San Francisco Public Golf

The 2025 SF Public Golf Alliance Golf Auction is Live!

by - San Francisco Public Golf Alliance

The Alister Mackenzie Golf Auction of 2025 is open for bidding from October 30 to November 13! Our 2025 Alister MacKenzie charity auction gives you a win-win way to help #SaveSharpPark, with great golf adventures from Coast-to-Coast. Bid on top NorCal golf resorts and ultra-exclusive private clubs, legendary Long Island and East Coast courses, MacKenzie gems and history's greatest golf architects!

Something New, Something Old, Something Saved.

by - San Francisco Public Golf Alliance

Fall 2025 Public Golf News in NorCal - Including: Something New in the World of Golf - and a special offer from DryveBox to participate in BoxWorld Fest; Something Old with a recap of the Alister MacKenzie Benefit Tournament at the 93 year old Sharp Park; and Something Saved with the return of Sea Ranch Golf Links.

2025 US Amateur Championship at Olympic Club

It was old-time Fog City golf weather for the US Amateur, Aug. 11-17 at the Olympic Club. But the players were young and bright. The winner was 18-year-old Mason Howell of Georgia. And the Crowd favorite was semi-finalist Niall Shiels-Donegan, 20, a Mill Valley Muni player.

Sign Up For The 11th Alister MacKenzie Tournament at Sharp Park October 10, 2025!

Join the SF Public Golf Alliance on Friday, October 10, 2025 at the Good Doctor’s Historic Sharp Park Golf Course for the 11th Edition of The Alister MacKenzie Tournament!

Fee Hikes Coming August 23 to SF Muni Golf Courses

Higher greens fees and surcharges are coming August 23 to San Francisco’s municipal golf courses -- the result of a new Golf Cost Recovery and Fee Ordinance approved July 22 by the SF Board of Supervisors and signed into law July 24 by Mayor Lurie.

Save The Date! 11th Annual Alister MacKenzie Tournament Friday morning, Oct. 10, 2025

The 11th Annual Alister Mackenzie Tournament, presented by the San Francisco Public Golf Alliance, will be held Friday morning, October 10, 2025 at the landmark Sharp Park Golf Course in Pacifica, CA. SAVE THE DATE!

Lincoln Park Reader: Historic Golf / Hallowed Ground

by - San Francisco Public Golf Alliance

Scenic Lincoln Park, San Francisco’s oldest municipal golf course – and one of the oldest public courses in the American West - is now the subject of two fascinating pieces by San Francisco authors, which we are delighted to pass along, together with other mentions of the course in golf literature.

Golf in the Time of Budget Crunch / Rec-Park Proposes a 1/3 CUT in its 2026-27 Golf Budget

by - San Francisco Public Golf Alliance

San Francisco Rec-Park's proposed $6 Million “elimination of general fund subsidy” represents a 1/3 CUT in Rec-Park’s 2026-27 Golf Budget. The SF Public Golf Alliance vigorously objects to this proposed slashing of support for public golf. We know San Francisco has a severe budget shortfall. We will carry a fair share. But it is not fair or reasonable to single-out public golf as Rec-Park’s only recreational service to be completely cut off from its General Fund support.

2025 - Year of the Amateur in Northern California

by - San Francisco Public Golf Alliance

2025 will be a big year for big-time national and international golf championships in San Francisco and Northern California, with the US Amateur Championship scheduled for mid-August and the Walker Cup scheduled in early September. San Francisco locals have featured prominently in the U.S. Amateur. This year’s tournament should bring the same excitement and action of The City’s past championships.

Happy Holidays from the SF Public Golf Alliance!

by - San Francisco Public Golf Alliance

Happy Holidays from your San Francisco Public Golf Alliance! Santa delivered for bay area muni golfers in 2024 with a new electric cart barn and fleet at Sharp Park, a completely renovated Golden Gate Park Golf Course, Gleneagles lease extension, and more!

UPDATE: The 2024 Mackenzie Golf Auction has concluded. Congrats to the successful bidders!

by - San Francisco Public Golf Alliance

The Alister Mackenzie Golf Auction of 2024 is Open for Bidding! Great Courses! Great Golf Stuff! Included are eight Alister MacKenzie gems, together with the work of other Golden Age architect legends and modern masters. Pasatiempo, Riviera, Olympic Club and more. Check it out! All proceeds go the non-profit, all volunteer San Francisco Public Golf Alliance and our campaign to save and restore Sharp Park.

Random Golf and “Mad Scramble” at Sharp Park

The Sharp Park Golf Club and San Francisco Public Golf Alliance welcomed “The Global Community of Local Golfers” – aka the Random Golf Club -- and its charismatic founder Erik Anders Lang to Sharp Park, as part of the first Random Golf Classic. The event included two historic venues – a morning 18 holes at Stanford, and a late afternoon 50-person “Mad Scramble” around Sharp’s back 9.