Help us to Save and Restore San Francisco’s Historic Public Courses

Sharp Park, built by the legendary Alister MacKenzie, is both an historical landmark and a world golf treasure, ranked by Golfweek magazine as one of the 50 greatest municipal courses in the U.S.  But it is also 84 years old – opened in 1932 – and badly in need of new drainage and irrigation systems and other renovations.  What’s more, Sharp Park has for years been, and continues to be, the target of anti-golf zealots who have tried, unsuccessfully thus far, to close the course. 

With  heroic legal help from our friends at the Morrison Foerster law office, the San Francisco Public Golf Alliance has helped defend San Francisco against  lawsuits aimed at banning golf at Sharp Park.  Working with  historic preservationists, environmentalists, public officials and agencies at all levels of government, we are advancing a plan to preserve affordable public golf at Sharp Park, in concert with a habitat enhancement project approved by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. 

Meanwhile, on the cliffs overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge at the northwest corner of San Francisco, we are fighting to protect scenic Lincoln Park Golf Course against commercial development.

We need your help to ensure that current and future generations of golfers can enjoy San Francisco’s beautiful, historic, affordable courses.  Please read through this website and join our e-mail list to get involved. 

Top Ten ways you can support, contact or follow us:

1. Join our E-Mail List: click here to subscribe to our e-mail list!
2. Contact us:  info@sfpublicgolf.org
3. Follow us on Twitter: @SFPublicGolf, #SaveSharpPark
4. Follow us on Google+: Save Sharp Park
5. Friend us on Facebook: SFPGA
6. Link us on Linked-In: San Francisco Public Golf Alliance
7. Like our pictures on Instagram: SFPGA
8. Check out our book: Alister MacKenzie's Legacy of Public Golf at Sharp Park
9. Make a donation, click here.
10. Sign up to sponsor or play in our annual Alister MacKenzie Heritage Tournament to Benefit Sharp Park

News & Events

• Sign Up For The Alister MacKenzie Heritage Tournament To Preserve Sharp Park - June 8!  Wednesday, January 23, 2019Download and submit your entry form for the Eighth Annual Alister MacKenzie Heritage Tournament to Preserve Sharp Park Golf Course. Join us for a day of golf, good times, and fundraising. This tournament is our primary fund-raising event to preserve the Mackenzie vision at Sharp Park for future generations.
• Lake Merced Hosts LPGA Mediheal Championship April 29 - May 5  Monday, April 8, 2019Don’t Miss 144 of the World’s Best LPGA Golfers competing for a $1.8 million dollar purse at the historic Lake Merced Golf Club.
• The MacKenzie Public Golf Vision - A New Year Message from the Founders  Friday, January 4, 2019The words, work and vision of Alister MacKenzie were our inspiration when we founded the San Francisco Public Golf Alliance. Preserving and restoring his vision at Sharp Park will guide our efforts in 2019 and beyond.
• Recap: Seventh Annual Alister MacKenzie Tournament to Save Sharp Park  Monday, July 23, 2018The course was beautiful as always. The greens were as good as they have been in years. Some days, Sharp Park can just overwhelm you with its combination of beauty, history, art, recreation, and community. This was one of those days.
• Sharparkology 101: A lecture at the Pacifica Historical Society  Monday, June 25, 2018SFPGA President "Professor" Richard Harris discusses the origins of golf in Scotland, its early history in America, the central place held by Alister MacKenzie in the history and practice of world golf architecture, and the artistry of his work at Sharp Park.

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