franklin canyon golf course

Played with a group of freinds, varied skill from novice to scratch golfer. Everyone was able to enjoy the course and have a great time. Very nice greens, fairways were wide and forgiving. friendly staff and great sandwich at the turn.

I have been playing here for 20+ years and have seen the course in great shape and I see how it looks today. I never get tired of the layout and the ensuing challenges offered throughout the year. However this place is going downhill faster than a putt from the top of #13 green !!! The management of American Golf is utterly pathetic. I've been on other courses in the area and when asked my home course is FC the first response is "Oh, that place is soooo slow!!! Their reputation precedes them exponentially and they just don't care. A couple of managers and superintendents ago, the course was better maintained and operated. Rumor has it that staff is sent to FC either to start a golf career or END it. I've heard that AmerGolf keeps a tight fist when it comes to budget and you have to give credit to the mgt/super for doing the best they can....but it's not good enough. The course is seriously lacking in proper irrigation in places. Tee boxes look like training grounds for rototiller olympics. The greens start to look normal and then they find a way to screw them up again !!! I see many branches left laying in place after a gusty wind liberates them and NOBODY picks them up. Traditionally speaking, once the pro shop gets your money, they're no longer interested in your customer satisfaction. Evidence by lack of beverage cart when needed. Marshall's are an absolute joke. Some of them are "Little Gestapos" in the way they speak to the paying public. We see them once in a blue moon and they spend most of their time racking up the miles or looking for balls and not tending to the source of income...US !! Five hour rounds are commonplace. Their policy is 15 mins per hole = 4 1/2 hr round. Novel if no one is ahead of you. But routinely we've had to wait on every shot, every hole. It may only take 4.5 - 5 hrs sometimes, but that's not time well spent and certainly not what I paid for. The tee times are spaced 7 or 8 mins apart and all but guarantee a log jam for the first 5 holes...unnecessary !! You can't beat the location. It's quiet and serene. Reminds me of (the ultimate location) Tilden Park. They've had 4 golf pros in as many years. If they paid better wages for the greens keepers and inside staff, they'd get better quality of help. A more realistic maint budget would keep the 45 yr old golf course in better shape and the golfers would come back. I recommend that everyone come out and play here, it's a fun place. Just don't let the environment get you down.Rusty

The course is in better shape than most others in the area. I found the greens to be in excellent shape. For the value it's one of the better courses in the bay area.

very slow pace of play at this site with no obvious marshalling to try to speed up play. A recent friday round was 5 1/2 hours. The numerour ravines and some sand combined with maybe a less skilled clientel (?) makes for slow play. Suggest an early weekday round might not eat up over half the day and the course itself does have some challenging holes, with a couple of par 5's over 500 yards and all up hill. Electrical wires cross several holes which can divert a drive unexpectedly back to the ground. They leave a lot of rough which makes it important to stay in the fairway but a lot of folks spend additional minutes trying to locate the ball not far off the fairway (again equalling slow play).