The San Francisco City Championship shifts fully into its next phase on Friday, March 13, as the Women’s Championship and Women’s Senior divisions begin with stroke-play qualifying at Lincoln Park. The round will set the bracket for the Women’s Championship Flight, the Juli Inkster Flight, and the Women’s Senior Championship Flight, giving the event its first fresh set of match-play storylines after last weekend’s men’s qualifying.

Then on Saturday, March 14, attention turns to TPC Harding Park, where the Men’s Championship Flight opens match play and the women’s divisions also begin their bracket rounds. By Sunday, March 15, both championships will already be narrowing, with the men returning for the second round and the women advancing to the quarterfinal stage. It is the first true championship weekend where both of the premier divisions are moving at once.

Last weekend’s opening stages of the San Francisco City Championship delivered exactly what “The City” is known for: long days, crowded leaderboards, and a qualifying path that feels earned rather than given.

Friday’s pre-qualifier at Lincoln Park sent 40 players through to the weekend after a 5-for-4 playoff was settled in just one hole. Inho Park claimed medalist honors in emphatic fashion with a brilliant 5-under 63, finishing five shots clear of the field.

From there, the championship moved into its 36-hole qualifier across TPC Harding Park and Lincoln Park, where Alexander Thu climbed to the top at 6-under total thanks to a second-round 64 at Lincoln Park.

The battle for the final match-play places was just as tense. Fifteen players chased the last 10 spots in the bracket, and the playoff was effectively decided in a single hole when 10 players made par or better to move on.

Now that phase is over. The men’s field has been trimmed, the bracket is set, and 48 players move on to match play at Harding Park beginning this weekend.