Mike Franzago earns medalist honors at San Francisco City Open Qualifier
Players getting ready to start their rounds as the 109th SF City gets underway
Mike Franzago earned medalist honors at the Open flight qualifying at Lincoln Park Golf Course in San Francisco, Calif., for the 2025 San Francisco City Championship. Franzago of San Francisco, Calif., earned medalist honors with a 6-over 74.
Franzago recorded two birdies, two bogeys and two double bogeys.
Ken Harrington of San Francisco, Calif., finished with a round of 7-over 75, and Dan Valine of Danville, Calif., finished with a round of 9-over 77.
In the open flight, all 69 players will make match play. There will be five flights, with a bracket coming shortly.
In the second pre-qualifier, Jack Hayden of Dublin, Calif., a freshman at Santa Clara, earned medalist honors after shooting an even-par 68 with three birdies and three bogeys. Other top rounds included Barrett Dowling of San Francisco, Calif., who shot 5-over, and Jinhan Park of Cypress, Calif., who shot 8-over.
Nine players advanced in men's pre-qualifying to the 36-hole qualifying rounds on Saturday and Sunday. The main pre-qualifier will take place at Lincoln Park Golf Course on Friday.
This is the 109th playing of the historic championship. This year, Lincoln Park Golf Course was brought back as a second course to the iconic TPC Harding Park. Lincoln Park is where the tournament was founded in 1916 and features unmatched views of the Golden Gate Bridge and the Bay. It also has one of the most scenic par-3s in the world, No. 17.
Past champions include 1964 US Open Champion Ken Venturi, 1999 US Women's Open Champion Julie Inkster, and 1969 Masters Champion George Archer. More recently, LPGA Tour player Dorothy Delasin* of Daly City (winner of the 1998 US Junior Girls Championship and 1999 US Women's Amateur) claimed the Women's City Championship in 1998.
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ABOUT THE
San Francisco City Open Flights
**Please note -- this is not the
championship
division or pre-qualifier. The Open Flights are
for
players not participating in the championship
divisions and are open to all handicap levels.
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MATCH PLAY PORTAL (coming soon)
Open to the first 128 entries received. No index is required. There will be no refunds after entries close. Contestants will play an 18-hole qualifying round at Lincoln Park on March 6.
The qualifying scores will be used to assign 8 flights of 16 players each, as well as the seeding for match play. In the case of ties, there will be a card-off to determine who advances to play in each flight.
Qualifying, as well as the first two Open Match Flight rounds, will be played at Lincoln Park. The semifinal and final rounds will be played at TPC Harding Park Golf Course.
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/con
tact/
. Players withdrawing before the entry
deadline of
February 18 will receive
a
refund of their entry fee minus
$50.
There will be no refunds after the
entry
deadline.
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The oldest municipal tournament in the
USA. Match play event with scratch men's,
senior,
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.
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