
Golf City USA: Could San Francisco Be the Bandon Dunes of Municipal Golf?
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.
San Francisco, CA · Public
The Fleming 9 is the public nine-hole course inside TPC Harding Park’s separate 18-hole championship routing.
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Course guide
The maintained course record, presented separately from live booking.
Six par-3s and three par-4s make a par-30 round where club selection matters more than length. The operator lists 2,165 yards from the member tees and 1,865 from the forward tees.
Fleming was added to the interior of Harding Park in 1961 and named for former San Francisco city golf caretaker Jack Fleming. The operator’s course page distinguishes it from the neighboring 18 and identifies the 405-yard par-4 opening hole as its longest. The course had a complete ryegrass regrow after the 2020 PGA Championship on the main course and reopened in November 2020.
The nine-hole routing rewards accurate approaches through the trees and careful distance control on its six par-3s. The Fleming scorecard page lists the member and forward lengths for the nine.
Book through the operator’s Fleming page or call (415) 664-4690. The Fleming page describes standard and advance reservation windows; confirm availability and any booking fee in the live system.
Fees use demand-based pricing. Check current Fleming rates or the city facility page for the current terms and SF Resident Golf Card benefit.
The shared TPC Harding Park practice facility has an open Toptracer driving range. Check range hours separately from your Fleming tee time.
TPC Harding’s Fleming 9 – Full Course Vlog is a Fleming-specific course walk published by Golf with James on September 11, 2023, after the 2020 regrow.
TPC Fleming course — layout, tee lengths and booking.
TPC Fleming scorecard — operator scorecard page.
TPC Fleming rates — current pricing and policies.
SF Rec & Park Fleming page — city course identity and access.
TPC 2020 relaunch announcement — historical turf work.
From the field desk
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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.
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A short geographic continuation from the maintained location record.