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3.3
350 Reviews (350)
5 Stars
60
4 Stars
111
3 Stars
87
2 Stars
42
1 Stars
50
Conditions
2.8
Value
3.4
Layout
3.7
Friendliness
3.9
Pace
3.8
Amenities
2.4
66.9%
Recommend this course
242 out of 350 reviews
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3.2
18 Reviews (18)
5 Stars
5
4 Stars
4
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
5
Conditions
2.6
Value
3.7
Layout
3.6
Pace
3.9
Amenities
2.9
StaffFriendliness
3.8
61.1%
Recommend this course
11 out of 18 reviews
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3.3
47 Reviews (47)
5 Stars
15
4 Stars
10
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
10
Conditions
2.8
Value
3.3
Layout
3.8
Pace
3.9
Amenities
2.4
StaffFriendliness
3.8
66.0%
Recommend this course
31 out of 47 reviews
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Holes 18
Type Public
Par 68
Length 5146 yards
Slope 110
Rating 65.9
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Lincoln Park Golf Course
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Course Details

Year Built 1902
Golf Season Year round
Architect Tom Bendelow (1908) Willie Watson (1914) Willie Watson (1922)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - $26
Clubs Yes
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Food & Beverage

Reviews

3.3
350 Reviews (350)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 9
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 20
Narrow Fairways 10
This course/club is great for:
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 26
Locals 19
Walkers 15
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 28
Near Local Attractions 9

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Played On
1.0
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Great views

The views of the city and golden gate bridge were awesome. But the course was in rough shape. if you score on the greens don't play here. Huge patches of clover speratocaly scattered on almost every green make putting impossible.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

Great Views, Short Course.

Don't let the poor reviews scare you away from this course. Great views on nearly half of the holes. Friendly staff. Good food.

Greens were a good mix of mid and moderately challenging, fairways were in decent shape, tee boxes were in good condition, bunkers were in good condition.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Walked

Tougher than it looks

Don't let the course rating or short total yardage fool you. It's very difficult for average golfers to score well on Lincoln Park.

It includes three par 3s that are in the 200+ yard range. Very hilly so you rarely get a flat lie. Many of the greens are diabolical with extreme slopes. It doesn't help that right now, the greens are also very bumpy and inconsistent. For lady golfers, the red tees are often just a few yards in front of the whites so not too much relief. You also need to navigate the many oblivious pedestrians just walking through the park while you're trying to tee off.

On the positive side, you can't beat the views, especially on 17.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Walked

Stay Away!

I was charged more even though I had a rate on GolfNow. The course is simply not in good condition.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Course

Overall Lincoln is one of my favorite courses to play in the Bay Area and especially in San Francisco.

Price is very reasonable and course is beautiful.

Course offers carts but they are limited but walking the course or using their electronic push cart is perfect for this course as well.

Only downfall about course is that if it rains in SF the grass could be super muddy and make it difficult for shots.

Lastly, the gentlemen who runs the front check in and store is amazing. That man is super helpful and very welcoming and makes your overall first experience with the course a great one especially if you haven’t played here before.

10/10 highly recommend for Lincoln Golf Course.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Pace of play

12 holes in 4 hours had to leave. Greens are brutal

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 35
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Putting green conditions

Overall is ok, but the putting green is totally not ok. I doubt wether they have done maintenance/repair or not. Terrible conditions. The best part is the view.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Beautiful View course

You can see the Golden Gate Bridge from the course. Beautiful view, happy playing. If the off-course amenities are improved, it would be better.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Greens are infected. Wouldn’t recommend.

Course in horrible conditions. Greens are infected. Fairways are not mowed. Tee boxes are in shambles.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Unfortunately bad greens

Good valeur for money, too bad the greens were really bad. It kind of ruïns, what would otherwise be a 4 star round.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Walked

Great experience for a visitor

Excellent value. Awesome views. Challenging layout. Course plays very short on everything except some long par 3s to finish. Some great elevation changes as you would expect in SF. The ocean front and views of the ocean, bay, and city are the highlights. Fairways were fair, but extremely soggy. Greens were not in great condition, but weren’t horrible. Sand was in good sharp. Short course - big hitters can mostly leave the driver in the car. Many holes were 4 iron tee and a wedge. Very fun though. Had perfect weather and no waiting (teed off at 7:20 though).

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Mixed experience (no carts)

The course provided rental clubs to the group. However, there were no carts or pull carts so the group decided not to continue after 9 holes. This is the 3rd time this happened - no carts available. The course should increase inventory of carts and pull carts. After happening 3 times, likely won’t return.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Lincoln Park golf course

Amazing course for San Francisco i love the 17 hole 🕳️ it’s a signature hole beautiful background golden bridge 🌉 is the main view i will recommend my friend and family to play and experience the city course!!!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Fantastic views and great value!

Not many golf carts available so we walked 18 and actually glad that was the case. Lots of inclines and declines and a challenging layout. Greens were in good shape. Watch out for random people walking or biking on the cart paths. Beautiful views!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 50
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Lincoln 9/26/23

1). Greens were poor. Many ball marks never repaired - leaving scarred, black spots of bared ground

2). Sections of many fairways had brown, bare ground ☹️

3) optional cart fee was outrageous. $50 per cart whether shared or single….noted that manual carts were available….

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Lincoln value not worth a penny

The Greens are in the worst condition possible. Major fungus and diseased grass on all green. 50% of the game is played on a putting green and the greens are just bad.
No bathrooms on the course after the 5th hole - just lots of players using the trees as bathrooms everywhere on the remaining 13 holes. The club house is in poor shape, the trip down the stairs to use the Men’s room is dangerous. There is even a sign warning people of the steps down.
I will not be returning to play at Lincoln Park Golf Course until a major renovation is done on the course and to its facilities. They have raised the price to play and rock bottomed the quality of the course. Disgraceful !

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Rundown golf course desperately seeking makeover

I like the layout of the course overall!
It’s just shame that didn’t have proper management of the course. It is beautiful course that needs little more maintenance!!

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Walked

No Carts!

We arrived on time to check in. The attendant said there are no carts available! What? He offered to charge $20 per push cart. I had a sore Achilles to start with, so we only lasted 9 holes. Horrible traffic to get there. I won't be playing that dated course again.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Poorly maintained

Course is run down and poorly maintained. Unfriendly staff that significantly up charged. The last few holes on the back 9 did have great views.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
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