Franklin Canyon Golf Course

Last Sunday we played Franklin Canyon, a course that we play often and enjoy. On the particular Sunday, they failed to inform us an a number of issues. Plugged and sanded greens, multiple temporary tee boxes, allowing nine hole golfers to cut in between 18 hole golfers. I know that the course repairs are necessary, but we should be informed so we can decide to play there or wait for more favorable conditions.

Love Franklin, play it on my birthday every yr, however this last time, after shopping around tee times in East Bay we settled on Franklin because it wasnt far and was reasonably priced and no adverse conditions were stated on GolfNpw. However when we got to the course they informed us that they were Air Raiding greens and greens where "heavily saturated with sand" and no discount or even apology for the mis information was applied. We payed and played anyways but greens where terrible..being that we payed for non air raided greens you would think Franklin and/or GolfNow would do something, no compensation needed, just make sure to get it right next time.

Franklin Canyon was beautiful on this new spring day. So green, flowers everywhere and the fairways were great. There is a tremendous amount of infrastructure work being done, new Tee Boxes, Cement work on the Cart Paths and this is also the time for punching and sanding greens. IN about a month from now this course should be in the best shape it has been in years. I recommend it for play now and later.

(8) Tee boxes are been rework
and the half of the greens are pluged and sanded
if i know i wouldn,t play

franklin is a very good layout that always suffered from maintenance issues and heavy and slow play

The managemnet is presently rebuilding many tee areas, cart paths and improving drainage. These are great and long overdue..but it will be tough playing this course for at least 3 months

A really fun and sometimes challenging course for intermediate players. Kinda slow at times in terms of pace of play. a fun shorter course for a variety of skill levels. A great value when under $50.

First, a 5 and a half hour round, 2nd, the course was in terrible condition all the way around. It really irritates me when they let 2 fivesomes out ahead of us on an already crowded course. I won't go back there for a very long time.

No complaints at all - friendly members, tough but fair course, beautiful surroundings.

Only a few very tight spots ---otherwise pretty forgiving.
More marshalling would be helpful.
Improving the on course rest rooms is in progress.
A good buy for the money mid-week.

I have played this course many times and had no seen it as dry as it was in December 2013. Fairways were dry and fast... in some cases bold. The greens were fast but in pretty good shape. Some work being done around the course kept us guessing...

I was going to pass on playing this past weekend but my friend who's just getting back into playing wanted to come out despite the frigid temperatures we had during the week and the chance of rain. Was pleasantly surprised to see the sun out when we got there. The course was fairly empty so we were able to eat and go out whenever we wanted to. The course itself was pretty dry considering it had rained the night before. The greens were pretty quick which surprised me. I'm not sure if they're not cutting them because of the cold (which wouldn't surprise me given the recent cold weather). The pace of the greens felt like they were rolled not cut. After taking 9 holes to figure out the pace of the greens we were able to adjust. The pace of play was very fast. We took our time at the turn to grab some coffees and still finished our round in just under 4 hours. All in all I really like playing this course and am a regular out here at least once a month.

But this is not anything that I'm sure, has never been said about Franklin Canyon before, it badly needs maintenance. Having played Rancho Solano just yesterday, I can't help but see the huge contrast in conditions bet. the two courses. I suppose bec. of FC's good proximity to a lot of people/highly-populated areas (i.e. Richmond/Vallejo/Hercules/Concord/Walnut Creek), it's getting it's share of patronage. The usual complaint about American Golf (the management company) packing golfers in on whichever course they manage is still true. At 11:30am on a Monday morning, it should be a breeze but not on this course on that morning.

Booked a 1:30 tee time but didin't start till after 2. Slow going for first four holes, barely finished 9 before dusk. During the week this is usually not as crowded as it was the Friday after Thanksgiving. Maybe all the guys were avoiding Black Friday!

Having played Franklin Canyon years ago and having good memories, I thought it would be nice to play there again. Made a 12:30 tee time for 2 on a Friday. Arrived at the course 40 minutes early to warm up. Shop staff was friendly checking us in and said they were 20 minutes behind on the tee, understandable. Warmed up, checked in with the started at 12:30, our tee time, and was told that there were 5 groups ahead of us. We finally teed off at 1:15, 45 minutes late. Played the first hole, arrived at the second tee to see we were the third group on the second tee. That was the way on all tees. We finished the front nine at 4:30, over three hours to play nine holes. We had to quit because it was almost dark. We did get a sixty day credit for half our green fee, don't know if we will return though.

The condition of the course was deplorable considering how the course use to play. It is a shame that the course is collecting these greens fees and not running the place correctly.

There were no "tees" on the driving mats on the driving range; couldn't practice hitting driver before the round.
The tee boxes for the most part were uneven; no flat areas to tee off from. Most of the fairways were bare and some had been aerated and plugged. We played lift and place (if you could find some grass) on just about every fairway. We teed off at noon and finished as the sun was going down, around 5:20 pm. Too many people and not enough space in between groups. This is not the course I remember from 10 years ago. It has been neglected for the most part. Too bad...

On Friday I think franklin canyon over booked tee times , It every player weight on every hole, that makes for a five hour ,when a player starts a 11: 52 in the fall you can not finish by night.

This is actually a fun course that was pretty well maintained with great rolling greens, however, it was very overbooked. Our tee time was on a Friday at 12:22 but didnt get out until around 1, and it was dark by the time we finished. I would recommend this course, but not on a Friday, and i would call ahead to see if they had any tournaments that day which they often have.

Very crowded and slow.

While the greens are fast and surprisingly good condition, the fairways need water, fertilizer and grass. Maybe typical fall conditions for a muni, but disappointing.

little over 5 hour round but the views and weather were purrfect!

Greens in good condition, but fairways and rough areas had several bare, hard spots. Pricing was very fair for the layout and amenities. No beverage cart service offered on the course.