The 2025 San Francisco City Championship is here, with a few exciting changes to make participation more streamlined. Hosted by TPC Harding Park and Lincoln Park, two fantastic San Francisco staples, players are in for a treat and elite competition. Lincoln Park, a former host of the SF City, returns to the rotation with players getting spectacular views overlooking the Bay Bridge.
Registration opens for all players on October 1 at 9:00am PST. For full details, visit the registration portals at AmateurGolf.com or sfgolfchampionship.com.
Contrary to popular belief, players do not need to be a resident to participate. Along with the change in golf course, the other major change is the continuous rounds scheduled for the senior division. This makes it more sensible for seniors from out of state to compete creating a tremendous opportunity to play a match-play event with senior and super senior divisions. No more days off between matches.
The SF City is a one-time entry fee. It covers all tournament rounds for as far as you’re able to advance. With exception to the pre-qualifier, which if you advance you only pay the difference in fees to move on.
Membership with AmateurGolf.com gets you a $100 lower entry fee than non-member registration, so for members of AmateurGolf.com, now is a good time to make sure your membership is up to date. For others, it is a chance to join the largest community of amateur golfers anywhere, while gaining access to a world of tournament and player information.
Here’s what you can expect based on the division you’d participate in.
Men's Championship – 156 players in the qualifying round with 64 players advancing to match play. Hosted at both TPC Harding Park & Lincoln Park Golf Course.
50 spots will be reserved for Exempt Players. Once the field limit of 120 (including spots held for Exempt Players) is reached, all additional registrants will be entered into the Pre-Qualifier.
March 8-9 – Stroke Play qualifying (36 holes, 18 holes at each venue)
March 15-16 - Match Play initial rounds
March 22-23 - Match Play final rounds
Men's Pre-Qualifier
March 7 – Lincoln Park Golf Course
(open after the field limit of 120 has been reached)
Women's Championship
Open Division - Qualifying consists of one 18-hole stroke play round. The lowest 16 scorers will be seeded accordingly in the Championship Flight. Contestants with the 17th through 32nd lowest scores will be seeded accordingly in the Juli Inkster Flight.
For the Senior division, participants must have an age of 50 or older as of the first day of the tournament. Qualifying will consist of one 18- hole stroke play round, from which the low 8 scores will advance to the Women’s Senior Championship Flight.
Mar 14-16 – Stroke play qualifying and initial rounds of match play. Hosted at both venues.
Mar 22-23 - Semifinals and finals: TPC Harding Park
Men's Senior Championship
*NEW* Condensed schedule. Open to the first 84 entries received. Participants must have an index of 9.4 or lower as of the date of entry and must be 55 or older as of the first day of the tournament. Played exclusively at TPC Harding Park.
Mar 18 - Stroke play qualifying, TPC Harding Park
Mar 19-23 - Match play, TPC Harding Park
Men's Super Senior Championship
Open to the first 48 entries received. Participants must have an index of 9.4 or lower as of the date of entry and must have an age of 65 or older as of the first day of the tournament. Played exclusively at TPC Harding Park.
Mar 19 - Stroke play qualifying, TPC Harding Park
Mar 20-23 - Match play, TPC Harding Park
Open (Non-Championship) Flights
Open to the first 128 entries received. No index is required. The qualifying scores will be used to assign 8 flights of 16 players each, as well as the seeding for match play.
Mar 6 - Stroke play qualifying, Lincoln Park
Mar 15-16 - Initial rounds match play, all flights Lincoln Park
Mar 22-23 - Final rounds match play, TPC Harding Park
ABOUT THE
San Francisco City Men's Championship
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*An NCGA Points Tournament*
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Entry Procedure:
Registration opens for all players on
October 1. There will be 50 spots held for
exempt
players under the following
categories:
* The past 10 years of the San Francisco City
Golf
Champions
* 2024 San Francisco City Men’s
Championship
Match Play Qualifiers
* Top 20 men’s 2023-2024 NCGA Points
Lists
* 2024 NCGA Champions (Amateur, Mid-
Amateur,
Junior)
* The top 3 finishers in each of the 6
AmateurGolf.com Winter
Tour
events (Dec 2024-Feb 2025)
Registration for exempt players, and for non-
exempt
players with a handicap index
of
6.4 or lower as of the date of
entry, opens on October 1 and will
remain
open until the field limit (120 players including
spots
reserved for exempt players)
is reached. When the field limit is reached, all
additional registrants will be entered in
the
pre-qualifier at Lincoln Park on Friday,
March 7,
2025.
Once entries close, if there are any unfilled
spots in
the Men's Championship (due to
fewer than 50 exempt players registering
or withdrawals), they will be filled by Pre-
Qualifier
registrants in the order in which
they registered.
Players entering pre-qualifying will pay an
entry fee
of $165 for the pre-qualifier, and
those
advancing from the pre-qualifier will pay the
remainder of the entry fee (must be paid
prior to playing).
The 36-hole match play qualifier will be held
March
8-9, 2025, with
18 holes played at TPC Harding Park and 18
holes at Lincoln Park for a combined 36-hole qualifying
score.
There will be 156 players in the qualifying
round with
64 players advancing to match play. When all
qualifying has been completed, the Men’s
Championship Flight will consist of 64
contestants.
In the event of a playoff to qualify for
match
play, a
player must be present in order to retain his
right
to participate in the playoff.
Match play will begin on March 15, 2025. All
match play for the Championship Flight (Mar
15-16,
22-23) will be held
at TPC Harding Park.
A schedule of all dates of
play can be found on the tournament website
sfgolfchampionship.com.
WITHDRAWALS AND REFUND
POLICY
Players needing to withdraw should do so by
filling
out the form at
sfgolfchampionship.com/contact/. Players withdrawing
before
the entry deadline of
February 18
will
receive a
refund of their entry fee minus
$50.
There will be no refunds after the
entry
deadline.
CART POLICY
The use of carts is prohibited for players and
caddies
in the Men’s Championship Flight (Appendix I
– Local
Rule
Applies)
SPECIAL OFFER TO SF CITY PLAYERS:
SF City
players get 50% off Strackaline Yardage
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details
The oldest municipal tournament in the USA.
Match
play event with scratch men's, senior men’s,
women's, senior women’s, and open flight
divisions.
Past champions include Ken Venturi, Harvie
Ward,
Juli Inkster, Bob Rosburg, George Archer, and
Dorothy Delasin. Some of the “non winners”
include
Tom Watson and Johnny Miller. Click the
“history” tab
for more about this wonderful event.
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