Franklin Bridge Golf Club

Short version:
1. Charged full price for aerated greens.
2. Poor pace of play.
3. Starter is unqualified. Lol, How is that possible. Easiest job there is.
4. Food is not good judging from the cheeseburger I had.
5. Unusual fairway grass(thin and tall)
6. Friendly staff.
7. Poor management.

In-depth:
1. Charged full price for aerated and sanded greens. There was no warning of this on Golf Now, the course website, and nor did the golf shop warn us. For anyone new to golf that’s reading this, that should NEVER happen. I’m intentionally warning new golfers because it seems as though this golf course is geared towards newcomers.

2. On their website they talk about the importance pace of play is but it’s obviously not a priority. Our tee time 12:33. At 12:30 the 12:24 group had yet to arrive to tee box so we asked the starter if our twosome could go ahead of them and he said we’ll just give them a few more minutes. The group already on the first hole was approaching the green at that time. The 12:24 group arrives a couple minutes later, 4 tee off including a 8-10 junior golfer at 12:37-12:39 in front of an experienced twosome while the group on the first hole are nearly done putting.

3. As we’re about to tee off around 12:45 a member pulls up, doesn’t introduce himself, nor does the starter introduce us, the member walks straight to the box and tees up his ball. The starter doesn’t say anything to him. The member hits his ball then the starter and member have 4-5 minute conversation on the tee box I would like to tee off from. Has I’m standing there the starter looks at me and says you can go ahead and hit. I politely told him I was waiting on them to move even though I was not really wanting to be polite at the time. I bit my tongue and teed off.

So pace of play is obviously not a priority.

4. The only tee time they offer is one with a lunch included. So even though I’ve already eaten lunch, I had to pay more for my green fee to cover the meal. I grabbed a cheeseburger to taste it just because I paid for it I guess. I think it was a frozen patty you would buy from a warehouse. I ate 3 bites of it. The lunch I paid for in the green fee lowered the overall value I was getting for my money at the course in my opinion. I’ll share what I would currently value a round of golf at this facility later.

5. We only played 3 holes so I can’t speak much about the layout. Fairways had thin tall grass. They look good from a distance but ball sits down on the dirt because their grass is too thin.

6. Before my round I inquired about a membership there because it’s close to where live. The guy at the pro shop was nice and went over everything, answering all my questions. The bartender was nice and pleasant to interact with when I picked up my food.

7. Manager never called. I wanted to share my experience with the manager so I left a message with the pro shop. No one called back.

Conclusion: To experienced golfers I HIGHLY RECOMMEND PLAYING SOMEWHERE ELSE. I’ve played probably at least 150 different courses all over the country ranging from $20-$500. This is a $25 golf course on the weekdays and a $35-$40 course on the weekends even in Middle TN where the avg cost of a round is about $40-$60. This by far the closest course to my house(10min). I’ll drive 4-5 times the distance to play an avg ranked course before playing this course. I do it a couple times a week.

We played almost 3 holes and decided to leave. The course was in rough shape and we were not happy being charged full price, Our experience with starter and member were unpleasant. So we decided to leave and play somewhere else. There was nothing enjoyable about our experience there.

I played this course two years ago, when it was called Forest Crossing. At the time it was about 35$ for a cart and 18. At that time the course was kept well enough to ask that price. Now they are charging 50$ for a terribly kept course. All cups were burnt with grass growing over the edges, every hole was under some type of repair with new sod that couldn’t be hit off. Tee decks were in decent shape. One of carts ran out of gas halfway through the round. The entire back nine we were eaten alive by mosquitoes inspite of bug spray. Every cart path was ripped up and under construction. Don’t play here until they figure it out, they are clearly trying to improve the course, but charging 50$ for this course at this time is an absolute joke. Save your money and drive to a mini course in Nashville, it will play better and cheaper. I don’t ever write reviews good or bad, I just want to make sure others don’t waste money playing here.

The course is improving and new owners are investing heavily however at a significant cost increase to consumers.

This course gets a lot of play yet is in decent condition. Ownership is investing a lot to turn this place into the #1 public course in the county. I love the effort and it is paying off.

I am a 3.7 handicap, I have played here numerous times over the years. The fairways are greener than I have ever seen. The greens are bumpy and inconsistent. The areas around the greens are difficult to chip from because there isn't much grass and it is very muddy.

There was a threesome in front of us who were 3 holes behind the group in front of them and the Ranger did nothing.

What good is having a great bar with poor greens and poor apron areas around the greens?

The website boasts about the course being serious about pace of play. Played by myself w/ a cart and finished 10 holes in almost 3hrs. Didn’t even finish 18 because of the waiting. Incredible slow.

The course is ok but they keep canceling our tee-times due to tournaments booked at the last minute. It's tough to plan an outing if they're going to keep canceling tee-times with little notice.

Very poorly managed club! If you have a certain time to play, I would recommend going elsewhere.

Decent track in okay shape, it was raining most of the round so all things considered the greens held up alright. A little disappointed our greens fee was supposed to cover range balls and then they told us the range was closed as there was still half a dozen people on it. Pretty straight forward layout, #9 is a little wonky. A few blind tee shots/dog legs that you’ll want some sort of GPS app or reliable range finder to know whether or not you can hit driver off a few tees since there’s not really any course maps.

Also thought it was hilarious when I ordered my complementary beer at the turn I asked for one of the IPAs that was local and they said it was only good for “domestic” beers. Apparently domestic just means “cheap” now.