Franklin Canyon Golf Course

We're waiting on two 4somes after second hole. Too many groups out. Extremely slow course pace.

Enjoyable course where no two holes are alike. Good maintenance. Greens are super fast and have a lot of slope. Count on a lot of three putts. Scenic and fun. I was impressed.

Overall the course is in very good shape the fairways and greens were all very nice. The tee boxes need a lot of work it was hard to get a comfortable stance on most. Greens were fast and true and always had a good lie in the fairway just wish I would have spent more time there

Played Franklin Canyon on a Saturday afternoon. The sight of 6 plus carts surrounding the first tee told me that it was going to be a slow day. The pro shop informed us they were running about 10 minutes late and at least they were honest.

This is a valley course with some elevation changes. The hills can help and hurt you - pushing some balls back into the fairway and swallowing others. 3 shorter par 5s on the front can allow you to score. Some longer par 3s and a handful of short par 4s round out the course. Greens aren't overly undulated or fast - pretty average. The bunkers didn't have a whole lot of sand in them - mainly dirt and rocks. Fairways are OK, and the rough was patchy and short.

As for pace of play, there are definitely some back-ups around the par 3s and a noticeable ebb and flow, slow-then-go feeling to the course. Unfortunately, my playing partner and I were paired with two singles playing from the white tees, and they just took their sweet time over every shot with no sense of urgency to get off the tee box. Consequently, we could always see the group ahead of us, but were never waiting on them. Meanwhile, the group behind us hit into our group 3 times...blatantly on the 18th hole as it was nearly dark, and our 2 singles just kept sputtering along. Made for a somewhat frustrating and uncomfortable round, but I wouldn't blame that on the course.

Not anything to write home about but a good deal for an afternoon of golf. Just expect slow play on the weekends.

The pace of play was awful, it took almost 3 hours to play the front 9.. Instead of continuing at that pace we asked to play the front side again and they let us.. The greens had just been airitated, which they failed advertise on golf now or mention when we got there.. I like the course but I think ill only be going back when I know there is no one there because otherwise the pace is too slow..

Played early morning and on a sunny day after a day of downpour.
The course was great and enjoyable, the greens in very good condition

Franklin Canyon is one if those courses that brings you back not because of how nice the course is, but instead entices because of its price point. Solid 3 stars, as some parts of the course could use a bit more maintenance, but greens are decent and course layout keeps things interesting.

This is a fun, semi-challenging course. It is very well maintained (minus the greens being half plugged). I like that if you don't have a very good drive on some of the more challenging dog-leg holes..you still have a decent shot from where your ball lands. Only 1 lost ball in all 18 holes due to the nice layout and that the golf balls are easily found no matter where you hit them. Scenery is nice, turkey's everywhere haha.

Recommend this course for sure!

I hadn't played Franklin for a few years but always liked the layout. Greens had been half sanded which is actually good. If you hit the right side of the green where the flag is you were rewarded.
The bunkers need some attention. Very hard and just dirt, no sand. Overall the course was in pretty good shape considering late summer when a lot of golf courses in the bay area curtail some of the watering.

The greens were covered in sad so much so that it was like putting through a sand trap. The course was flooded and the pace of play was ridiculously slow. When we went to tee off after the turn on the 10th hole, there were 2 groups waiting in front of us who just signed up to play the back nine and the course let them slow us down to do so. Highly unprofessional and not reccomendable to anyone.

Played with my son in law from South Africa. We both enjoyed the course. Good idea to aerate their greens by doing half of the green at a time!

This course is a nightmare!!
Fairways are burned out, bunkers are NOT sand, they are DIRT!!!....YES, DIRT!!! Greens are incredibly slow and bumpy. Last but not least, greens were sanded on the back nine.......with NO WARNING from the pro shop, just a surprise when you reach the tenth tee. This course is a joke!!! The course has potential, but is very poorly managed.

the grass on the fairways and around the greens was sparse. my ball kept ending up sitting on hardpan dirt both on the fairways and around the the greens. the greens on a monday were slow and bumpy. needed too much luck to score so i quit keeping score. almost left after 9 holes but i was with friends. not super bad, but definitely poor for scoring. very disappointing.

Extremely slow, my group had to wait in every hole for at list 10 to 15 minutes to tee off , a round of golf that last 5 1/2 hour is not acceptable , I would not recommend this course to anyone.

Been playing here off and on for 25 years. Every time I go, I tell myself I'm never coming back. Just not a great course for the cost. Layout is decent at best and conditions are always average.

Overbooked and slow. There were several marshals constantly going backwards on the course. Must have seen them 10 times during the course of play. They don't do anything but stop right in your line of sight and TEXT on their phones. Add that to the fact that almost every hole had a grounds keepers running around in a tractor right in the middle of the fairway on a FRIDAY AFTERNOON.... OH And they don't turn of the tractors when your hitting. Uneven ground at tee boxes, patchy grass all over the course - Constant distractions, poor food. Its clear the staff is frustrated due to lack of management.

I will not be returning.

I like this course. I do not necessarily like the way it is managed. They frequently shove too many groups on the course and you end up waiting on almost every hole. This has happened to me several times.

The course has some things going for it--relatively scenic (back 9 a little more so than the front), no houses, and few parallel fairways. The design is relatively interesting, though a few holes are not understandable from the tee box. I fortunately play with GPS that shows me an aerial view of each hole and yardages, otherwise we would have been lost more than once. The reason I won't be back any time soon is the condition of the course. I wouldn't call it a goat track, but it's on its way if it doesn't get some serious attention. I sympathize with courses, as I know the economics are tough these days, but some courses are doing much better than others with scare resources. The tee boxes are an absolute mess--not just barren, but horribly un-level. Fairways are better, but have far too many barren and "under repair" areas. Greens were better than either the fairways or tee boxes, though VERY bumpy and with inconsistent speeds. The bunkers are severely lacking in sand. Ball washers were nearly empty of water. The carts had sand/seed bottles, but ours was empty. Range is very short--6-iron distance. Practice green (they have at least two that I saw) is nice, as you can chip--and there is a bunker as well (though it is perilously close to the range with no protection). If the course was in (much) better shape I would play again. But unfortunately, it's not. So I won't. BTW--Round time was 4 3/4 hrs.--not too bad for a 4-day holiday.

A five and a half hour round is inexcuseable. They obvously have too many tee times scheduled too close together and there was a wait on every single shot of at least five to ten minutes. Course etiquette was not a priority either -- guys taking all day on their third putts, looking for balls in the weeds for 10 minutes even through they know there are groups behind them, etc. When the marshal came by his only comment was "well, it's the weekend". And there wasn't a cart girl, so everyone was dying in 95 degree heat waiting to hit the ball every ten minutes. The point is, extremely slow playing conditions take the fun out of playing the course. They need to schedule fewer times during the peak hours and add a cart girl. The added revenue from selling drinks and food could offset somewhat the loss in tee time revenue. Neither I, nor the people who played with me will be back there any time soon - and I won't be recommending Franklin Canyon to any of my golf buddies.

Wind was really strong and made some holes very difficult...without the wind, it is a fairly easy course ...had not played there in a few years...the fairways require some attention..appears not to be getting proper watering and aerating...dry and bare in lots of areas..greens were pretty good shape...tee areas require maintenance also.