The Club at Brookstone

First time playing this course, have seen it when driving by on the interstate and have been wanting to try it out. The driving range is large with real grass teeing areas, but no yardage markers on the range, and it’s set fairly close to adjacent holes, which results in numerous range balls being spread over the fairways. The greens are fast and in mediocre shape; the green on the first hole is definitely the worst of the 18, old ball marks all over and very rough. The course is very hilly with some definitely unfriendly contours, several shots landing in the middle of the fairway rolled completely off into the OB areas. Pro shop is very sparse in offerings. GPS on carts seems fairly accurate, but the carts obviously have some kind of speed governor on them which severely limits their power; at least ours did because it barely made it up some of the more severe inclines. Doubtful if played again.

Played this course on a rainy day and it was great! Stopped raining and dried up but nobody was out there. Course is nice but the management is working to make improvements on areas of bad/no grass. Lack of people out made this really worth it.

The course is genuinely awful, it looks like they are just winging it. There is no way a real golf course superintendent is in charge here, the ground is hard as a rock, turf growing through nothing but red clay. This golf course needs about 30 dump trucks of sand brought in for a proper top dressing. It’s a bottom 5 course in the Upstate, not worth the time or money.

Nice course! Never played here, but glad we found this gem!

Traveling through and wasn’t sure if we’d get to play due to previous days rain turned out to be nice day. Enjoyable round beautiful course. Scooter as an option to cart looked like fun!

Local business mini tournament was cause of slow play. Front 9 was the issue because the local Ryobi employees had mini 9 hole tournament. Often found 4 to 5 twosomes on same hole waiting. Course was in fair conditions. Most fairways have severe slope due to the being very hilly, they are also very fast. You will need to play the the terrain to keep it in play. Not much rough to slow the ball down anywhere on the course. Greens are also very fast and any minor stroke imperfections will find your ball far from hole or off the green. Chances are slim I would play here again, being from out of town or if I was in area.

I arrived just before the pro-shop opened. The starter was late as a result of an accident on the 85. The maintenance fellow let me go ahead. The course is in great shape. It will only get better as he season goes on. I started playing at Brookstone 4 years ago. The course has gotten better each year and has become my preferred place to play during the week.

Staff in the pro shop was friendly and encouraging when we made the turn. The pro shop is not expansive, but quaint. Plenty of refreshments available. The cart was in fair shape. Most of the tee boxes were very firm, but in decent shape. Some sparseness in the grass if you weren't straight up the middle in the fairway, but not unreasonable. A few of the bunkers we found on our round could use some sand as they played more like an inch of sand on concrete so be aware. The greens have some ball mark damage, but were mostly decent and were laid out well. Clearly work is being done to improve the course so I only see this place getting better as the season progresses. There is plenty of practice space with a good priced range and practice greens to use to prepare for your round. With the price of golf these days I'd say this place definitely has the bang for the buck. I would recommend this facility and will likely return.

Course was in decent shape. There were a couple of holes that were not in good shape at all though. Number 12 is a par 5 and the fairway was terrible and the tee box was terrible. You get a lot of crazy bounces on this golf course and I don't remember seeing any area staked off except out of bounds stakes. If you are playing in a tournamand you hit a ball off line you would have to go back to the tee box and hit again because once again there is no areas that are staked off on this golf course. I believe number 16 is a par 3 and if you hit it just a little bit right off the green you go into a marshy area which is fine but once again there is nothing staked off so you would have to go back and hit from the tee box again. I mean for a golf course that has such crazy bounces on a lot of holes how hard would it be to put out some stakes.

Utter garbage! The conditions are some of the worst I’ve seen. It’s as if they do t even have a grounds crew. Also, the pace of play was very, very poor. It took 2 1/2 hrs and we only played 6 holes. After completing the 12th hole our group left, which was at the 3 1/2 hr mark. I would recommend anywhere else in Anderson. THIS COURSE is not the round of golf anyone wants.

Was a great place to play we rented the scooter and that was a fun experience

I made a tee time through the app just to arrive at the course to discover there was a tournament going on. I was told to begin on the back nine and as I made the turn there was a traffic jam at the #1 tee box. My last nine holes was a waiting game behind the tournament. I feel the course overbooked for this particular day.

I was told to tee off on #10. I made the turn only to find a jam on the first tee box. There was also a tournament so pace of play for the last 9 holes were at a snails pace. The course had no starter and showed poor management and lack of leadership by not allowing those of us to maintain pace of play. I love the course and the staff is friendly but this was a frustrating experience.

The pro shop let 2 guys out in front of us without a tee time. Which would had been fine except they played 5 balls each off the tee. Then they hunted down each errant shot. They backed the whole course up and could have cared less. Two groups around us bailed on the back 9. The course itself is burnt out and nobody fixes ball marks.

Brookstone should not be allowed on Golf Now. The subdivision of high end homes is awesome the tennis court area is fine, the course is a disaster. There are negligible funds being spent on upkeep, and obviously it's been going on a very long time. What a shame.