“For a lot of people, Brookside is such a
big part of their life. They just love the club,”
General Manager Michael Sloane said. “It’s
not a famous club in the Golf Association of
Philadelphia, but it’s an important club to a lot
of people in the Pottstown area.”
“It’s not like a second home. It is a second
home,” President Jim Konnick added. “You
can come here at any time, walk in and talk
to friends. You’re bound to see someone you
know, someone you can strike up a conversa-
tion with or watch a game with or get a game.
We don’t have tee times. You can always find
somebody.”
Brookside owes its beginnings to another
Pottstown permanence in The Hill School.
Founded in 1851, The Hill School, in response
to a burgeoning enthusiasm for golf among
students and staff, pursued a nine-hole
course on 15 acres north of Jackson Street. A
group of leading Pottstown citizens, feeling
the fairway fervor as well, gathered in Pott-
stown’s security building in June 1916 to form
Brookside. It connected with The Hill School’s
golf course endeavor and purchased the
Kepler parcel — three quarters of an acre that
included a farmhouse, barn and accompany-
ing farmland — to facilitate construction. The
Brookside and The Hill School partnership
exists today and continues to thrive.
“The Hill School is really unique,” Sloane, 51,
of Pottstown, Pa., said. “We have a land lease
with them for approximately half of the golf
course. In the lease, we provide a golf course
for their teams, faculty and administration to
be able to play. We do a lot of things with The
Hill School.”
“It’s been a very good partnership. You
couldn’t have one without the other,” Konnick,
62, of Pottstown, Pa., added.
Shortly after World War I, Brookside sold
the Kepler parcel and purchased The Hill
School’s military mess hall, which today
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Brookside
A PROMINENT POTTSTOWN PRODUCT
FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY
Brookside
A PROMINENT POTTSTOWN PRODUCT
FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY BY TONY REGINA
IT’S SURPRISING that Brookside Country Club’s
forefathers rejected the club’s original name. Country Club of
Pottstown is a perfect fit. Made by Pottstown residents, fueled
by Pottstown residents.
