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Conditions
3.5
Value
4.0
Layout
3.9
Friendliness
4.1
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.4
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6587 yards
Slope 114
Rating 69.9

Course Details

Year Built 1921
Fairways Blue grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Open: 4/01 Closed: 10/31

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs No

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Colared shirt required

Available Facilities

Banquet Facilities

Reviews

3.8
147 Reviews (147)

What Golfers Are Saying

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Locals 6

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Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Play this course while you still can!

Barberton Brookside is a gem of a golf course that has been in Norton, Ohio for many years. It is has always been is great shape with very nice and fast greens that hold good shots. I hope that the course is there for play for a few more years, but it is up for sale to developers. You know what that means, another great golf course will be turned into a terrible housing developing with no class. Get out there and play it while you can.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Don’t go to this course

They are doing nothing to maintain the course because they are closing soon.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a year
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 46
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 76
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Dry weather

I have always enjoyed Playing this course, and am sad it will be closing. This recent dry spell is taking its toll on the greens. Bare spots, cracked surfaces are showing on a number of greens, which were slower than usual. But overall still one of my favorite courses!

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0

Don’t Go!

Not worth the $49 to play. Terrible condition, greens are awful, fairways are dog crap. Honestly it would be in better shape if they let goats run around and eat all the grass.

If you were to make a golf course in your back yard, it would be better than this. Plus you wouldn’t have to waste 4 hours of your life to just laugh every time you get up to a shot.

I can see myself building a house there one day.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 182
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Top 100 Contributor
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Fairways are in bad shape...

Whether it was the 2-week drought, too much watering at the wrong time or some kind of disease, the fairways are bad.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Rain!!!! Then clear!!!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

I used to like the course very much. Now it is in lousy condition.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

Will not go back

they wanted to charge me 14$ extra dollars for my girlfriend to ride along with me. saying each golfer lays for a cart when she had no clubs and was doing no golfing. i wont be going back the price for the course isnt near worth it..enjoy your last year brookside.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 70
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Nice course to play

East online booking. Easy check-in. Friendly staff. Course in good condition. A little slow on back nine. Overall good experience.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Hidden Gem...

My friend and I, had looked for a new place to play. We found this course near by to Stark county. The course is very well kept and greens were nice. One lack were signs for next holes without using the scorecard map. Only little knock, but other than that, friendly staff to strangers and good value for the money.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
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Commented on 07/06/2020

Hi, we appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the teams in charge so they can work to make changes. Thanks for visiting Barberton Brookside Country Club. We hope to see you again in the future.

Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

It's OK

The course itself is kept in decent shape. However, the cart paths, tee boxes and traps are unattended to. The traps were small bonds with no sand at all. There are no yardage markers or even tee box markers. With a little love, this could be a nice course again.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 07/07/2020

Hello and thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are sorry to see that your overall experience was anything short of 5 stars. Please know that the current conditions are by no means the standard we strive to achieve. We will make sure to use your comments as guidance for improvements. We hope you'll bear with us through this transition and give us another try in the near future. Thanks for choosing Barberton Brookside Country Club.

Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Hit it right down the fairway or it's gone. Not what it was and not worth the money

Extremely disappointed. I used to golf this course quite frequently 5-10 years ago. I heard that since it changed owners, it went down hill but when paying $50 for a round, I didn't expect the wheels to have fallen off like that. The fairway is like the first cut on most courses (which I don't mind). Then you're immediately in 4-5 inches of rough. I lost 8+ balls on tee shots that were just to the left or right of the fairway. The grass was SOO long, it was awful. I had an early Sunday morning tee time, and oddly I only saw 2 other groups on the course. I also did not see anybody mowing like you'd normally see before 8 AM, but you could tell they don't do that. I wouldn't even pay $10 for this course. I legitimately thought they owed me a refund for how big of a ripoff $50 was. Play any other course but this one. I will never be back.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 76
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Back from the brink

A great course that was destined to close, now will stay open a little longer due to the effects of Covid on the local economy. In spite of some adversity, the greens and fairways are excellent. The rough is too long, and balls are difficult to find, but the course is fun to play.
Enjoy this course while it stays open a little while longer

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 43
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Always a pleasure

Always a pleasure playing here; rough was tougher than usual but still quite fair.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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