Tilden Park Golf 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

It's a fun course but the pace of play on weekends is soooooooo slow. Bring a grill and BBQ between holes, or a hammock for naps. Great for weekdays or twilight.

32$ i got a round of gold with cart. I also got breakfast and lunch and a drink included. Breakfast burrito and pulled pork sandwich. I would have spent more than 32$ on food in sf so that right there made it worth it. Course was in good shape. Short course but cool layout alot of undulation. Very peaceful out there. Greens in good shape. Great deal!

Course still pretty wet - not a good time to rate the course. Let too many groups do their own thing that really slowed down the pace of play - you need to tell slow groups to move on and not hold up everyone else. Not fair to force other players to play 5 hrs. + because they play slow and bet on every hole - totally unacceptable!

This is a course of last resort. The course is always in bad condition in the winter. When you can even get on, there are frost delays or swampy fairways. Nobody has ever repaired a ball mark on a green in the history of this course. The pro shop is awful. Allocate 30 minutes to check-in minimum.