Brookside Country Club

Ohio, United States

In 2003, the course at Brookside Country Club was completely renovated to recapture the essence of the original Donald Ross design.

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Brookside Country Club

Ohio 44708, United States

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Brookside Country Club

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Jul. 23, 2026

Parker Henderson

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Brookside Country Club is one of Donald Ross's finest works in Ohio, and after a single round it's easy to understand why it has earned such a devoted following.

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While steady rain earlier in the day left the course playing a touch softer than ideal, the architecture still shined through on every hole. The green complexes are the undeniable stars of the property; bold, intricate, and endlessly engaging. Every approach demands thoughtful positioning, and once ...

Best holes: 10, 18, 6

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Feb. 26, 2025

Vinny Lazzara

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The T-Shirt in the pro shop said: "Brookside Country Club, Stay below the hole".

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At Brookside you'll find mature trees, rolling terrain, superb conditions, and monstrous green complexes.I purchased that souvenir before teeing off and kept that piece of advice in my mind as I made my way around the course. Anytime my approaches missed left, right, or long I hoped for a bogey and ...

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Jun. 11, 2024

4.5

Ryan Book

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Rarely do my writeups begin at the first hole but Brookside’s opener offers an exemplar anecdote for much of the round and so, in this case, I’ll make an exception.

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Here you’ll bring your approach into a green that runs away from you, traveling downhill from front-to-back. I’ve oft within these pages cited the maxim that “no one breaks Ross’s rules more than Ross” and Brookside’s primary praise hails from Ross expectations having been defied. From the rest of t...

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Oct. 27, 2023

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Patrick J. Brickman

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Scale and drama, on the greens and throughout the property.

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The standout features of Brookside are the rolling elevation change (significant in spots, especially near the clubhouse) and the bold greens. Overall, Brookside just feels... bigger than other places and it makes for a very pleasant walk in the park. This scale has been accomplished through tr...

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Aug. 29, 2023

Joe Ryan

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Challenging, fun, historic.

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A supremely enjoyable, challenging track. Donald Ross took advantage of some great land movement at BCC. Relatively forgiving off the tee, most of the holes get more difficult the closer you get to the pin. Undulating greens (some might say too undulating) will test your chipping and putting capabil...

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Apr. 23, 2023

Max Julian

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A true gem.

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The greens absolutely deserve their reputation as extremely difficult. The par threes are very difficult, frankly the whole course is. Brookside is a wonderful challenge. A must play.

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Aug. 19, 2020

Mark White

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There is a debate as to which of these five courses is the number one course in northeast Ohio (Cleveland/Akron/Canton/Youngstown area): Brookside in Canton, Kirtland, The Country Club, Canterbury, or Firestone South (Akron).

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My apologies to other fine courses in the area such as Pepper Pike, Chagrin Falls, etc., but generally these are felt to be at a lower level.I first thought I was playing Brookside in May, 2016 when I bought a threesome at a charity event. But this was for the Brookside Golf & Country Club near Colu...

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Jun. 23, 2017

Andy Amato

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Brookside is on the radar of a lot of golfers who try to play top 100 courses.

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The restoration was a success and there is a comfortable openness to the course. However, the comfort leaves as one gets on the undulating greens. Some criticize the greens for being too contoured for modern speeds, but they are no more difficult than some greens at Pinehurst #2, Muirfield Village, ...

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Jun. 7, 2017

Fergal O'Leary

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The most poignant feature of this Ross course is the excessively contoured greens.

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In today’s world of quick greens and the ever-growing expectations around conditioning, many of these greens wouldn’t work (or be of any enjoyment to players) if they were rolling above 9 on the stimpmeter. While this is not true for every green, the majority of greens are too extreme. Tree clearanc...

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