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Franklin Canyon Golf Course is an 18-hole public course in Hercules, California.

Designed by Robert Muir Graves. It plays 6,550 yards from the Back tees, rated 71.8/132 (checked 2026-08-24).

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18
holes
72
par
6,550
yards (tips)
132
slope (back)
The shape of the round · Back teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — BACK TEES490186356179366202521404518381212366519363456367150514152334435463758495104113124135144154164173185PAROUT 3,222 YDSIN 3,328 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 18 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

designer
Robert Muir Graves reported
access
public
address
CA-4, Hercules, CA 94547, USA
phone
510-799-6191
elevation
208 ft derived
opened
1970
on site
restaurant · lessons

38.00613, -122.21601 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 3 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

177 traced features across 7 layers for Franklin Canyon Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery.

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177 traced features across 7 layers for Franklin Canyon Golf Course, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

18
Holes
17
Fairways
45
Bunkers
2
Water
18
Greens
54
Tee pads
242.8ft
Elevation range
6,550yds
Back tees
521yds
Longest hole
150yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-05-18

Height112.1 ft354.9 ft

Tees & ratings

Ratingsreported, not from the club

Yardagesfrom the clubread from the scorecard imagechecked 2026-08-21

All 6 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 6 rows.

BackM72655071.813232223328
MiddleF72614574.913230643081
MiddleM72614569.612730643081
Forward537366.712027622611
RedM72537370.812127622611
RedF72537366.712027622611

Every figure as published; a blank cell is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardfrom the clubread from the scorecard imagechecked 2026-08-21

Parreported, not from the clubchecked 2026-08-24

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 534343545434544435 72
Forward 43912532214832616849132541835413027542431337028090375 5,373
Back 490186356179366202521404518381212366519363456367150514 6,550
Middle 464163340163346189506389504368186339502329385344126502 6,145
Red 43912532214832616849132541835413027542431337028090375 5,373
Handicap 151113717591382144106161218

Plan it in the Studio

Plan Franklin Canyon Golf Course hole by hole, for your game.

Ask in plain words. The Studio draws each hole on the aerial photo, picks a club for each shot from your carries and the way you miss, and shows where a miss costs you strokes. This course's greens were surveyed, so it reads their slope too.

  • The approach, planned A Studio approach map on the aerial photo: a lob wedge aimed at the island green, its spread drawn as a dashed ring over the water, and the side it most often misses. Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • The green, from LiDAR A Studio green view on the aerial photo: arrows for the slope a LiDAR survey measured, the area a cup could be cut, and the safer side to miss. Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • Every shot, tee to green A Studio plan on the aerial photo of a desert par 4: the driver off the tee and a 7-iron into the green between the bunkers, each shot with its landing spread drawn as a dashed ring. Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

Plan this course in the Studio

Pictures: Studio output for a sample golfer, drawn 2026-10-15. The Studio needs a free account. AI can make mistakes.

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Book a tee time

Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to Franklin Canyon Golf Course's own booking page rather than quoting a figure that was true the week we captured it.

Check tee times and rates

Also bookable nearby: Blue Rock Springs Golf Course West (8.0 mi) · Blue Rock Springs Golf Course East (8.2 mi) · Tilden Park Golf Course (8.2 mi) · Skylinks at Buchanan Fields (8.7 mi)

Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

FigureThis courseIn CaliforniaNationwideAmong its peers
Longest6,550 yds=477th of 889=5,622nd of 12,025=32nd of 74 in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area · =1,467th of 4,105 public courses · =2,750th of 7,004 courses you can book · =5,579th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 132=270th of 750=3,130th of 8,710=29th of 70 in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area · =629th of 2,882 public courses · =1,317th of 4,936 courses you can book · =3,063rd of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 71.8=413th of 685=4,302nd of 7,615=39th of 64 in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area · =1,069th of 2,412 public courses · =2,011th of 4,145 courses you can book · =4,254th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread1,177 yds between tees542nd of 857=7,452nd of 11,52350th of 74 in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area · =2,188th of 3,841 public courses · =4,022nd of 6,653 courses you can book · =7,291st of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1970=397th of 768=4,455th of 9,36844th of 69 in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area · =1,310th of 3,277 public courses · =2,340th of 5,526 courses you can book · =3,157th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level208 ft derived 580th of 917=9,044th of 12,43742nd of 75 in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area · =3,475th of 4,289 public courses · =5,645th of 7,274 courses you can book · =6,487th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

A published figure is compared only against the courses that publish it too, which is why the totals differ from row to row — a state's length field is the courses with a scorecard, not the courses in the state. Height above sea level is the exception: we derive it from a coordinate, so its field is very nearly every course we render. Ties share an ordinal and are marked =. How this is computed →

What's on this page

In progress6 of 7 built

6 of 7 parts of this course page are built, and we're filling in the rest.

  • Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 6 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 6 sets of tees.
  • Course map, built.All 18 greens drawn, with the fairways, bunkers and water, over aerial imagery.
  • Per-hole distances, built.Every hole is traced, so carries and distances to the front, middle and back of each green are measured along the line you actually play.
  • Green contours, built.Half-foot contours on all 18 measured greens, from public LiDAR.
  • Green slope and pin positions, built.Fall lines and the pinnable area on 18 greens — the figures the Caddie plans against.
  • Course details, partly built.6 of 7 background details — we don't hold the grass on the greens.

The site is in beta and the database is still being built, so expect gaps. Know something we don't? Help us fill it in — a link to where it's published is worth more than anything else you could send.

Sources

Gathered from the course's own site and public records — every figure on this page is traceable to who published it and when. Spot an error or a gap? Tell us.

Location and identity seeded from OpenStreetMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Last checked 2026-08-30. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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Straight-line distance from this course's coordinates, within 60 miles — not driving distance, and it crosses state lines where the nearest courses are over one.

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