Golf Course Report

Last weekend I played Tilden for the first time in about 5 years. I never really cared much for the course and after playing it again, I still don’t. In fact, I’m not going to ever play it again unless it’s free. So you can put Tilden Park on the do not play list and here are some reasons why.

Tilden Park Golf Course, Approach to the 8th hole

First, its way, way overpriced. Their usual prime time rate on GolfNow is $72. I’m no pro here but I do play enough to say it isn’t worth more than $55 prime time. Heck, if you’re going to pay that much just go down to Pleasanton and play Callippe Preserve, it’s 10 times better.

Second, it’s seriously dangerous out there. Every time you’re standing on a tee you notice that its right next to the green you just got off. So any slightly off target shot is coming for your head.
Many of the fairways are parallel and too close to each other. The worst case being the 13th and 18th holes where the only thing separating the two greens is a cart path. Some joker on 18 hit it onto the 13th green while we were there… actually it’s not that hard to do, but I also don’t want to be the guy who got killed from a golf ball to the head.

Here is the satellite map of Tilden Park Golf Couse. Check out the 13/18th holes for what I mentioned above.

Finally, the greens suck. They sure looked nice but every ball that was putted in our group bumped and jumped all the way to the hole. They seemed spongy and apparently people don’t bother to fix their ball marks much. People please fix your mark and one other… Please…

The funny thing here is that my review wouldn’t have been so harsh if the rates were $20 less. Sorry TP, but you’ve been putting lipstick on a pig for too long. Sure your location is good and redwood trees are nice but if you’re going to charge $72 you need some serious improvements. I’d suggest starting with the greens and perhaps making people wear helmets.