How many golf courses are in Franklin, WI?

Three 18-hole courses: Oakwood Park and Whitnall Park, both public Milwaukee County courses, and Tuckaway Country Club, which is private. Luxe Golf Bays at Ballpark Commons adds a 57-bay range.

Is Tuckaway Country Club private?

Yes. Tuckaway describes itself as a private country club, and its site offers membership information rather than public tee times.

How much is a round at Oakwood Park Golf Course?

MKE Golf's 2026 rate is $44 for 18 holes any day, with regular cardholder rates from $32. A riding cart is $18 for 18 holes.

Does Whitnall Park Golf Course have a driving range?

MKE Golf's page lists driving ranges at Oakwood, Brown Deer and Dretzka, not at Whitnall. Oakwood and Luxe Golf Bays are the nearby places to hit balls.

What is Luxe Golf Bays?

Luxe Golf Bays is a 57-bay, three-story range with TrackMan technology at 7065 S Ballpark Dr in Franklin, with two restaurants and a beer garden.

Golf Franklin WI: Oakwood, Whitnall, Tuckaway and Luxe Bays

Oakwood's 7,074 yards, Whitnall's 1932 woods, the 57 bays at Ballpark Commons and private Tuckaway, with 2026 rates and three more courses nearby.

Four places to hit a golf ball sit inside Franklin's city limits, and only three of them will let you in without a member. The golf Franklin has inside its own limits is two public 18-hole Milwaukee County courses, Oakwood and Whitnall, a 57-bay range at Ballpark Commons, and Tuckaway, a private country club. Here is how they compare, what a round costs, and where to go when you want a fifth option.

Oakwood Park Golf Course

Oakwood is the course to pick if you want length.

Oakwood Park Golf Course

Oakwood Park Golf Course is an 18-hole, par-72 county course that MKE Golf lists at 7,074 yards from the longest of its four sets of tees. Islands calls it the longest of Milwaukee County Parks' golf courses, and MKE Golf gives 1971 as its founding year.

It has a driving range, which MKE Golf says opens depending on conditions and closes after 3 p.m. on Mondays, plus a pro shop, a restaurant and a beverage cart. A covered outdoor pavilion seats up to 144 people for outings.

Our listing describes the greens as challenging and notes that the course can play long when it is wet, so take an extra club after rain. Book through MKE Golf online or by phone at 414-281-6700, and note that weekend tee times before 11 a.m. are 18 holes only. The course sits in Oakwood Park, a 276-acre county park in Franklin's southeast corner, about 1.5 miles from the Milwaukee County Sports Complex.

Whitnall Park Golf Course

Whitnall is the older and shorter of the two county courses, about 5.2 miles northwest of Oakwood.

Whitnall Park Golf Course

Whitnall Park Golf Course was designed by George Hansen and founded in 1932, and it plays to par 71 and 6,508 yards from the black tees, with forward tees just under 5,600 yards. It runs through the woods of Milwaukee County's largest park, and Islands describes it as challenging because of the trees and the elevation changes.

Our listing mentions views of Mallard Lake, and Islands notes that reviewers called the greens narrow and challenging. MKE Golf lists a pro shop, a restaurant and a beverage cart here, but its driving range list names Oakwood, Brown Deer and Dretzka, not Whitnall, so warm up at Oakwood or at Luxe.

Whitnall is the course to pair with a walk: Wehr Nature Center is about a quarter mile from the course, and the parks in Franklin around it include Boerner Botanical Gardens and a paved Oak Leaf Trail loop. In winter the clubhouse rents cross-country skis and snowshoes.

Luxe Golf Bays at Ballpark Commons

For practice, a night out or a group that does not all play, the range at Ballpark Commons is the practical choice in Franklin.

Luxe Golf Bays

Luxe Golf Bays has 57 bays on a three-story range facing a 250-yard turf driving range, and its site says the range uses TrackMan technology. Bays are booked by group size: one bay for up to six players, two bays for seven to 12, three for 13 to 18.

The site lists two restaurants and a beer garden, plus leagues, memberships and an indoor event space for up to 200 people. Our listing says it stays open until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays (check current hours before a late visit), and it is about 0.8 miles southeast of Whitnall Park Golf Course.

Franklin Field, home of the Milwaukee Milkmen, is on the same street, so a ball game and a bucket of balls fit in one evening.

Tuckaway Country Club

Tuckaway is private, and its own site calls it Franklin's private country club.

Tuckaway Country Club

Tuckaway Country Club on Drexel Avenue has been around since 1926, and it is about 3 miles northwest of Oakwood. Islands notes that it hosted the Greater Milwaukee tournament between 1972 and 1993.

Its site has a membership page and a member login rather than public tee times. Our listing notes that the club also hosts events such as showers, weddings and reunions.

What a round costs in 2026

Both county courses use the same MKE Golf rate card, and the April 2026 versions of their pages list it as follows. A standard 18 holes is $44 any day. Nine holes are $23 on weekdays and after 2 p.m. on weekends, or $27 on weekend mornings before 2 p.m.

Milwaukee County cardholders pay $32 for 18 on weekdays and after 2 p.m. on weekends, and $37 on weekend mornings. Lower special rates apply to golfers under 18, over 60 or with a disability who hold a discount card. A riding cart is $18 for 18 holes or $12 for nine, and a pull cart is $7.

Lessons are available at both: Oakwood's pro lists adult lessons at $50 for 40 minutes, and Whitnall's at $50 for 30 minutes, with five-lesson packages at $225. Oakwood also runs an eight-week junior program in summer.

Which one for which golfer

If you want the full test, play Oakwood: it is the longest county course, with a range to warm up on. If you want trees, elevation and a shorter card, play Whitnall, then walk the park afterward. If half the group does not golf, book a bay at Luxe, where everyone can hit and the kitchen is a few steps away. And if a member invites you to Tuckaway, take the invitation.

Both county courses rent clubs and carts, so a visitor without clubs can still play. Oakwood's page also lists a laser link system and gift cards, and our listing gives its hours as 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. MKE Golf posts a course-conditions table on the same pages; on October 21, 2026 it listed greens aeration at Dretzka for October 26 and 27 and no closure at Oakwood, so check it in shoulder season before you drive over.

More courses a few miles away

If the two county courses are booked, three more sit within about 7 miles.

Muskego Lakes Country Club, about 4.9 miles southwest of Whitnall in Muskego, is an 18-hole course with plenty of doglegs, water and sand, and it offers cart service. Woodland Golf in Oak Creek, about 4.7 miles east of Oakwood, is a flat nine-hole par-3 course with a small clubhouse bar and patio, a good one for beginners.

Grant Park Golf Course in South Milwaukee, about 7 miles northeast of Oakwood, is another MKE Golf course, where you can play nine holes or the full 18 from an old-time clubhouse. Its listing says tee times there can be booked in advance. After a round, Franklin's parks, ballpark and shopping start a short way from either county course.