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OPEN (NON-CHAMPIONSHIP) FLIGHTS: San Francisco City 2025 Championship
March 06 - 23 2025
San Francisco, CA

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Tournament Overview

OPEN (NON-CHAMPIONSHIP) FLIGHTS: San Francisco City 2025 Championship
**Please note -- this is not the championship division or pre-qualifier. The Open Flights are for players not participating in the championship divisions and are open to all handicap levels.

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Open to the first 128 entries received. No index is required. There will be no refunds after entries close. Contestants will play an 18-hole qualifying round at Lincoln Park on March 6th.

The qualifying scores will be used to assign flights of 16 players each, as well as the seeding for match play. In the case of ties, there will be a card-off to determine who advances to play in each flight.

Flights will play their first-round matches on Sat Mar 15 and second-round matches on Sun Mar 16.

Qualifying, as well as the first two Open Match Flight rounds (Sat- Sun Mar 2-3, Sat Mar 16, will be played at Lincoln Park. The semifinal (Sat Mar 22) and final (Sun Mar 23) rounds will be played at TPC Harding Park Golf Course.

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/con tact/ . 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.

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ABOUT THE SAN FRANCISCO CITY CHAMPIONSHIP
The oldest municipal tournament in the USA. Match play event with scratch men's, senior, 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.

Search Terms

Format: Match Play
Categories: Men
Regions: Northern California, Pacific

Course

TPC Harding Park Golf Course TPC Harding Park Golf Course
99 Harding Rd
San Francisco, CA  94132-1021
phone: 415-664-4690
url: tpc.com/hardingpark

Other Tournament Courses

Lincoln Park Golf Course

Tournament News

by Pete Wlodkowski

The San Francisco City Championship was inaugurated in 1917, and is the Country's oldest municipal golf tournament. The Women's division was added in 1958. In its early years, the tournament was hosted by the Sun-Bulletin newspaper and has had numerous sponsors throughout its history such as Bob Varner, Tom Culligan, and Pepsi.

The name of the tournament is deceiving, as the field is typically made up of the best amateurs from throughout Northern California. As a matter of fact, the 1999 field included Mark Murphy of Waterville, Ireland, who made it to the quarterfinals before being ousted in a nail-biter by Gary Vanier. (Vanier eventually lost to Randy Haag in what was called the best final since Ken Venturi beat Harvey Ward in 1956 in front of 12,000 fans.)

Another thing that makes the City Championship a unique event is the inclusion of an "Open" Division, allowing for amateurs of varying abilities to compete. The top two flights in the Open Division, named the "Venturi" and "Susko" respectively, are named for two of the tournaments' most popular competitors, Ken Venturi and John Susko, the latter of whom met an untimely death from Crohn's disease in 1983. Susko is remembered as a popular Lincoln Park golfer who won the City Championship in 1978 and 1980, won the Alameda Commuters in 1981, and participated in a number of National amateur events even with a condition that often sidelined him for weeks at a time.

Those familiar with the City Championship will tell you about the tradition of playing the ball as it lies at San Francisco's Lincoln and Harding Park golf courses in some often very wintry conditions. More than one player has marched in to the tournament office claiming that they will never play again, but their applications usually find their way in the following year. Conditions are the same for everyone; the ability to accept the occasional bad break is paramount to a competitor's success.

Past champions include 1964 US Open Champion Ken Venturi, 1999 US Women's Open Champion Julie Inkster, and 1969 Masters Champion George Archer. More recently, LPGA Tour player Dorothy Delasin* of Daly City (winner of the 1998 US Junior Girls Championship and 1999 US Women's Amateur) claimed the Women's City Championship in 1998.

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Divisions
Open
Open Flights: You will be placed into a flight based on your qualifying score at Lincoln Park.

Pricing
$295Entry fee includes greens fees for qualifying and all match play rounds
$395Non-member registration fee (tournament only), to register please call 760-929-9297. Note - memberships start at $59/year and include a year of Golfweek and other benefits.

Open
Lily Achatzsan francisco, CA
Joaquin Ayuso de PaulSan Francisco, CA
Andrew BrooksAlameda, CA
Lukas CaskeySan Francisco, CA
Kevin ChengRedwood City, CA
Jay CroftWalnut Creek, CA
Peter DaleSan Francisco, CA
Quyen Dinhsan francisco, CA
David EatonSan Francisco, CA
Gregory EganSan Francisco, CA
Benjamin FranciscoSan Francisco, CA
Eileen FryDaly City, CA
Dan HazeltonSan Francisco, CA
Tom KennedySan Francisco, CA
Scott LoganFairfield, CA
Bill OnstotIrvine, CA
Robert RimiAlbany, CA
Ryan ScottNovato, CA
Kevin SmithMartinez, CA
Scott TomaselloNashville, TN
Steve VellaNovato, CA
Brian WattsAlbany, CA
Calvin WorksSan Fransisco, CA

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Contact Information

Tournament Committee
San Francisco, CA
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sfgolfchampionship.com

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