Franklin Golf Club

This is a 9 hole course you have to play twice—which is hardly from the worst thing about this course. Green fees, plus cart were $37. Only problem is the course was in total disrepair. No grass to actually play from outside of the tee boxes (which were so high, low tees turned into shots out of the rough), too much unnecessary undulation, extremely hard grounds made great shots awful ones. The BEST thing about this course was my inflated average driving distance. On the 9th/18th hole I drove my 3 wood 314 yards—not because I’m a beast but because the ground was so hard and there was so little grass to create friction the ball just kept rolling. This course MIGHT be decent if the fairways were in any kind of respectable shape but alas. I wouldn’t play this course again for free, much less the $37 I paid.

I booked a 12:30pm tee time for Saturday, September 6, 2025. We got there at 12:05pm. There was a line in the pro shop because one woman was handling the counter and making food. We weren’t waited on for 10 minutes. I used the bathroom while we waited. The urinal had a plastic trash bag over it. The bathroom smelled like urine. When we were finally waited on, we were told there were no carts and we’d have to get one from somebody finishing their round. So we waited and everybody who finished up just continued and golfed Hole 1 right in front of us. The lady said they were “making the turn” and they were in front of us. This was after our tee time had already passed. There are only 9 holes so we had no idea how many more people would be “making the turn.” Everybody who was “making the turn” was also going in the clubhouse to get more food and beer. It was 12:40pm and we were at least second in line to tee off, but that still meant waiting for somebody with a cart to finish up. We figured it would be another 30-45 minutes to tee off and so we just left. I told the lady we were leaving and there was no apology or anything. I will never go back, and I don’t think you should ever go there either.

This should not be a golf course. Absolutely awful. Fairways are dirt, dead grass, and crab grass. Greens are just destroyed. The tee boxes are basically non existent. Overall awful course

I lost more balls in the fairway because it hadn’t been cut and it was all clover then I’ve ever lost in my entire golf career.

Course was in good shape, but the layout was a little confusing.

This was a fun and challenging course. Continuous rolling hills course wide will challenge anyone. It is a 10 hole course I believe. Once you make the turn you play the blues tees. Fairways are non existent everything is rough. Layout is confusing for the first time. But I will definitely play again. Learning how to play different conditions can’t be a negative.

1st time playing there, very hilly, not marked very well, we had a hard time finding the tee boxes, very confusing layout, didn’t make it very fun.making the turn, it took forever to get food, frozen burger, cold grill, turned it on after we ordered, we won’t play there again.

We were the only females, crazy layout.

I booked this tee time so I could teach my gf how to play golf and for her to get practice. Arrived and they didn’t have enough golf carts to start at my tee time. In addition there were two groups ahead of us waiting as well. After waiting 20 minutes, I got a different tee time somewhere else and walked on this.

The staff is really nice about everything, it’s just not run very effectively

There are no fairways. If you hit a stunning drive off any tee box, you are still in the rough. All mowed the same length, or no grass what-so-ever. To be fair the greens were fine for mid April and played true. Every 2nd shot was from the rough. Lay out is confusing and distances are, at best, guesses. I saw distance markers on two holes. They were colored concrete slabs, which is fine, but not edged or manicured to be seen. $20 last minute, not hot shot, makes it a find if you want to practice recovery and approach.

TL/DR-Overview—- Great value for the money, but if you value a well groomed course or prefer higher end amenities, this isn’t for you. If you wanna play a cheap round, drink some inexpensive beer (you check in for your tee time at the bar), and have a good time, you’ll enjoy this place. Recommended based on price and how nice everyone was ($10 walking for 9). I’ll play here again if I’m in the area, but wouldn’t go out of the way for it. Read on for good and bad.

The Good:

- Insanely nice people. Everyone I met, both employee and playing.

- Inexpensive. I was gonna hit some balls at the range down the street, but for .50 more I can play 9 here ($10 walking)

- Fast Pace of play. I walked and barely had to wait. I could see this being a problem if I rode, but I also played solo

- Short tees are super generous. Once you learn the course here, I could see some low scores.

- 3 sand traps and no water. You could call this bad or good, but I’m optimistic:)

The Bad:

- Course conditions are rough and unpredictable. “Fairways” aren’t groomed and they have no sprinklers for them, so you might catch some grass and roll or hit solid dirt and bounce long. Fairways are pretty much one cut everywhere, not well manicured cuts as you might be used to.

- Greens ARE maintained pretty well and have sprinklers. Unfortunately, it’s not consistent, so these were the most unpredictable greens I’ve ever played which can make for some frustrating puts. Some super wet and some super dry. Some super fast but most are painfully slow.

- Small course, so golf holes cross cross and run along each other. I actually ended up playing someone else’s ball playing on hole 1 while I was on 7. It’s tight.

- Confusing layout for first timers. This won’t be an issue once you play it once or twice, but for a first timer, it was puzzling. Some holes share tee box, I think it was 4 and 13 shared a box. Shoot right for 3 and left for 13, but you can’t see the hole, so I walked up to the short tee and played there just so I could figure it out.

- Hilly. If you aren’t in shape, get a cart. I’m in good shape and the hills still wore me out.

Since this is a 9 hole course they needed to space out the tee times much more than they did. this would allow players making the turn back to the number one hole more efficient. It was very over crowded and then the pace of play was very slow.

No carts available, “they’ll be in eventually” and no food. We didn’t stay or play.