Brookside Golf Course
About
Nestled in the gently rolling hills of Gowen, Brookside Golf Course has a tranquil, peaceful location that is ideal for a round of golf. The course opened in 1963 and has been locally owned and operated ever since. The golf course measures to a manageable 6,100 yards from the back tees, a seemingly short course by modern standards. Though it may not be what you're looking for if you want a truly formidable championship course but it provides a good and affordable round of practice. The front nine is slightly less demanding than the back. Overall Brookside Golf Course is gentle enough for beginners with a few strategically placed bunkers to make it challenging. There is also a meandering stream that wanders across a few of the holes.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back | 72 | 5903 yards | 68.7 | 132 |
| Middle | 72 | 5447 yards | 67.1 | 123 |
| Forward | 72 | 5161 yards | 65.7 | 116 |
| Forward (W) | 72 | 5161 yards | 70.5 | 121 |
| Front | 73 | 4552 yards | 66.4 | 115 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 69.5/138 W: 75.5/141 | 350 | 325 | 470 | 145 | 300 | 310 | 440 | 155 | 360 | 2855 | 380 | 165 | 170 | 295 | 510 | 470 | 310 | 310 | 345 | 2955 | 5810 |
| White M: 67.7/127 W: 73.0/136 | 340 | 300 | 450 | 125 | 280 | 280 | 420 | 140 | 315 | 2650 | 350 | 145 | 155 | 285 | 470 | 410 | 300 | 290 | 315 | 2720 | 5370 |
| Yellow M: 64.9/116 W: 69.4/127 | 310 | 255 | 390 | 110 | 240 | 240 | 400 | 95 | 300 | 2340 | 300 | 125 | 140 | 260 | 440 | 330 | 270 | 240 | 300 | 2405 | 4745 |
| Green M: 63.3/109 W: 66.7/118 | 300 | 245 | 310 | 100 | 230 | 230 | 330 | 85 | 290 | 2120 | 260 | 120 | 95 | 250 | 335 | 310 | 240 | 230 | 285 | 2125 | 4245 |
| Handicap | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 16 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
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Family friendly
Love that everyone is so nice and it’s so family friendly! They are doing so many beautiful upgrades with their landscaping, it looks great!
Great course!
For so early in the season, the course was in great condition. The staff is very friendly and accommodating
Serena the best manager!
Mr Shroeder and his crew continue upgrades and constant playability improvements every visit. Daughter Serena is a peach and very friendly in the clubhouse.
I’m raising overall rating to a 5 star simply for the hands on work done here in the last couple years. Waste areas are cleaned up, sand traps filled, tee boxes redone and enhanced for more challenge and the use of logs from much tree trimming has been made into a cosmetic look I’ve not seen at any other course.
There is always room for improvement at any course but I feel the work done here has far surpassed any other in west Michigan. Coupled with very reasonable rates and character of the layout it’s a lot of fun and the wife loves it here. Best , biggest Bloody Mary ever at a course.
Keep up the great work!!
Always improving
Just a fun course with tons of character and always improving and cleaning out the wooded areas for better playability and aesthetic ‘s.
Best bloody Mary’s 32oz. Owner and daughter/ manager absolute best!
Course has a few challenges for a beginner.
Coures is great but pin location for a average golfers were challenging.
Short course, narrow fairways
Played on a Sunday morning. No problem with GolfNow time, I was able to go off early and many groups allowed me to play through.
This is a decent layout, typical municipal course maintained. Some bare spots (pictured), but overall I enjoyed the game and would return.
Best bang for buck
Found this course on Golf Now. Have been twice now and will definitely be back.
Only complaint is they could space out tee times a bit. We were really backed up yesterday.
Getting closer and closer to FIVE star rating
Yup the guys are still at it cutting down trees. Like the way they put the logs around the water throughout course. Now the weeds are growing where the brush was cut, never ending battle men!
Good job
Serena the best, hooked up w Sam, he had to go to work in Greenville after 9 holes, nice chap.
Soooo cheap w golfnow
Played here before love the course and all the staff
Love the new blue tip tee bridge on 17! (And #8)
I haven’t played here now iand about a month maybe a little more but finally met the owner and of course Serena is running the clubhouse iis the friendliest person to give your money to. A very nice discussion with Mr. S and he and his work crew are Making changes here every time we come we saw a bridge setting at the 17th didn’t know how it was gonna pan out, but man is that cool, probably adds probably at least 25 yards or so to the hole with a whole new look to the hole it shares the blue tee box of number 15. There are not too many hands on owners who are out there getting their employees to see how to work hard to make a successful business, but he took a few minutes out of his time to talk to me, which is really appreciated.
The new blue tee box or reopened tee box of number eight gives it a whole new character also for the lower handicap making much tougher shot up the hill over the little ponds and waterways. The greens are running really nice and smooth and have come around and the fairways are getting better as we approach the height of the season. they are putting up some nice quality fence poles to keep people from not driving around greens and trying to sharpen up the turf around the greens and have cleaned out a lot of the areas around the green so you could chip back on.
So thank you, Mr. S And Serena for the quality and value, you are putting into your course and especially affordability in today’s ever rising green fee market!
The Back Nine
They started us on the back nine because it was less busy…good call. Not a lot of ahead of us so we weren’t backed up. Not a lot behind us, so I could relax. The round good and the course was set up nicely. Not very much to complain about even though the course is being worked on. Great day!!
Slow
Tee times to close….had to wait on every hole front and back 9.