Tilden Park Golf Course

Back in my high handicapper days I did'n really like this course. It has 3 200 yard or so par 3's and that just tough on the high handicapper. But now I'm at least a little bit better and this course is definitely growing on me. I will say that I benefited from the winter bing pretty dry here and that kep me out of sloppy conditions today (the course can get pretty wet in the winter). Anyway for me a test is "how many holes from the course would I put in an custom 18 holes of East Bay golf holes"? I'd say there are many candidates from Tilden for such a collection of holes. I prefer the front nine or maybe the first 12 holes. The last 6 hols tend to go back and forth parallel to each other, but those first 12 are pretty nice. If you can play this course when it's not wet, you should...

I have 5 issues with Tilden Golf Course:

1. There are 2 entrance roads. The one my gps brought me to was blocked by 4 pickup trucks with a road closed sign and not a soul in sight. It took me 20 minutes to find the other entrance.

2. The greens were just sanded.....no notification of this when i booked online.

3. The back 9 were closed...again, no notification of this when i booked online.

4. The rough is so high that often you lose your ball even though you know where it landed.

5. There is no drinking water on the course except at the club house

Decided to give Tilden another opportunity after 5 months. Same horrible or even worse conditions. So I never received word the front nine was closed due to Aerating the front nine. The guy in the pro shop was arrogant and rude! Decided to play the back nine si ve I was already out there. Tee boxes had driving range mats, fairways in decent shape, but Amazed or how horrible the greens are, no one fixes divots, so you can never get a straight putt!! Horrible horrible course! Who ever loves the sport, STAY AWAY!

I have played this course off and on for years. Despite its short length, it still provides a decent challenge Only drawback today was several temporary tee boxes. Hope that is changed soon.

Awesome Course bad directions

This was my first time on the course and my partner dropped the scorecard and we were practically lost. There was no signs at majority of the holes you couldn’t tell the number of the hole or where the next hole was. They need more direction signs.

Love the outdoors. Deer, turkeys, redwoods etc. unfortunately I rarely ever see a Marshall. Today we got stuck behind a foursome and it took 5 hours to play! These guys teed off around 7:15 and held everyone up after. Wish someone would regulate.

Course was extremely wet and muddy, would love to play it over the summer months. 3 tee boxes were under repair and requires the player to hit off of a driving range mat. Besides the mud, the course is in decent shape and is great value for the money. Very beautiful setting, will return over the summer when the course is a bit drier!

Due to bad air quality I call the course to cancel or reschedule I was told call golfnow when I call I was told due it on line I booked as a visitor I was unable to log and canceled when we have situation as very bad air quality I should have either canceled or reschedule by golf course they no help at all I alway book through golfnow very bad experience by not getting any assistance I did not go play today due to very bad air quality

The course is probably one of the most creative in the whole Bay Area, but even as one of the first groups of the day we clocked in with a five hour round, which is just far too long.

I also feel that the back nine should be the front nine and back nine should be flipped. The first two holes, the first of which is a par 4 uphill 400 plus hole, that plays like a par 5, followed by a dogleg left par 4 with a blind tee shot.

It is a tough opening stretch to get warm on while the back nine is much more forgiving. The course defends itself well despite not being long by today's standards. You have to hit it start, have good carry and shape shots to score.

The holes on this course are beautiful and it is a great course, I just have a hard time getting excited to play it with the very slow pace of play.

I recommend it, but just advise don't be in a rush.

It’s a beautiful course but they seem to overbook tee times. We started our round 10 minutes late, no marshals on the course, and pace of play slow. I don’t think I’ll play there again.

Nice course great staff

Way over booked pace of play is terrible I want to come back but won’t because it is too backed up all you do is stand around not fun

Two players in my group (including me) quit after 12 holes because it had already taken 4.5 hours. That’s almost a seven hour pace! Tilden is always a 5+ hour round, but 7? No thanks. Not recommended until they get serious about the pace.

1st time playing course, greens were in great condition! Even know the courses very busy the atmosphere was beautiful it was nice being in the Berkeley hills the drive up is Awesome!... It overlooks the Bay such a little fool view...