Among San Francisco's public golfing gems, the nine hole Gleneagles Golf Course in McLaren Park is arguably the least appreciated and faces the greatest challenges. Innovation,creativity and repurposing are terms more commonly applied to high tech startups that municipal golf courses. Manager Tom Hsieh may have found a disruptive business model for a golf industry that could use some innovation.
The newly-formed San Francisco Mayor’s Women’s Golf Council is proud to announce its inaugural Women’s “Get Out and Golf” Clinic and Mixer, to be held Thursday, May 21, 2015, 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. at Golden Gate Park Golf Course in San Francisco.
The week long coverage of the World Golf Championship Match Play at Harding Park put the national spotlight on San Francisco as a world class golfing destination.Three articles that highlight our under-appreciated municipal courses and the unique San Francisco golf culture they inspire.
The Commission’s unanimous vote to grant the Sharp Park permit application came on the motion of Commissioner Carole Groom, who commented: “It is evident that you can do both, you can save the snake, save the frog, preserve and protect the snake and the frog, and also preserve and protect a historic golf course.”
California’s Coastal Commission will hold a public hearing Thursday, April 16, 9:00 a.m. in San Rafael on the Sharp Park Pump House Project – the first stage of the City’s plan to renovate Sharp Park Golf Course and improve habitat for the threatened California red-legged frog and San Francisco garter snake living in wetlands adjacent to some of the golf course fairways. You can help.
A four-year-old lawsuit brought by a collection of environmentalist groups to close Sharp Park Golf Course came to an end here Wednesday, March 25, when a 3-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal in Wild Equity vs. City and County of San Francisco.
Sharp Park Golf Course – the 83-year-old public masterpiece of famed golf architect Alister MacKenzie – was the subject of oral argument Wednesday, March 11 at the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in the matter of Wild Equity vs. City and County of San Francisco.
The winter edition of the NCGA Golf Magazine makes the case that Northern California offers the best golf in the country. Our public San Francisco courses are offered in evidence throughout. It's a great issue except for a glaring oversight.
The Federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments on March 11 regarding U.S. District Judge Susan Illston's decision to dismiss the endangered species lawsuit filed by Wild Equity Institute and other environmentalist groups.
We've given our website a facelift! We hope this more modern and accessible website will help galvanize our supporters and better engage and inform the public about our mission. Let us know what you think!
This beautiful coffee-table book commemorates Sharp Park's unique beauty, charm and mystique. It is a visual celebration of a course that is truly unlike any other, a masterpiece dedicated to public golfers. All proceeds from the sale of the book will help fund the drive to preserve and restore MacKenzie's Sharp Park for future generations.
Sign-ups are now open for Sponsors, Teams, and Players in the 2015 Alister MacKenzie Tournament, May 30 at Sharp Park, All proceeds go toward the ongoing campaign to save and renovate this seaside public golf gem.
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