Twin Brooks Golf Course Review

The first at Twin Brook is a 484-yard par 4.

Twin Brooks Golf Course
Chesaning, MI
Grade: C+
Teacher comments: A fun course in a small town.

In reviewing over three hundred golf courses in Michigan, I was struck by the abundance of solid golf courses in small towns. They tend to be quiet, unassuming and affordable, while offering quality, if unspectacular, golf.

Twin Brooks is one of them. I had a lot of fun playing this park layout in Chesaning (population 2,430). If Chesaning were my hometown, I would be happy to have Twin Brooks as my home course.

Twin Brooks runs over largely flat terrain and is a park-like course with a creek, four ponds and nine doglegs.

A view from the fairway at Twin Brooks’ sixteenth

I’m not sure where the second eponymous ‘brook’ was. It doesn’t even appear in a Google Earth view. Perhaps it is a reference to what appears to be an irrigation canal that defines the out-of-bounds on the northern edge of the site.

The only elevation changes on the course are on the holes that cross Deer Creek, and even then they are minor. However, many of the greens and tee boxes are elevated.

Much of the challenge at Twin Brooks comes from the trees lining the relatively narrow fairways. A ball that runs through the dogleg or is too far from the fairway will likely be obstructed. The trees are not dense (except on the stretch from 12 – 14), but there are plenty of them and they always seem to be in the “wrong” place.

The fifth at Twin Brooks is a par 4 of 339 yards.

My favorite hole was the par four fifth. There is a small dogleg remaining that calls for a tee shot past the trees on the left. If you go too far right, there’s a chance one of those pesky trees will block your corner to the green.

A view from the fairway at Twin Brooks’ fifth.

The approach shot should convey a slight depression and the narrow Deer Creek. A large bunker guards the front left. On the other sides there is a small drop from the green.

The second at Twin Brooks is a par 3 of 147 yards.

The par three seconds was also striking. This 450-foot water carrier requires a 450-foot carry to bring water to a green guarded by a rocky front. It’s quite beautiful and perhaps Twin Brook’s signature hole.

Twin Brooks is not a long course and comes in at 6,330 from the back tees. If you are a big hitter who can hit a ball straight, you should score well at Twin Brooks.

T-piece	Distance	Slope	Judgement
Blue	6, 330	121	71
White	6, 107	119	70
Gold	5, 220	107	65.7
Red	4, 678	109	67.6

The conditions on the late fall day I played were solid. Fairways were well covered. Greens were smooth. The tee boxes were a little worn, but that’s to be expected at the end of a season. I didn’t encounter anything that hindered gameplay.

A fire burned in the woods to the right of the twelfth, spreading smoke across the fairway. It actually smelled nice, kind of like a campfire. But I was concerned, so I flagged down a maintenance man who said he was aware.

And so I continued.

If I lived in Chesaning, I would love to play Twin Brooks regularly. It was enjoyable and just challenging enough to keep my interest.

The Twin Brooks golf course review was first published on GolfBlogger.Com on February 17, 2026 from notes and photos taken during a round played at the end of the 2025 season. Follow the link for all GolfBlogger golf course reviews in Michigan.

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