San Francisco City 2026 MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP

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Men's Championship is now FULL. All participants must register for pre-qualifying. Should there be withdrawals in the main field, spots will be granted based on your registration time/date for pre-qualifying.

**Entry Procedure: Registration opens for all players on October 1 for EXEMPT players only. There will be 50 spots held for exempt players under the below categories.

* The past 10 years of the San Francisco City Golf Champions
* 2025 San Francisco City Men’s Championship Match Play Qualifiers
* Top 20 men’s 2024-2025 NCGA Points Lists
* 2025 NCGA Champions (Amateur, Mid- Amateur, Junior)
* The top 3 finishers in each of the AmateurGolf.com Winter Tour events (Dec 2025-Feb 2026)

On November 1, the field will open to all participants (exempt or non-exempt) with a small amount of spots saved for not yet determined exemptions to be finalized. When the field limit is reached, all additional registrants will need to register for the pre-qualifier at Lincoln Park on Friday, March 6, 2026.

Once entries close, if there are any unfilled spots in the Men's Championship (due to 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 $145 for the pre-qualifier, and those advancing from the pre-qualifier will pay the full main event entry fee (must be paid prior to playing).

The 36-hole match play qualifier will be held March 7-8, 2026, with 18 holes played at TPC Harding Park and 18 holes at Lincoln Park for a combined 36-hole qualifying score.

There will be 168 players in the qualifying round with 48 players advancing to match play. The top 32 in the Championship bracket and the next 16 in the Venturi Flight. 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 14, 2026. All match play for the Championship Flight (Mar 14-15, 21-22) 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 end of day February 1 will receive a refund of their entry fee minus $75. There will be no refunds after.

CART POLICY
The use of carts is prohibited for players and caddies in the Men’s Championship Flight (Appendix I – Local Rule Applies)

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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 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.