California Golf Club of San Francisco
South San Francisco, CA · Founded
California Golf Club of San Francisco is a private golf club in South San Francisco, California, designed by A. Vernon Macan in 1895. The club has 18 holes. Estimated initiation fee is $250,000 with monthly dues of $1,667.
A. Vernon Macan's 1895 original makes this one of the West Coast's founding golf institutions, established during California's first wave of golf enthusiasm. The South San Francisco hills provided Macan with dramatic terrain that early California courses rarely enjoyed.
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The 1895 founding places this club among American golf's pioneering ventures, when the sport was still finding its footing on the West Coast. Macan's design reflects the era's simpler approach to golf architecture, yet the natural Bay Area topography creates complexity that many modern courses struggle to achieve. What surprises visitors is how this piece of golf history has survived intact while San Francisco's development transformed everything around it.
Key Facts
- California Golf Club of San Francisco is located in South San Francisco, California.
- Club type: private.
- Course architect: A. Vernon Macan.
- Year founded: 1895.
- Number of holes: 18.
- Estimated initiation fee: $250,000.
- Estimated monthly dues: $1,667.
- Alister Index score: 74/100.
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