#30 in the United States
San Francisco Golf Club
AccessPrivate
Holes / Par18 / 71
Yardage6,761 yds
TypeClassic
History
San Francisco Golf Club, designed by A.W. Tillinghast and opened in 1918 in the city's southwestern corner near Lake Merced, is one of California's great hidden treasures. Tillinghast wrapped the course through swales and ravines in the San Francisco fog belt, creating a routing of surprising intimacy and strategic depth. The course's par-71 layout uses terrain features brilliantly, and its bunkering bears the Tillinghast signature of deep clearly-punishing sand hazards placed to reward courage and penalize timidity. It has never hosted a major professional event, prizing exclusivity above all.
Signature Hole
7th hole, par 3, 185 yards — a demanding mid-length one-shotter across a ravine to a well-bunkered green
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