San Francisco Golf Club

San Francisco Golf Club is an athletic club and private social club in San Francisco, California, It is one of the most exclusive private membership clubs in the United States.^[1] In Golfdigest's 2015-2016 ranking of America's best golf courses, San Francisco Golf Club secured the 35th best course.^[2]

San Francisco Golf Club

The approach to the fourteenth green
Club information
Location	San Francisco
Established	1895
Type	Private
Total holes	18
Designed by	A.W. Tillinghast

History

San Francisco Golf Club was one of seven golf clubs West of the Allegheny Mountains when it was founded in 1895. It had its beginning at the Presidio of San Francisco as a nine-hole course. It was moved to 19th and Ocean streets in 1904 and to its present location in 1915.^[3]

The course was designed by noted American golf course architect A.W. Tillinghast.^[4] The course's signature 7th hole overlooks the site of the final legal duel in California.^[5][6]

Notable members

• Charles R. Schwab^[7]
• Condoleezza Rice^[8]

See also

• List of golf courses designed by A. W. Tillinghast
• List of American gentlemen's clubs