Tilden Park Golf Course

Scenery is breathtaking . Course was extremely wet and a lot of make shift tee boxes.

One of the worst days golfing. Course was soaking wet even though it hasn't rained much in the last two weeks. The whole course was soggy and like playing in jello.

We played on a Wednesday afternoon. It was drizzling/light rain. Everything you hit seemed to plug. How did the course get this wet? It's like playing in a bog. The threesome and foursome in front of us played super slow. No one seemed to be familiar with the concept of "Ready Golf". It was more like: stop your cart in line with the ball; get out to find the ball; walk back to the cart for club selection; walk back across the fairway to play the ball; walk back to cart for a leisurely cleaning of the club; drive to next ball location. This was my first and last time playing this swamp.

The course is nice and challenging as it utilizes the hills, valleys and tall trees to setup a course in the hills of Berkeley.

As for my round today, it was unpleasant and ruined my overall experience. Here are just some of the issues I had with this course today:

- Tee time delayed 1 hour

- Pace of play slow and compounded by hour delay and lack of marshal on course

- Not enough carts, had to SHARE a cart even though I booked as a single

- Course very very wet. I can't blame this too much on them considering the location and abundance of tall trees blocking sunlight.

- Tee box not clearly or easily marked or identified

- "Golf cart path only" today which only slowed down the pace more after the 1 hour delay.

The course has a lot of potential and given the fact that it's not an "easy" course, the spacing between groups should be more than it currently is. I heard the weekday play is better and weekends seem to be the worst. Unfortunately my first experience was not what I anticipated and ultimately will be how I remember the course.

With all the rain last week the course was wet in places, but not fairways or greens. 5-hour mid-day pace on Saturday wasn't bad. I'll be back!

Tilden Park played very well in a 24 hour window between the first 2 storms of the fall. Relatively dry, and the threat of oncoming rain kept golfers away - 3:45 round with very pleasant companions. Wind and terrain created challenge; greens rolled well despite dampness. Gallery of deer, turkeys, raccoon, fox, and red-tail hawk in the redwood trees lining the fairways. Strategic course that keeps driver in the bag on many tees, after the first hole.

First of all it was over booked. We waited about 30 minutes past our tee time. Pace of play was a joke. Took nearly 3 1/2 hours to play 9 holes. The course is way too wet. Mud everywhere!

Everyone should get a refund !

course was in good shape and there werent that many players out there teeing off at 4pm but the pace of play was glacial. We were a twosome in a cart and we play fast, but come on people. I've got a life and don't want to spend 4:45 minutes out there. your going to miss that 4 footer anyway so dont spend a week over it and three practice swings? no marshall so it never improved and actually got worse on the back or was it me losing my patience?

Be prepared for a slow day on a weekend. Tee time was a half hour behind schedule. The round took 6 hours. Rolled up to hole #3 and there were 4 groups stacked up. The course is enjoyable, but I will have to avoid going back on a weekend.

Our foursome played at Tilden on Tuesday, 2 August. We booked our 1:10 pm reservation via GolfNow.com for only $25 including cart. We arrived about 11:45 am with enough time to hit from their driving range, practice some bunker and chip shots and putt on their two practice putting greens. The range balls were good quality, matts were in good shape and the range was long enough to hit drivers. The practice bunker had good quality sand and was well raked. One of the putting greens was flat while the other larger green had lots of slopes. There were kids and adults using their excellent practice facilities to develop their games. The first tee is next to the large putting green. We found the course to be in great shape. Tee boxes were in good condition, fairways were uniformly grassed, bunkers all had quality sand and were well raked and the greens were in great condition, fast and challenging with plenty of slope. The layout is excellent with some very unique holes including holes 2 and 9. While there are not a lot of signs to the next tees, if you follow the cart path you will find the next tee. The grill had good food with reasonable prices. We would play here weekly if we did not have to drive over an hour each way.

For playing behind a small tourney pace of play was great. Found it strange that there wasn't a beverage cart out. Other than that love the course and layout!!

What a wonderful way to spend a Thursday afternoon in beautiful Northern California. Warm weather, great course conditions especially the greens, and cordial playing partners. Thanks to Steve and Claurice for 5 plus hours of enjoyment.

Because of some challenging holes, Tilden has often been deemed a course plagued with extremely slow play. Although the course seemed fully booked when we started, our round lasted less than four and a half hours. After the first few holes, we rarely had to wait to hit our next shots, and were never pressured from the group following us. The course was in magnificent shape from tee to green.

A friend and I were looking forward to playing here. We had a 1.30 tee time. After warming up at the range, we heard the pro shop starter calling around 20, 10 year old kids from the first tee program. I knew we were doomed. I know that's a great program but these kids are way too young to challenge a course like this. Plus they were all walking. So we went back in to get a refund. Thanks to Tilden park for ruining our golf day. They should let people know when they are running a playground not a golf course!!!!!! No 7hr rounds for us!!!!

The course was awesome. The course itself did not always look the prettiest but the greens rolled true, the fairways were in good shape, and bunkers looked good and the views were immaculate. There were wild animals walking around that did not get in the way and looked really cool. Overall I had an awesome experience. The fog was in and out and the weather was in the 60s so bring a jacket but otherwise the round was great. Played with really great people and enjoyed myself thoroughly. Would highly recommend for any experienced golfer!

Just a warning, this is not an easy course!

I have played Tilden twice this year, and in general the pace of play is quite slow. during this round it was horrendous, taking 3 hours and 5 minutes to complete the front 9. We were hoping for some relief on the back 9, however it was not to be. It took 50 minutes to play 10 and 11. After waiting for 10 minutes to tee off on 12, we made it our last hole and headed for the clubhouse. During all this time, we never saw a marshal attempting to speed up play. In general course conditions were fairly good, and the greens were very firm. The course is quite mountainous, making for many fairways where you never get a level lie, and some, such as 9, where if you are above the hole, the steepness would cause your putt to run off the green. Another issue is safety caused by greens and tees being too close together on several holes. Frankly, my experience at Tilden was not enjoyable, and the pace of play not acceptable.

I fell in love with this place from the first tee. The views are awesome, the greens, fairway, tee boxes were all in great condition. Being that it's in the hills, the course has a few elevation changes during the round. Narrow fairways on some holes make you have to be straight on your tee shot to be in play. The layout was a bit confusing at times, maybe they can install better signage for direction to the next holes. The only thing that made this anywhere close to a bad trip was the guy that checked us in, Jim. I walk up to check in and he is on the phone, ok, no problem. I wait for him to acknowledge me and my group. When he does, first thing out of his mouth is "You're Late!"?? We were there 10 mins prior to our tee time, there was a group in front of us and one on the tee in front of them. So I dont know how we were late? No matter, I killed him with kindness and we continued on with our round. "Can't Wait" until the next time I play there again. A huge YES play this course to anyone that thinks about it. Oh yea, on TOP of everything else, the weather was PERFECT!!!

A hidden gem in the east bay! Great course! Nice people. Pace of play can be slow.

Nice fantastic view of San Francisco Bay on way to golf course,a must stop on way there or home.

Staff was very friendly and helpful.Course was in good shape

The course is nice and in very good condition, but play is very slow on a Sunday. Week days are preferred to play this track