1990s–2000s · Golf course · Article 11 of 20
Brierwood by the Numbers: A Course Profile
Par 72, 6,643 yards from the blue tees, a slope of 132. What the scorecard said about Brierwood in its mature years.
By the 1990s Brierwood was a mature course with settled numbers. The scorecard that circulated in later years, and that golf directories still publish, gives a picture of what golfers faced.
The course played to par 72, with 36 strokes on the front nine and 36 on the back. Each nine had two par fives and two par threes. The front side ran 4-5-3-4-4-5-4-4-3; the back ran 4-4-5-4-3-4-4-3-5.
From the blue tees the course measured 6,643 yards with a course rating of 72.4 and a slope of 132, a demanding number for a course of that length. The white tees played 6,275 yards at 70.6 and 126. The red tees measured 4,840 yards. Some directories list slightly different figures, which is common for courses that were re-rated over the years.
Brierwood was semi-private throughout its life, open to the public while maintaining a membership. When the course changed hands in 2014 it had roughly 70 members, and the new owners set public green fees in the $35 to $45 range, with discounted twilight rates and junior pricing.
Those numbers tell one more story. A 6,600-yard par 72 with a slope in the 130s is a real golf course, not a par-three layout tucked into a subdivision. The physicians who drew it in the 1960s built something that held up for nearly fifty years.