Sweetbriar Golf & Pro Shop - Sweetbriar Course

Played 18 holes at Sweetbriar Golf this morning; our foursome completed in 4 hours, 20 minutes. Literally harassed three (3!) times by the rangers to "pick up the pace" of play. You read that right - we played 18 holes in 4 hours, 20 minutes, and got continually harassed for pace of play. We will never be back.

We had a three-some behind us, I don't know if they complained or what. But they were never waiting for us. I suspect that when the rangers looked around the course, they saw nobody in front of us, with presumably a steady stream behind us, and so they ASSUMED we were holding everyone up. Our 6:40 am tee time went off behind a two-some, of course they finished early. Nobody was ahead of us when we teed off the back nine.

Paid $60.00 and could not enjoy a round of golf thanks to the harassing rangers. 4 hours, 20 minutes for 18 holes and harassed the whole way - pathetic.

This was during a prolonged dry and hot spell. The fairways were baked dry, but greens were maintained well. This is a great course for beginners. Not too long, not expensive, no bunkers. Some trees come into play to create a challenge. Overall a great value for a leisurely round. Nice practice facility, great clubhouse , and very friendly staff.

The westside of Cleveland has so few public options. This is one of the better ones. The course winds throughout a new development with some fun and solid holes. The flaw come with the pace of play and the staff. Have never played a round where the pace of play was reasonable. There is little real rangering or managing of the flow. Was told on the first tee to just expect a 5+ hour round and not worry about it. The staff also is some of the least friendly there is. They are not welcoming and seem to think that they are doing you a favor by letting you play. I guess they see all sorts of characters that may not know the normal standards on a golf course, so maybe it stems from that.

Overall, a good course if you can catch it on a good price and don't expect the welcome mat.

Nice course layout. Around the greens and many spots near fairways show too many bare spots lacking any grass. The pace of play was more than 5 hours. May not go back to this course for a long while. Will spend more time at Quarry where the round usually takes 4 hours to play.

Hot afternoon at Legacy after a big outing, which made for a wide open course, but a lot of "gardening" needed. Players need to take responsibility for not only repairing their own ball marks, but maybe search out & fix another 3 or 4 pitch marks too. The greens are soft, receptive to good shots, and rolling nicely, that is if you can get a nice clear path. Players also have to replace divots, and grounds crew should have sand buckets on Par3 tees to fill in the trenches. #10 might be the toughest Par4 in the area ..........other than that DbleBogie, we had fun.

We played after an outing & lots of ball marks. Greens are soft!

First, I want to say that this is probably the nicest condition course on the west side of Cleveland. And pace of play was just fine at a hair over 4 hours for a foursome. However, this course probably has the worst group of starters I've ever seen. They send out a 4, then a 2, then they force me and my buddy to pair up with the next 2, then send out another right behind us. Why do that???? Oh because they booked the other half of our tee time, not because it was busy or it made sense.
The back 9 is truly a championship level design, but the front 9 is very jammed in with several tee shots that force you to aim into someone's backyard or a hazard. Holes 5, 6 ,8, 9 and 15 need redesigned. Or at least the tee box moved or trees cut down. I would never pay full price for this course, but it was a really fun day. It's very much worth it when you can get a deal.

Awesome day - timing just right @ 12:30 to avoid jam & great pace-of-play. Greens were a little sticky, and people have to repair their ball marks, but course conditioning great, especially considering the 90* heat. Starters do a great job, and paired this single up with others for an enjoyable round. My golf wasn't that great, but my tired old swing is my only excuse.

Course is in great condition, greens a little marked, but I played after a huge combo-course golf outing. I repaired a lot of ball-marks, but greens held & putted nicely. The best thing about playing after an outing, was wide-open course & my 2some played 18 in about 2.5hrs. All the par3s had deep (back-of-green) pin-placements, so yardage gun was to our advantage. The course played long, after rains previously in the week, but even more so tomorrow, as we finished right before a Thunderstorm would dump more rain.