Brookside Country Club

Canton, OH • Private

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Overview

Brookside Country Club was designed by Donald Ross in 1922 and is among the top-ranked courses in Ohio. Except for some well-placed fairway bunkers, Brookside is forgiving off the tee but is quite challenging around the greens, which are bold and exceptionally undulating. Given the difficulty of the greens, it is helpful to play each hole backwards when strategizing off the tee, as staying on the proper side of tricky pins is essential to scoring.

About

Holes 18

Length 7155

Slope 134

Facility Type Private

Designer Donald J. Ross, ASGCA

Awards

Ranking history:

Best in State: Ranked Top 10 in Ohio from 1993-1995, 2001, & since 2005.
2023-'24 ranking: 9th.

Panelists

Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists

4.4

100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

Shot Options

7.2795

Character

7.326

Challenge

7.3574

Layout Variety

7.2868

Fun

7.2015

Aesthetics

7.1719

Conditioning

7.3245

Reviews

1 / 5

Review

“A beautiful, classic-looking country club in Canton. This course has some of the hardest greens you'll ever putt on. If you make birdies here you deserve to be on Tour."

2021

2 / 5

Review

“A classic Donald Ross course with greens that will provide both great enjoyment and heartache."

2021

3 / 5

Review

“True testament to Donald Ross philosophy of greens primary defense to scoring."

2018

4 / 5

Review

“An underrated course in my opinion. Outstanding 1922 Donald Ross design, with some of the most severely undulating greens I have ever seen. Excellent friendly staff, challenging holes, huge elevation changes, great conditioning, and you have to work the ball both ways here. It is the whole package."

2018

5 / 5

Review

“This may be the best golf course in Ohio. Yes, it doesn't have the name of many of the overrated Columbus courses, but give me a choice, I am would pick Brookside. It has the best greens in the entire State of Ohio, which require multiple plays to learn where to hit approach shots and how to putt them. The removal of trees and addition of fescue has heightened the stunning views around the course. This is a course that is not to be missed."

2018