Tilden Park Golf Course

The course and the setting are great. Only a few miles from the city, but you feel like you're golfing in the Tahoe area. Fun elevated tee boxes and the greens were in good shape. The only draw back is the pace of play. It's painfully slow. We got in 14 holes in 5 hours on a Sunday. There are lots of elevation changes and spread out holes, so walking during weekends should not be allowed.

Our late start due to lack of carts and a full tee box was frustrating. Running out of carts at 10:00 AM? I love the setting and the beauty of this course. This course will also challenge every golfer. Shots need to be accurate. The soggy conditions did not allow for carts to leave the cart paths and the shots were stopped dead where they landed. sometimes getting buried is very soft soil. Greens with difficult pin placements were challenging. Moisture and speed was different for most greens. Tee boxes were very muddy with a few without grass. Overall...Long difficult round in a beautiful setting.

I hadn't been to Tilden in 4-5 years. I am questioning myself now as to why.
The course was in excellent shape. Greens were readable and medium soft. Had a few birdie opportunities, and made some great recovery shots!
Tee boxes were trim, fairways were lush with no brown spots. I could smell the trees and there was just a slight breeze wafting through the branches. Played at about 67 degrees and it was perfect. Am definitely coming back soon. Pro shop desk was extremely friendly, both before and after the round. It was a truly outstanding experience in all phases.

This has got to be the worst managed golf course in the Bay Area. It seems that this course has no problems letting a group every 2 minutes try to tee off. Raise the prices i.e. stop giving UC Berkeley discounts and manage the course better! This could be a great course if management would actually manage the facility.

There was NO sign of a marshall to speed up the group ahead of us who were up to 2 holes behind by the time we got to the back 9.

Greens were fine, but within 100 yds. of most greens the lack of grass in some areas resulted in unfair , unacceptable lies. Balls rolling back off the greens (as on # 4, 5, 12 + 15) slowed play unnecessarily.

great course for those who want to be challenged. many hills and valleys.

I just can't bring myself to like this course. I want to like it, but I can never put together a good round here.

The course is set among the redwoods in Berkeley and is usually foggy and damp (though the day we played the weather was gorgeous and probably the best thing about the round). The layout meanders through the valley and has many elevation changes. Do not expect to have many flat lies. The majority of fairways are sloped and even a tee shot down the middle can end up in the rough or trees. Placement off the tee is very important as the greens are surrounded by trees and hazard. There are not many places to miss on approach shots. The greens look faster than they are, and break less than they appear.

I would recommend this course to anyone who likes valley courses/target golf. The course conditions aren't fantastic but the layout will challenge you. The course is just not for me.

This was my first round at Tilden park. The course has a nice layout with challenging elevation changes. The course has a mix of tight and wide open fairways. I would definitely play this course again.

Course is extremely hilly with serious elevation changes. Don't expect to post a good score on your first trip around. Course knowledge would be a benefit. Course not in great shape and the greens were really bumpy making it difficult to make putts. All that being said I would play it again. Great scenery with challenging shot selection and fun driving holes. Good value, I made a tee time on a Saturday evening and got a great tee time for Sunday morning for $60.00/player. In the Bay Area that's not bad.

One of the prettiest courses in the Bay Area, with jaw-dropping views around every turn. Dramatic elevation changes on most holes. Course is well kept and landscaped to provide the occasional favorable bounce. Greens are contoured and require some strategy. If you can get past the 400 yard straight uphill first hole with a 5, you'll have a great day. My only complaint was pace of play. We went off 45 minutes late on a 1:55 tee time, and had to give up after 16 holes due to darkness.

A lot of muddy spots in fairways and tee boxes even though it hasn't rained in weeks, greens were decent and fairly fast.

Awesome course to play. tons of hills. Would have been faster but had a slow group 4 groups ahead of us that no marshall asked to let the faster players through. looking forward to playing again

Had a 1:55 Tee Time last Saturday, couldn't finish due to darkness. Never saw a marshall. Course was interesting but round time will make me think twice about coming again.

If you like 6 hour rounds, then by all means, please go play Tilden Park. We didn't see ONE marshal the entire time we were there, and speaking to the two regulars we played with, that's just how it is. They don't care about the pace of play. $50+ round for 6 hours, no thanks. The course isn't that great that I want to wait on every shot. My recommendation is to play ANYWHERE else.

Greens had been punched recently and let to grow out, so were very slow but held line ok. Neat course, challenging and very hilly,no houses around and out in the wilderness, kind of cool.

Tilden has been and continues to be my favorite course in the East Bay area. The beauty is incredible...I actually saw a deer grazing just below the 14th tee.

Yesterday we played at this beautiful golf course. The first 8 holes were wonderful.

On the 9th hole we finally caught up with the group in front of us and it took THREE HOURS to finish our round.

The group in front of us told us there was a FIVESOME in front of them that was holding things up.

On hole 11 it got really bad. They had 2 holes open in front of them and made no effort to let anyone play thru or speed up their play. At one point the group in front of us hit into them and they started yelling at each other. . At one time there were 3 groups on a tee box. YOU ARE LUCKY YOU DIDN'T HAVE A BRAWL OUT THERE

I finally called the pro shop and was told "American Golf now allows fivesomes. We are short handed today and have no Marshall. Sorry. There is nothing we can do."

At the end of the round I went to the Pro shop to complain. There were 2 young men there. The same ones who checked me in. They apologized but again repeated that they were short handed and there was nothing they could do. The Assistant Manager WAS TAKING INVENTORY!!!!

Couldn't one of them jumped in a cart and gone out there??? The Assistant Manager couldn't take 15 minutes out from TAKING INVENTORY???

In this day and age of slow play fivesomes SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED.

By making one group happy you made alt least 4 groups VERY UNHAPPY. And who knows how many behind them.

Unfortunately, I will not play this beautiful course again until I hear that you have removed this ridiculous rule of allowing fivesomes. And after talking in the parking lot with the group in front of us and the group behind us, they will not be coming back either.

the course was in good overall conditions, but a bit soft and wet for some reason. lots of watering I guess. The 2 ladies in the pro shop were very nice, as were the restaurant personnel.

Having played at Lake Chabot all my life, gave Tilden a try. It's not as up and down as Lake Chabot and the drainage is a lot better (greens roll really fast).

Layout was interesting as multiple holes bisect each other. Length of the holes were pretty long compared to other Bay Area courses.

Weather was hot and humid the day I played. Pace on front 9 was fast, but got really slow on the back.

Always challenging, fun to play, and in better condition than in years. Still some fairways and greens could use more attention.