Lincoln Park Golf Course - $
34th Avenue & Clement Street • San Francisco, CA 94121 • (415) 221-9911
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basilkies - Novato 
I like this course. Sure it's a bit short and a bit ragged but if you just relax and go with it it's a fun course with some fun holes. I can't remember what number hole but there is a par three that rivals any hole in golf, looking off a 200 foot cliff out the bay and with the Golden Gate in the opposite direction. There's a sign there that says don't hit golf balls off the cliff, but who can resist!

Posted: Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Member Since: September 13, 2008
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Bob18365 - Oakdale 
San Francisco should be ashamed of the condition of this course. It could be a fun shrine to the history of golf in the city. Instead its an eyesore. Admittedly, the views from the course are great.

Posted: Sunday, December 14, 2008
Member Since: August 24, 2006
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oliversax - Houston, TX 
If you have the right attitude, the Lincoln Park experience could be excellent. Don't come expecting to play a traditional round of golf. The conditions are bohemian at best and you will often find a well struck ball in less than stellar position.

But if you come wanting to test your short game, trying to see how many times you can get up and down on each hole, there is no better place to play. The undulations are severe and the sub-par conditions will only add to your short game challenge. When my ball found a crappy lie, whether it was in the middle of the fairway, but on a severe downslope, or soaking wet from the inconvenient sprinkler, or in the knarly stuff behind the green, I said to myself, "Great! Let's see how good I am at getting this ball up and in." With this attitude, I was almost disappointed when I had a flat lie.

There are some spectacular views, especially around the Legion of Honor Museum. To get the full experience of Lincoln, get your tennis shoes on and try to walk it. I used their push cart and was huffin' and puffin' by the 3rd hole.

After testing my shortgame here, my home course seemed like a cakewalk. So forget about playing a traditional round and keeping score (course is too short anyway). Give yourself a shortgame playing lesson. No practice facility on the planet will challenge you like this course. Lastly, we finished our round in 3hrs. Wow!

It was my 1st time and I thoroughly enjoyed myself here.

Posted: Saturday, October 11, 2008
Member Since: October 9, 2003
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jbastiani - Orlando 
Piece of crap course for its location, should be in pristine shape for as long as it's been around and the amount of play it gets

Posted: Thursday, January 31, 2008
Member Since: January 21, 2008
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golfnut101 - San Carlos 
I have played golf in almost every public and private course in the bay area and this is one of the most fun golf courses around. It isn't long and it isn't tricky. The conditions are usually wet and crappy, but it is golf in its best form. You have to hit golf shots. Most holes are delightful and the setting is lovely. People rag on it because of the conditions, but give this course a try; it is fun, the way golf is supposed to be.

Posted: Sunday, January 13, 2008
Member Since: January 13, 2008
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dirtydog - san francisco 
Muni course that has vastly improved its greens. Still some of the best views!!

Posted: Monday, June 18, 2007
Member Since: April 15, 2005
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noggles - san francisco 
great old school lay out, poor overall course conditions. greens were in the best shape I have seen them in years, but still only fair.
course has been getting less play, walked on with a twosome at 9:30 on saturday morning. 4.5 hr pace, not as bad as some 5+ rounds endured in past. Holes 16-18 are tough finish with beautiful views.

Posted: Sunday, May 20, 2007
Member Since: May 5, 2007
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lskotte - San Francisco 
This is an inexpensive muni course, and essentially you get what you pay for (except for the view, which is exceptional and may make up for a few less-than-perfect holes). With the current dry season, the greens for the most part are acceptable. The fairways are dry and kept about as short as you'd expect a course that doesn't have intensive upkeep to have - acceptable, but not Pebble-Beach-like. Do not, however, play this course after a few days of rain. It will be intolerable. For $24 as a resident of SF, this course is my back-up course when I can't find a good tee-time elsewhere. As long as it's reasonably dry, I'm never disappointed and never feel like I've been ripped off. The greens are a lot better than they were a couple of years ago, by the way (that was horrible).

Posted: Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Member Since: November 16, 2006
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blue_crush - santa cruz, ca 
I drove to sf from santa cruz about 2hr north and played a new course called lincon park, which is owned by the city and while it can be slow at times I'm told. its views and surroundings are awsome.. it is located past sunset near the leigon of honor on top of the hills. the price for 18 is only 36.00 on weekends and 26 for locals. it is hilly and will give you a work out walking. there are some long par 3's like 240,239,203yds and some really narrow fairways too. if you don't know the course you wil find some holes with blind shots on the par 4's which I found unfair as there are very few markers to show 100-150yds... the greens are bumpy and thin which can make them fast at times. it is a a par 68 and lacks a couple of par 5's, but for something new its was fun. so if your in the SF bay area and want to get in a quick round and try something new that has [great scenery] and is easy to get on weekends without calling ahead this is a good one.....it is a city course and can be slow too, I'm told..

