Tournament Overview
2025 TOUR
PORTAL
*An NCGA Points Tournament*
**
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 be entered in
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)
SPECIAL OFFER TO SF CITY PLAYERS:
SF City
players get 50% off Strackaline Yardage
Books! CLICK HERE for
details
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.