Sharp Park Golf Course

You're walking on an art piece of the same man that designed Augusta National. Why this course is not worshiped by these locals here in Northern California is baffling. This course should be respected as living history and restored to it's former glory in it's original design. It is insane listening to people bash it.

Tried to arrange through GolfNow, arrived at course with confirmation number and was told that wouldn't work because they were not informed by Golf now of the reservation. Golf shop tried to call to verify but were told it would be a 3 hour wait on hold. So I had to pay an extra 16 dollars, Still trying to get charge reversed but it seems hard to contact Golfnow unless you are paying them. Needless to say I am done using Golf Now

Fun to play every once in awhile but overpriced for walking definitely,course is in decent shape with little coverage on greens but they roll pretty good.Carts are still as crappy as the first time I golfed here 15 years ago.....Thank God to the San Francisco Garter Snake to keep this place alive,certainly no money has been put into it but still a fun place to play

Great course, carts are way old, some fairways are spotty.

course is in good condition. fun, lots of challenge

How on earth does anyone let an Alister MacKenzie course fall into complete ruin like this? The fairways are all clover, it's barely a golf course. You can see that it has the potential with some funds and a great greenskeeper to be an amazing course but right now it's a dogtrack.

Sharp Park is a good course.

Unfortunately no one told us the greens were being aerated and numerous holes had watering in the middle of the fairway. If we had known that we would not have played there.

The weather was very good. Little wind and perfect temourature.

I approached my first time playing Sharp Park today with excitement to be playing this storied layout... and lowered expectations regarding its greens and fairways conditions after the GolfNow reviews I recently read.

That said, The layout was a true joy to experience and did not disappoint! So much fun. Pleased to say the course was in good shape! Yes there were a few spots on greens in recovery, but for the majority they were smooth, fast, and true.

I appreciate the old clubhouse for what it is...so cool!....and we were treated very well by the starter, marshal, and restaurant staff.

San Francisco owns this course. And like the city itself if it isn’t shiny and new, San Francisco just doesn’t care about it. Harding, like the tech corporations running San Francisco get all the money and attention.

Sharp Park is a fun course that is challenging but not too difficult. The layout is good and the pace of play is very good.

There were not a lot of golfers as it was foggy and cool which is fine with me.

The only real negative for me was the greens. They are not in good condition.

Great course to work on your game. Open enough, yet narrow enough where you have to strike straight.

Can usually walk onto the course during the week. Twilight rates are a GREAT value. Good layout that rewards good shots. Nice fast greens with interesting slope and grain. 0

Bucket list item, CHECKED! I have been wanting to play this for a long, long time. Look, just accept that you aren't going to have pristine, smooth greens, perfect bunkers and tightly mown fairways and you will have a great time here.

The much maligned condition of the course was actually better than I thought. Maybe my lowered expectations did the trick, but either way I did get a few decent lies in the fairways. I posted a couple pics for proof.

I had so much fun out here on a late Sunday afternoon just taking my time in between a foursome and another single, soaking in the history of the place. I even snuck off into the dunes to take a peek at the old "lost" golf holes. Pretty cool.

Sharp Park is not what you would call a decent course. In fact, it's pretty awful in terms of course conditioning, but I love it. For starters, you cannot beat the price to play here on a weekday during twilight ($26). I'm not sure if any course in the Bay Area can match that offer, so playing golf at Sharp becomes a tremendous value.

The course itself was originally designed by the great Alister MacKenzie, who is more famous for designing Augusta National, Cypress, Royal Melbourne, Pasatiempo, and Crystal Downs amongst others. You literally pay less than $30 to experience history, and for that, I think it's worthy of checking out at least once.

The course is pretty shaggy as of 5/14. Several of the greens on the back nine have fallen victim to disease or squirrels digging for nuts, possibly both, but some of the greens required me to move my ball out of the path of a hole in the surface.

While it's impossible to compare Sharp to the better courses in the area, I do believe that the value is still there 'despite the playing surface. I use this course in order to hit the ball around and get some exercise, but I don't take my game too seriously there.

The clubhouse is ancient and doesn't have a lot of amenities, however the bar/restaurant inside is actually very solid! You can't go wrong with their food! Sometimes I will pop in there to have a beer and a burger when I'm running around.

On the ocean, Mackenzie designed, muni owned. What else could you ask for? But my goodness, that literally may have been the worst course conditions I’ve ever played in. The grass on the fairways is literally longer than the rough on most courses. And, they apparently don’t believe in removing the cuttings from the last mow. Shameful for a city to lay waste to a beautiful property like that. Especially in the Bay Area, where the tax base is the highest in the USA. Pathetic.

Staff was super, I feel for them.

It’s a bueatifully designed course, I just happened to try the course after a series of rain days. There isn’t any drainage and ball not only plugged but would disappear in the middle of the fairway under a wetland swamp. The fairways weren’t even able to be mowed. The worse part is the pro shop staff never gave me any insight as to how to play in this mess. I couldn’t even walk the course without my shoes sinking below my socks. Really lame! I shot an 89 with a clean and place ripe but it really would have been much better if the condition was right. The layout of the holes and scenery was an A+.