
Par 3 Course
Brandywine Country Club

About this course
The Par 3 course at Brandywine Country Club in Peninsula, Ohio, was designed by Earl Yesberger, a regional architect active in the mid-20th century who worked primarily in Ohio and surrounding states. The course serves as a short-game complement to the club's main championship layout, offering members and guests a more casual golf experience in the rolling terrain characteristic of northeastern Ohio's Cuyahoga Valley region. Peninsula sits within the Cuyahoga Valley National Park area, where the landscape features wooded hillsides, creek valleys, and significant elevation changes carved by glacial activity. A par 3 course in this setting typically incorporates natural contours and mature tree cover, with holes playing across varying elevations that test distance control and shot-making rather than length. These executive-style layouts traditionally emphasize iron play and short game skills while providing a quicker round option for members. Brandywine Country Club has served the Peninsula community for decades as a private club, with the par 3 course functioning as both a practice facility for serious players working on their scoring clubs and a recreational amenity for families and social golf. The course reflects the mid-century trend of American private clubs adding short courses to enhance member engagement and provide variety beyond the regulation eighteen holes.
Quick facts
- Location
- Peninsula, OH, USA
- Access
- Public
- Year built
- 1991
- Designer
- Earl Yesberger
- Holes
- 9
- Par
- 27
- Length
- 1,003 yards
- Difficulty
- 28/92
Getting there
Most visitors to Brandywine Country Club arrive through Cleveland Hopkins International (CLE), roughly forty minutes north along Interstate 271 and the Cuyahoga Valley corridor. The drive south traces the edge of one of America's most unexpected national parks, where the urban sprawl of Greater Cleveland yields to deep ravines, covered bridges, and the wooded ridgelines of the Cuyahoga Valley. As you descend into Peninsula - a village barely a mile long - the final turn onto the club's grounds feels less like arrival at a country club and more like discovery of a hidden enclave tucked into the folds of northeast Ohio's most storied landscape.

FAQ
Common questions about Par 3 at Brandywine Country Club
Ratings, design, and course details pulled from Course Vaults.
Par 3 was designed by Earl Yesberger.
Yes. Par 3 at Brandywine Country Club is listed as welcoming public or guest play on Course Vaults.
Par at Par 3 is 27.
Par 3 plays 1,003 yards from the back tees on Course Vaults.
The slope rating at Par 3 is 92.
Par 3 is a 9-hole course.




