Sharp Park Golf Course

Very good Alister McKenzie course but in need of help maintaining good fairways. Greens are very good and true. With good maintainace ,it's better than Harding Park in layout. Because of the poor conditions we play winter rule with prefer lies and it worked out just as good.

Sharp park is very, very wide, which is great. You shouldn't lose too many balls. Fairways need some pruning and the greens were a bit slow, but I had a great time and would recommend it. Be careful about the OBs though. They can protected wildlife areas, so you're not supposed to wander in there after your balls.

Majority of front 9 was unplayable due to condition of the fairways. Landing areas off the tee were completely soaked so ball would fully plug and disappear. If by some miracle it did not plug, you still had to deal with the incredibly long grass and the ocean of white flowering weeds on every fairway. It made visually finding a white ball nearly impossible. Although hitting the "fairway", my playing partner and I probably lost 7 or 8 balls that simply could not be located. conditions were swamp-like even though it had not rained since the week prior. I guess there is just no drainage whatsoever here. Overall worst conditioning that i have seen and I play a lot of golf on a lot of different types of courses.

left after 9 and was denied rain check but don't think i'd return even if they granted me one. One bright spot was that the greens were relatively well taken care of. As were the areas around the green for the most part. Greens were quick and consistent.

I saw that other reviewers were complaining of dry and hard conditions. I would definitely welcome that over what I experienced. This was unplayable and the course should have been closed in my opinion. I heard that the back 9 was drier but if that's the case, then close the front 9 and only put people out on the back. Totally unacceptable that they let people play this and call it a golf course.

My tip would be to play during a drought and with a golf ball other than the color white.

Can’t wait to play this course when it’s dry. It was a soggy mess. Greens need some attention as well.

After reading the reviews, I expected an old course in poor shape. I was surprised to find a hidden gem! Fairways are lined with mature Cypress Trees that look like giant Bonsai! Fairways in good shape for a muni course. Greens, Fast and true. Overall ground is a bit firm. I recommend winter or spring. I have the feeling this course gets hard when it is dry. Nice staff, good bar. Leave early, HWY 1 can back up on weekends. took 15 min to go the last mile! Well worth it!

We had great weather to play Sharp Park.

We played in 3.5 hours and conditions were not bad.

There were 4 greens which were under repair but other than that the course was in decent shape.

When you pay full freight for a golf round, you expect the conditions to be “up to par.” You couldn’t hit to the greens on the Canyon holes and were forced to shoot at a flag stuck in the fairway- and the course gave no warning whatsoever. The carts were barely running. We had to jumpstart it multiple times and were shocked we got thru 18 with it. Oh, and the cart fee was $13 per person. I wouldn’t pay $13 if you actually offered to sell it to me.

This course is absolutely beautiful and feels as if you’re steeping back in time to the 30’s when it was built by the great Alister MacKenzie(Augusta, Cypress Point), but is being neglected by the city of San Francisco parks department and really needs some help. The greens have issues and some of the tee boxes are lacking grass. It 100% worth playing just to experience this beautiful layout. Just be aware there is no driving range, the greens are pitted in places, and the golf carts are from the 70s and don’t have roofs, but this course is relatively flat and easy to walk.

Fun course for beginners. Big fairways were nice to play. Variety of tee shots kept me going. A lot of people there but never really caught up to anyone on the tee boxes. Only complaint was that 4 of the holes were missing the hole location on the green and flags were placed 20ish yards short of the green. Wasn’t warned by the staff about this so I don’t know what was going on there.

Played on 12/29/17 in blustery conditions. The greens were fairly fast and hard. The fairways were bare in many places. But it's a pretty good challenge and is fun to play. This place needs some loving attention from the groundskeepers.

First time playing this course. Got a nice deal on Golfnow for 33 dollars to walk. This is a easy course to walk. Nice course for beginners, not real hard. Was told by the people I played with that it is normally a little windy and a little cold as it is next to the ocean. A few of the fairways on the East side of the road were a little wet but playable. The greens were in very good shape and the bunkers were better than most. I enjoyed the round and the beauty of the course. I guess I picked a perfect day, sun was out and the temperature I believe was in the high 60's. It is nothing fancy but a nice place to play. As I always try and state in my reviews, this is a public course not a resort, will play it again.

Front nine took 2:50 minutes. 4 groups waiting at the 5th tee, Marshall just drove on by.

I do not know any other course that has fairways in this poor of condition. 1,2, 13, 14,16 and 17 have almost no grass on them at all. It also bothers me that to pay for the carts you had to pay in cash and no receipts were given. Put that money back into the course. I would not play here again until Spring, which is a shame because the course is 10 mins. from my house

I hadn't played Sharp Park for a year, but it's better than ever. Love the mix of wooded and links-style course, friendly club house and unassuming pro shop. It was a firm favorite of mine when I lived in SF and I'll be returning again soon - we'll worth the drive!

Great course to try with old history. Want to get out of the heat? This was cool and a nice change.

Fun old style course too bad SF doesn't put more of the high green fee back into the course maintance or carts. Good course to play if it's too hot in the East or South Bay.

OK. This course was actually designed by Alister MacKenzie. That's for starters. Years of low budget maintenance have taken their toll. But the greens are just fine. And they mow the fairways every once in awhile. I enjoyed the routing. Nothing too tricky except one blind par 3 on the back. Overall I got my money's worth -- as a local senior. Main negative was the condition of the power carts -- dangerous.

As this course rate has risen, the course conditions have not risen in the same proportion. The fairways were full of the mowed grass, some partial fairways were still muddy and not playable.