Brookside Golf Course

We went to Brookside Par 3 Course over the weekend and had a great time. Brookside is located at 6303 Williamson Road in Roanoke and is a 9-hole Par 3 course which is 840 yards with artificial mats as tee boxes. It was opened in 1962 and I believe the green fees were $10/person with the kids playing free. Our kids have never been on a course so we were really unsure of what might happen.
They were into the golf for about the first shot and after that the course has a creek running through it and they were way more interested in looking for alligators, ducks and throwing anything into the water.

It was pretty hot during our round so our main concern was keeping the kids busy and behind whoever was up swinging. We had a great time despite the warm temps and making sure that nobody fell into the creek. I did not play so well and only made par on one hole. I know that is pretty sad, but I am writing it off as first round of the season to help me sleep at night, ha ha. The course was in fair shape but I guess with all the rain we have had lately a lot of the course was extremely soft where just walking across the course your shoes would sink so you had to be very careful where you stepped.

Overall we had a great time and hopefully the kids did as well. We played nine holes in little over an hour and most of that was chasing the kids. If you need to practice your short game then Brookside is your course with the majority of holes around 100 yards.