Tilden Park Golf Course

We came in from out of town and rented clubs. Our 3 wood was broken which we noticed on the first hole and brought the club back. We had not used it. The manager then immediately started yelling at us and charged us. Just absolutely horrible hospitality management.

Nice course. Tight layout, greens fair, fairways were not in good shape. A lot of sparse lyes due to muddy conditions.

All in all a fun course. Tough par threes.

Tilden Park is a beautiful place and the course layout is great and can be difficult but you can’t beat the surroundings. However, the greens need to be kept, very patchy very disappointing. Also on the fairway, the grass was very long and many balls lost even when you’re on the fairway. So both that and the outskirts of the fairway need to be kept a little bit better. For paying $91 I would’ve expected a little more. Also, the driving range is very old and Haggard. It would be great for them to upgrade. Food was great service was great.

Due to power closures at the course, I was unable to play

Horrible pace of play! No Marshall keeping players in check! It took 3 hours to play the front 9! Left after that as most normal people play golf for 4 hours at a stretch! I would have played the round for 5-6 hours.

The course layout is fun. The fairways are not bad. But the greens are terrible. The staff is all kind and nice.

Absolutely the worst greens I have played on this year and they were not punched! There were dead spots all over multiple types of grass(weeds) horribly wet and your ball bounces like it’s on a trampoline. The vourse was out of sand/seed for the carts and no beverage cart on a Saturday. I will not play here again until I see some reviews that the conditions are improving.

This is long because this course and its regular players deserve some some serious attention:

They had just aerated and sanded the greens. Which was NOT disclosed when checking in and paying for the round. There were some greens that were heavily sanded, and others that looked like they had been done at least a week previously as they did not look, feel or roll even remotely close to the other 50%. No consistency whatsover. Most of the pins were extremely close to the edge of the green - within 10', which is technically not in line with USGA rules, particularly on sloped greens or near bunkers. Shots to the green with approach wedges were so inconsistent, either plugging on oversaturated aerated greens or skidding off harder packed greens with too much sand. I don't know why several of the Bay Area municipal golf courses aren't able to hire, and/or train their groundskeepers on how to maintain a reasonably consistent and playable golf course. The fees just got raised tremendously in the past 1.5 years. Where is this money going? In perfect conditions, teeing off at 11:30am on Thursday, our group of 4 players were waiting for a minimum of 10 minutes on each and every tee box after the 3rd hole. Where are the marshalls? I had to cut out after 14 holes - having already been out there for 4 hours! Aaah the fairways, almost all of which are severely sloped, were cut barely 30 yards wide or so on almost every hole, leaving US open like rough taking up much of the already narrow fairways bordered by 60' pines. This smacks of either cost cutting, laziness or lack of understanding on a course management perspective, or even setting basic standards for the actual groundskeepers. This course could be one of the most exquisite, challenging but rewarding golf courses in the entire Bay Area, but has been turned into a bit of a mickey mouse muni, that appears to designed to frustrate disappoint and push away half decent players who expect or hope for some basic course standards. I sincerely hope you can address some or all of these inconsistencies.

Living in East Bay, played Tilden on a day when temperatures there maxed out at 80 vs 98 in East Bay. Course is unusual so interesting to play. Greens ok for August but not great. Putts sometimes wobbled as they slowed down. Sand traps too packed. Some holes too close together so probably not uncommon for people to be struck by stray balls. Rough a bit thick. Try to stay in fairway!

Surprised by a slope rating of 122 from White tees, it's a difficult course. Not in very good shape especially he tee boxes and some the greens. Play was slow a 5 hour + round. It is certainly not a straightforward golf course, some funky holes. It is a pretty site though.

Tilden is an amazing golf course. Unfortunately, as with all golf course courses, if you don’t staff and support it well, it can take all of the good out of the experience and make it very negative. There was no starter out today to ensure that groups went out on time. There were also no marshals on the course to ensure that pace of play was protected. This has been a common theme at this course.

I have always enjoyed the challenge and beauty of Tilden Park GC but it was difficult to enjoy this last rd. I had not played the course for several years and I do not recall ever seeing the greens in this conditions. They were consistent from green to green but quite rough and bumpy. Due to the slopes, one does not charge the hole at Tilden, but when rolled at the appropriate speed, everyone's ball would repeatedly bump off line no matter which direction they putted from, up, down or from the side. One really had to be lucky to sink anything. I cannot recommend the course while the greens are maintained in this condition. Also, many of the White tees are apparently under repair, so the forward tees were in play. There is also very little separation between the blue, white and red tees which is totally inappropriate for red tee players.

I haven't played here lately but I always remembered Tilden being in great condition. Not this time. The entire course was a disappointment, from tees to greens. Adding insult to injury was the $93 cost. Granted it was on a weekend and fathers day but the round was worth half that at best.

Amazing course and beautiful views! Tons of wildlife and very friendly staff. Weather was great and pace of play was not nearly as bad as I was initially told it was going to be. Definitely going back!