Mountain scenery meets challenging greens at Tilden Park Golf Course.
Set in a mountain park above Berkeley, Tilden Park Golf Course offers a scenic, challenging municipal layout with elevation changes and rolling fairways. The course is praised for dramatic views, wildlife, and holes that reward smart strategy. The grill serves a Grizzly burger and draft beers. Greens are noted as in good shape, though pace of play can be slow and drainage issues have been mentioned in reviews.
10 Golf Course Dr, Berkeley, CA 94708, USA
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A challenging and scenic mountain park layout with elevation changes and strategic holes, perfect for intermediate to advanced players.
Triple-decker range for practice sessions, offering a great warm-up with beautiful views.
Cart rentals available to navigate the hilly terrain, though conditions may vary with weather.
Serving burgers like the Grizzly burger and a selection of draft beers for post-round refreshments.
Sports coaching available for players looking to improve their game in a unique setting.
Overall rating
Steve Sachs
Such a mixed bag, this course. The good: beautiful layout, fun holes, challenging but not too hard. Their grill serves the best burger (grizzly) and a selection of fine draft beers. The challenging: The fairways are rough and the course is very wet, though golf carts are still routinely on it. Pace of play borders on the unreasonable (5 1/2 hours +) even though it doesn’t seem crowded. Lots of potential with a bit more TLC.
Parker Evans
Course is beautiful, challenging, and fun to play. Some drainage issues, but nothing crazy for NorCal in January. But this course is the Wild West. We didn’t see a beverage cart, a starter, or a course marshal on a busy Saturday. The group ahead of us played slow (resulting in a >5 hr round) and ignored the cart path only rules, destroying the fairways. If I were the course superintendent, I’d be mad that nobody is protecting my hard work!
Chris Allen
Sorry; had no time to elaborate on the 5 stars earlier. This golf course is enchanting; it looks like a golf course designed by Dr. Seuss. It delivers a scent of freshly wet pines. This will clear your lungs. Yah, the land and fairways roll, curve, and bounce, so you face a few real challenges. And the 12th fairway is a model of the Loch Ness Monster's back. Where'd my ball land??? Did I hear a "plunk"? Anyway, you can do it. Sure, you might lose a few golf balls. Who cares. You're on one of the most beautiful courses in the world. Just get out there.
John Kimball
What a great golf experience. Lots of hiking if you’re going to walk. But so beautiful, and not too much sand or water. Triple decker range. First hole is a long uphill par 4. Enjoy!
Daniel Rosenbach
Tilden is one of the most fun layouts I’ve ever played. Mountain park setting. No houses around the course. Just golf and nature. The course is so interesting. Each hole has a personality and a specific strategy. You have to know where to leave and miss. There are a lot of elevation changes and funky lies. The first two holes are absolutely brutal. After that it gets easier. It’s a municipal course. The greens roll accordingly. It’s better than it used to be. I used to play here daily before the new management took over. The course and green especially are in as good shape as ever. The lone negative will always be that the difficulty of the course does not match the price. Novices come to play for a good rate and spend way too long looking for balls they lose. If you’re not in one of the early groups, rounds can take a very long time. If you play alone at 650am you can finish in less than two hours. Also there’s a lot of cool wildlife. Such a hidden gem of course. It’s hard and not for beginners. Bring lots of balls.
