Brookside Golf Club - C.W. Koiner Course

I’ve been playing course one and two since I was a kid. To come back today and see what’s happened to the course conditions and the concert situation they’ve got going is saddening. Whoever is running the show at Brookside clearly doesn’t care about the golfers anymore.

It was a horrible experience… The golf carts do not have windshields on them. It was a very misty day almost like a drizzle and everything got soaking wet, especially us while driving… A simple golf cart windshield would have protected us and we would’ve stayed longer than 9 holes. We paid for a full 18 round.

Missed and drizzle were not in the weather forecast.

Book the #1 course like I always do when visiting LA. Did not find out it’s getting ready for a month long concert event till I received the confirmation email. The course is setup in #3 configuration. No where does it say so on the booking page prior to confirmation. Bait and switched.

pace is superb. playing it just like in a private course.

I have avoided this course due to slow play. I returned on Tuesday and teed off at 8:20. Played in 4.5 hours, not fast, but comfortable. The course was in excellent shape in the fairways and greens. I have played all the courses near by and none compare to Brookside.

Halfway down the first hole and the starter drives up in a cart and tells us we didn’t pay and had to return to the clubhouse. Of course it was all bulllshit and he was the same guy I gave my receipt to. Naturally he did not know which one was mine. I never been so humiliated and angry I any experience including golf. This place should give up. They are completely incompetent and arrogant about it.

Great value with an electric cart with a GPS !

Got there early to use putting & driving range, was disappointed it wasn’t open.

Quality of course was fair the golf cart was in poor shape. And needs better staffing and management

I'm going to be a little too harsh on Brookside with this review, but I do it out of tough love. This place has the potential to be spectacular. It sits in the shadow of the famous Rose Bowl with the mountains as a backdrop. Its problems are typical of most munis - inconsistent conditions and REALLY slow play. I could give it a pass because those are what you expect from a muni that delivers a good value. What I can't forgive is a poor layout that feels like a shooting gallery. With only three par 3s and three par 5s, there's just too much repetition among the par 4s. After the first hole - which is also an issue, requiring a much-too-difficult shot over a cement storm culvert to reach the green - there's just too many parallel fairways where tee shots from other holes cause disruptions. I'd love to play the No. 2 course to see if the experience is similar. If yes, then I'd love to see changes made. Could there be a world-class 27 holes in this footprint with a four-hole short course for lessons and junior golf? That's what I dream of for SoCal golfers.

The Koiner course is very good in condition. The pace of play was fast Monday afternoon.

The layout is fun. Some odd features like those bowl being on the golf course and a storm drain running across the first hole. The greens were fast and true snd challenging. The fairways and rough had little grass.. many completely bare spots.

Of course, there was an issue to be so late for the 18 holes round. They said at the check in front desk there was a tournament so it was going to be late about 10min for the expected tee up time. However, it took more than 2 hours to play end up 18holes. No Marshal to fix this slow play occurred by the tournament team and many of our public tee up time players complained and even called to the front desk or pro shop. It seemed like they don’t care.

The worse point is this is not the first time. I would not recommend this golf course to my friends.

Thank you,