Posted: Saturday, December 9, 2006
Member Since: November 5, 2006
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2greens - Vacaville 
The fairways are like an old cow pasture that has been cut and given a little water. Where you don’t have weeds, you have dirt. There is very little in the way of yardage markers, and when you do find the few marked on the cart path, they are not consistent in their paint color, using red for 150 yards and 100 yards. Lack of maintenance is also evident in the poor condition club house with the same urinal that was out of order when I played the two years ago, is still out of order!!

Posted: Saturday, July 22, 2006
Member Since: April 4, 2005
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sfsweeps - San Francisco 
This course is on the most prime real estate in the country, with one of the most spectacular par 3's I've EVER played (#17), but yet I scratch my head at how poorly managed this course is. I cannot even imagine who is responsible for the lack of proper upkeep?! It is baffling that a city as tourist happy as San Francisco would not have already found a way to use this course as an opportunity to lure tourists. At the very least, they could put some dollars into maintaining the course!

Posted: Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Member Since: April 12, 2006
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ass_kicker32 - San Francisco 
This course is a tragedy. My dad and I play here all the time when he comes up from LA and I am embarassed for the course. The greens are ALWAYS in poor shape, the fairways are a joke. The tee boxes often have tons of divots and are on a side hill lie. Its tough to get a good shot here. The fairways that are short enough to not qualify as rough, are all on a side hill lie, so if you hit a GREAT shot, you are penalized when it runs down the hill into the "rougher rough" or you get a side hill lie on the "fairway rough".

The best thing about this course is what makes it worth teh money, 17. This hole is what is good about this course and is worth the 20 bucks alone. The views of the Golden Gate Bridge, the bay, the skyline, the ocean, hte legion of honor and all the wildlife make this course magical. The same course that is so dirty and poorly cared for provides the most magnificent views anywhere. Imagine standing at the tee box and looking down 220 yards to the green, with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background. Or, standing on top of a hill, with classical statues next to you, looking down 500 yards at a green with the San Francisco Skyline in the background. These are worth pretty much any greens fees you will pay.

These same magnificent pieces are what exemplifies the worst of this course. You are distracted by the beauty by the poor conditions. Whatever day you pick to go out there, its just about guaranteed that at least one green will be closed, and there will be tire tracks on two others. Its criminal how poor this course is kept, and it makes me want to go out and pay the 18mil it would cost to rebirth this golfing jewel of Northern California.

Posted: Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Member Since: November 23, 2005
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tweathered - San Francisco 
Condition of the course has improved in recent months.

Posted: Thursday, July 28, 2005
Member Since: July 28, 2005
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dakyne - Redondo Beach 
Definitely worth the price. Conditions are fair, especially considering that not enough resources are put into maintenance. Staff is really friendly and helpful. Signature 17th hole has beautiful ocean views, as do a few other holes. Tough, hilly walk. Carts need upgrading, especially since it's so hilly. Trees are constantly in play. Couple great downhill tee shots. The course is short, but challenging due to undulating lies. Play is slow on weekends, but fast during the week.

Posted: Wednesday, June 1, 2005
Member Since: May 25, 2005
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cmh3 - Sunnyvale, CA 
Played Sat 5/14/05. The only good thing to say about Lincoln is the the spectacular views. The weather was great, clear skies and very little wind. The course, as always is a wreck. The grass that has been cut in the fairways is a good 5" thick. You could loose your ball in the fairway if you don't keep an eye on where it lands. The greens are the worst I've ever seen. They are no where near recovered from airation. They don't cut the grass on the greens like a normal course. These greens look like they have hair on them. It's a good 1/4" high. It's like putting on the plastic mats at the driving range. The carts they have are the worst I've ever seen. We had two carts break down on the front nine. You better carry your cell phone so you can call the pro shop and have them drive a replacememnt cart out to you. Thankfully, I only play here about once a year.
Chad

Posted: Monday, May 16, 2005
Member Since: March 29, 2005
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blcsfo - San Francisco 
The City, SF Recs & Parks only provides 4 gardeners to Lincoln Park. The gardeners do a poor job of maintaining the greens, at times they create most of the damage to the green surface with their tracker mowers, and they take forever to repair their damages. It's like they don't care. They drive a pickup truck onto the fairways and will leave tire tracks there for weeks on end without fixing the deep trackmarks. The course has a serious irrigation problem, and certain areas of the fairway are muddy. It's like winter rules all year round. The course operations are good people but they don't have much to work with, since they operate on a month to month basis.

Posted: Saturday, March 26, 2005
Member Since: March 26, 2005
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strickla - San Francisco 
This place is so beautiful geographically, and the course itself is so interesting, that it feels criminal how screwed up the place is by San Francisco's terrible Park & Rec greenskeepers. When they do actually show up for work, they tend to overwater a section and then drive over it with their trucks, creating deep muddy divots.

Posted: Wednesday, January 26, 2005
Member Since: January 26, 2005
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