Course record

San Francisco Golf Club

Three holes at San Francisco Golf Club changed in 1950 when the Club prepared for a freeway beside its eastern boundary. Harold Sampson, the professional at nearby Burlingame Country Club, exchanged the thirteenth and fourteenth greens and built a new fifteenth.¹

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Original design: A.W. Tillinghast
Holes: 18
Par: 71
Place: San Franisco

Recovering a buried bunker

Tom Doak later restored this part of A.W. Tillinghast’s course. His work uncovered a large fairway bunker that had been buried under soil. Known as the “tarantula,” it again guarded the right side of the fifteenth and could also catch shots from the fourteenth.¹

Jim Urbina also worked on the restoration. Bruce Mosbacher, the Club’s greens committee chairman, credited Urbina with helping recover its Tillinghast design.²

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Course design

Date unrecorded Original design

A.W. Tillinghast

Open Architect record
Original design at the present property
GCSANC: Thru the Green, June 1987

Scorecard

Complete 18-hole record

Historical competitions may have used different tees or routing.

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Tee register

Tee	Gender	Par	Rating	Slope	Front yards	Back yards	Total yards	Front par	Back par
Blue	Men	71	73.6	133	3,593	3,215	6,808	36	35
White · Women	Women	73	77.9	141	3,337	3,039	6,376	37	36
White · Men	Men	71	71.3	130	3,337	3,039	6,376	36	35
White/Red Combo · Men	Men	71	70	128	3,238	2,914	6,152	36	35
White/Red Combo · Women	Women	73	76.7	139	3,238	2,914	6,152	37	36
Legacy (Red)	Women	73	75.9	137	3,133	2,879	6,012	37	36
Legacy	Men	71	69.5	127	3,133	2,879	6,012	36	35
Green · Men	Men	71	67	122	2,787	2,674	5,461	36	35
Green · Women	Women	73	72.6	129	2,787	2,674	5,461	37	36

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Tot
Blue	522	455	405	223	384	430	187	376	611	3,593	410	161	409	139	351	416	375	429	525	3,215	6,808
White · Women	507	413	370	212	377	409	166	338	545	3,337	380	150	370	129	345	373	368	413	511	3,039	6,376
White · Men	507	413	370	212	377	409	166	338	545	3,337	380	150	370	129	345	373	368	413	511	3,039	6,376
White/Red Combo · Men	507	387	346	212	370	380	166	325	545	3,238	366	150	329	129	318	350	362	399	511	2,914	6,152
White/Red Combo · Women	507	387	346	212	370	380	166	325	545	3,238	366	150	329	129	318	350	362	399	511	2,914	6,152
Legacy (Red)	482	387	346	170	370	380	148	325	525	3,133	366	135	329	116	318	350	362	399	504	2,879	6,012
Legacy	482	387	346	170	370	380	148	325	525	3,133	366	135	329	116	318	350	362	399	504	2,879	6,012
Green · Men	482	387	275	170	303	323	148	268	431	2,787	366	135	329	106	318	307	301	372	440	2,674	5,461
Green · Women	482	387	275	170	303	323	148	268	431	2,787	366	135	329	106	318	307	301	372	440	2,674	5,461
Par	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	5	36	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	35	71
Hcp	15	1	5	11	13	3	17	9	7		6	18	4	16	14	8	10	2	12

Front nine Holes 1-9

Tee or hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out
Blue	522	455	405	223	384	430	187	376	611	3,593
White · Women	507	413	370	212	377	409	166	338	545	3,337
White · Men	507	413	370	212	377	409	166	338	545	3,337
White/Red Combo · Men	507	387	346	212	370	380	166	325	545	3,238
White/Red Combo · Women	507	387	346	212	370	380	166	325	545	3,238
Legacy (Red)	482	387	346	170	370	380	148	325	525	3,133
Legacy	482	387	346	170	370	380	148	325	525	3,133
Green · Men	482	387	275	170	303	323	148	268	431	2,787
Green · Women	482	387	275	170	303	323	148	268	431	2,787
Par	5	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	5	36
Hcp	15	1	5	11	13	3	17	9	7

Back nine Holes 10-18

Tee or hole	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In
Blue	410	161	409	139	351	416	375	429	525	3,215
White · Women	380	150	370	129	345	373	368	413	511	3,039
White · Men	380	150	370	129	345	373	368	413	511	3,039
White/Red Combo · Men	366	150	329	129	318	350	362	399	511	2,914
White/Red Combo · Women	366	150	329	129	318	350	362	399	511	2,914
Legacy (Red)	366	135	329	116	318	350	362	399	504	2,879
Legacy	366	135	329	116	318	350	362	399	504	2,879
Green · Men	366	135	329	106	318	307	301	372	440	2,674
Green · Women	366	135	329	106	318	307	301	372	440	2,674
Par	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	35
Hcp	6	18	4	16	14	8	10	2	12