Independent San Francisco Bay Area golf field guide
Explore 100+ Bay Area golf courses and clubs with guides, maps, scorecards, access details, and tee-time links—plus reported stories on local golf history and culture.
Courses · tee times · reported stories
Tom Hsieh sees San Francisco as the Bandon Dunes of municipal golf. Its six public courses make the case—and show what the city must improve to earn the title.
Linked map and directory
From the field desk
People, style, design, and life around the local game.
SLOAT launched in San Francisco with natural-fiber golf clothes built for fog, wind and life beyond the course. Meet founders Daniel Fibiger and Teague Moriarty.
Malbon’s Fillmore Street boutique brings fashion-led golf, limited releases and a digital-club sensibility to one of San Francisco’s storied retail corners.
Jason Yip built State Apparel around a very San Francisco idea: golf pants and shirts with towel-like wiping panels, local sewing and a community-minded clubhouse.
From the field desk
Archives, championships, figures, and local golf memory.
How a 1950 food trailer became an Olympic Club institution—and brought San Francisco golf's famous Burgerdog to the public at Golden Gate Park.
How Jack Fleck, an unknown Iowa muni pro, stunned Ben Hogan in a playoff at the 1955 U.S. Open at San Francisco's Olympic Club — one of golf's greatest upsets.
The history of Lincoln Park Golf Course — San Francisco's original muni, built over old City Cemetery, birthplace of the City Championship, above the Golden Gate.
From the field desk
Practical itineraries and ways to explore.
Compare Half Moon Bay’s Old Course and Ocean Course on design, coastal exposure, views, price and fit before choosing one resort round in September 2026.
Compare TPC Harding Park and Presidio Golf Course on design, price, booking, practice, transit and fit before choosing your San Francisco round in September 2026.
Explore the world of exclusive private clubs in the San Francisco Bay Area with our guide, helping you find the perfect blend of luxury, recreation, and community to suit your lifestyle and aspirations.
From the field desk
Ranked and reviewed collections for local decisions.
Choose the best golf near SFO by travel window and direction, with September 2026 rates, formats, rentals, practice options, and practical airport-buffer guidance.
The best golf courses in Monterey, ranked: Pebble Beach, Cypress Point, Spyglass Hill and more — our public-and-private verdicts on golf's greatest peninsula.
Hidden gem golf courses in the Bay Area: a MacKenzie nine in the redwoods, his oceanside Pacifica muni, and seven more underrated designs locals gatekeep.
From the field desk
Instruction, equipment, practice, and player development.
Presidio Golf Course has launched Walk-On Passes with unlimited eligible golf, carts and warm-up balls, starting at $1,500 for three months.
The SF Public Golf Alliance's 12th Alister MacKenzie Tournament tees off Sept 13 at Sharp Park — a scramble funding the fight to keep MacKenzie's muni public.
The best golf instructors and coaches in the North Bay — Marin, Sonoma, and Napa — including a former PGA Tour player and a national-champion college coach.
From the field desk
Reported stories, profiles, and dispatches from across the local game.
Meet four Northern California golfers to watch in fall 2026: Kailer Stone, Edan Cui, Richard Ding and Victoria Cui, from junior golf to college.
The NCGA's 2026 Hall of Fame class honors Harvie Ward, Condoleezza Rice, Charles Schwab and Stuart Francis — three of the four with deep Bay Area golf roots.
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