1973–1975 · Community & course · Article 7 of 20
Nine Maps and a Second Nine
On October 15, 1973 nine maps were recorded for the rest of Brierwood, and construction of the final nine holes began. They were finished around 1975 and became the front nine.
October 15, 1973 was the busiest single day in Brierwood's paper history. On that date a series of nine maps was recorded detailing the residential lots for the rest of the community. With those maps on file, construction of the final nine golf holes began.
Those holes were completed during or around 1975. When they opened, they became the front nine, and the original 1969 holes moved to the back nine. That is the layout golfers knew for the next four decades: a par 72 with 36 strokes on each side.
The scorecard in later years showed a balanced design, with two par fives and two par threes on each nine. From the back tees the full course measured 6,643 yards.
The 1973 maps are also the reason Brierwood looks the way it does. They set out the large wooded lots that wind between the fairways and give the community its sense of privacy. Many of those lots were not built on for years, which is why Brierwood kept developing through the 1980s and still had roughly 50 unimproved lots in recent counts.
There is a footnote to the 1975 nine that matters today. The 2025 plan to bring golf back to Brierwood proposes reopening holes 1 through 9, which is this newer nine. If it goes ahead, the holes finished around 1975 will be the first to see golfers again.