Lincoln Park Golf Course

Enjoyable course to play close to the center of San Francisco decently maintained for the season with stunning view on the San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate Bridge. Unfortunately the clubhouse was closed and in shabby condition, but the proshop has all you need what you could have forgotten.

We played FEB2023, and its been a wet winter. I'll play it this spring/summer and give more feedback. It's a nice little course, but you can tell it doesn't get much love. For the money, and it's 1/2 a mile from where I work, no brainer. My buddy's window got smashed and they swiped his back pack from back seat. DO NOT TAKE ANY VALUABLES TO THE COURSE!

The green fees for the course are good value for a reasonably kept 18 hole course. However, they don’t include a cart (+$50) and the course is very poorly laid out to walk. Splitting a cart with a buddy wound up costing ~$70 a person which was still pretty decent value for the golf and views you get. Good hot dog and beer but the clubhouse is still mostly closed post-Covid.
Overall happy to play here in a pinch but not the destination it could be.

Bad management, not carts on hilly course, poor green condition. A waste of time.

Purchases the deal in golf now are included cart for this hilly course but they said is first come first serve and offer us two broken push carts have not front wheels. We gave up after 4 holes cause we brought heavy cart bags and it reach 90 degree. Walked back and found guys behind us have carts who paid extra $ 50 per carts.

OK the golf course was great I just couldn't believe they charge $50 for a golf cart and it's cartpath only but I understand the car path only people driving on that course with this terret up but $50 for a cart is ridiculous but outside of that, it was a great day A lot of fun that course.

Had to wait on every shot due to local single who would not follow golf etiquette. Played multiple balls on every hole and shagged balls in the rough while holding up everyone behind her. Would not willingly join twosome ahead of her. They left-would not catch up to next group ahead of her. Mentioned her behavior to staff-I don’t think I was the first person to complain.

Marshall stole our cart key, ran away and hid. While we were calling the shop he shows up and drives our cart away with the clubs saying “I’m gonna throw your clubs in the parking lot”. It was Cart path only. We drove on the fairway to pick up a ball and immediately went back on cart path. Childish behavior from the Marshall. No warning. And to steal the cart key while we are teeing off? Really?

Pros:
- Great views
- historic
- hole 17 is amazing

Cons:
- hit fairways and still land in the dirt
- poorly kept greens
- bunch old angry men on monday afternoons
- ran out of carts on MOnday at 12:30
- don't recommend walking cause it gets hilly

overall: if you are out of town, it might be a good place to go but other than that, save your money and go somewhere the greens and fairways are better maintained.

Good place, but some sharp for play. If you want to practice for sharp course, this is excellent.

This is the DMV/TSA of golf courses. So much wasted potential while it's run by the city. Charging market prices for a course with no range, no restaurant, until recently they only had electric carts that had to be charged after one round. Any tee time after 11:30 you were SOL.
The course is VERY hilly and spread out. Feels like you are playing in Golden Gate park. Which would be cool, but the park feel is pretty strong. Like did somebody just punch some holes and call this a course? Greens were alright, most seemed to have different things growing on them so seldom did you have a really true roll. Showed up at 12:30, no starter on the first tee. Could have just shown up at hit without paying. $50 to rent a cart. Is this TPC Harding?
THE ENTIRE COURSE IS CART PATH ONLY. The reasoning we got was that some people crashed their carts and sued the city. At first, that sounded semi-logical but how come out of the 50 public courses I've played this is the only one that has had this issue? The more I think about it the more BS that reasoning sounds. If public courses all had that liability none of them would have carts..
A few holes have incredible views of the bay and GG bridge. Not sure why the city hasn't sold this to a professional golf course management company to do the place justice. This is a travesty.
Caveat:
I've played Lincoln Park before, during and after Covid-19. I'd say the current setup is the best the course has ever been. The employees are friendly and work hard. It's not their fault they haven't been given the tools to succeed.