 | 378 | 140 | 316 | 2510 | 4893 |
| Handicap | 5 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 8 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 5 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 8 |
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Photo submitted by u48051627 on 08/26/2025
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Photo submitted by u000007648960 on 09/18/2024
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Photo submitted by u000007648960 on 09/18/2024
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Photo submitted by u000007648960 on 09/18/2024
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Check out the green on 6th hole. Photo submitted by u314160630956 on 10/10/2020
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Fairway of 7 Photo submitted by u314160630956 on 10/10/2020
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Hit 'em long & straight! Photo submitted by DAB4par on 09/12/2017
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Par 3 7th from the tee Photo submitted by carolinadad on 08/10/2017
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Hole number seven is very picturesque. Photo submitted by mrawill on 06/06/2013
Bring the hole bag
The course allows you to use the whole bag versus a number of clubs that most course do. We will be back.
Absolute rip off, asinine rangers, bad conditions, packed course
This used to be a decent local muni that has turned into one big below average money grab. $80 for 18 on a weekend morning, $40 for 9 holes ((I can pay $42-48 depending on the day and play big met or sleepy hollow for 18 holes with the metroparks pass, and those courses are in twice as good of shape as legacy and not as packed).
Not only are the prices a rip off, but the rangers and starters are buffoons. They spread the tee times out by 10 minutes and seemingly let more out, and the course gets jammed, and then the starter has the cojones to tell you to have your breakfast ball in your pocket and the ranger will come up to you and tell you to speed it up when there are clearly groups ahead of us making us wait. Terrible course management, multiple bad spots on greens, I had a birdie putt (I know I’m not good) and had to go through burnt up and bumpy greens twice (pic attached). Course amenities are decent, is a beautiful patio for a post round drink and meal but about 70% of the time it’s closed because they seemingly don’t wanna pay people to keep it open. Prices at the turn are a joke, think it was $8 for 2 gatorades one time? You can imagine what alcohol is priced at. Range mats are loose, felt like I was hitting on top of a moving train. Place is just one big disappointing money grab now, and unless the conditions of the course are much improved next year after charging this much extra for an average course this year, I will most likely never go out of my way to look for a tee time there.
Disappointed
I’ll start by saying I’ve played at this course over the last 6 years. Paying $8 for two bottles of Pepsi should be illegal. The course looks terrible with all the construction going on. It would be nice to sweetbriar to get the same attention legacy does. Lastly, the day we played there was no reason for cart path only. The golf cart would shut off if you were a foot off the path, leaving us sitting with no other option but reverse.
Expensive course for what you get
Greens are in bad shape and pace of play is not good, would expect better for $40/$80 for 9/18
A few greens need work
Interesting course with a variety of holes. Overall, course was in very good shape. A few greens need some work. There were a 2 greens where we treated the conditions as ground under repair and took relief. Staff was friendly and pace of play was good (4 hours, 15 minutes). $67 was a bit high for a 2:45 PM round.
Great course but gps carts are annoying
The carts all have gps which is great except the cart won't drive off you are "off limits" which meant that when there were doing repairs, you could not go around those areas!
We’re glad you liked the GPS feature, but we apologize for the inconvenience with the restricted areas during repairs. We’ll take this into account to improve the experience. Thanks for your feedback, and we hope your next round is smoother!
terrible drainage. extremely soggy conditions. way too expensive for those conditions/quality. cart path under repair surrounded by hay and mud. price should match course quality
We apologize for the condition of the greens and the pace of play during your visit, and we appreciate your feedback as it helps us improve. Thank you for taking the time to share your experience.