California Golf Club of San Francisco is an 18-hole private course in South San Francisco, California.

Designed by Willie Locke and A. Vernon Macan; Alister MacKenzie (redesign); Kyle Phillips (2007-2008 restoration). It plays 7,216 yards from the Venturi tees, rated 74.7/135 (checked 2026-08-14).

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holes

par

7,216

yards (tips)

135

slope (venturi)

The shape of the round · Venturi teespublished figures only

The published card in playing order, 18 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

designer: Willie Locke and A. Vernon Macan; Alister MacKenzie (redesign); Kyle Phillips (2007-2008 restoration) reported
access: private
address: 844 W Orange Ave, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
website: course site →
elevation: 125 ft derived
opened: 1926
turf: fescue greens · fescue fairways

37.64957, -122.43861 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 94 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

305 traced features across 8 layers for California Golf Club of San Francisco, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

Holes

Fairways

145

Bunkers

Water

Greens

Tee pads

186.5ft

Elevation range

7,216yds

Venturi tees

592yds

Longest hole

133yds

Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-05-18

Height51.1 ft237.6 ft

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-14

All 7 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table


Venturi	M	72	7216		74.7	135	3624	3592
Back	M	72	6797		72.7	131	3398	3399
Combo	M	72	6703		72.3	130
Middle	M	72	6308		70.2	129	3058	3250
Middle	F	72	6308		76.2	135	3058	3250
Forward	M	72	5310contested	5406	66.2	120	2581	2825
Forward	F	72	5310contested	5406	71.0	126	2581	2825

Every figure as published except Card yards (derived), which is summed from the card below and shown only where a published figure is contested; a blank cell elsewhere is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

The Forward tees publish a yardage total the scorecard below does not add up to. Both figures are published and nothing we hold settles which one a round plays to, so the Yards column keeps the published figure, marked contested, and each tee's own yardage row from the card below is summed beside it, marked derived.

Scorecard

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-14

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total
Par	5	4	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	3	5	4	72
Venturi	535	448	437	592	346	195	411	241	419	412	407	232	433	479	513	133	567	416	7,216
Back	512	409	415	542	325	182	395	216	402	391	399	201	393	443	494	125	559	394	6,797
Middle	499	392	387	464	304	170	306	156	380	378	379	183	371	433	474	109	551	372	6,308
Forward	468	325	317	394	298	82	301	126	270	323	354	173	313	391	444	105	389	333	5,310
Handicap	17	3	1	11	15	7	13	9	5	6	16	8	2	4	12	18	14	10

No per-hole yardages are published for Combo, so it is not on the card above.

Plan it in the Studio

Plan California Golf Club of San Francisco hole by hole, for your game.

Ask in plain words. The Studio draws each hole on the aerial photo, picks a club for each shot from your carries and the way you miss, and shows where a miss costs you strokes. This course's greens were surveyed, so it reads their slope too.

The approach, planned Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
The green, from LiDAR Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
Every shot, tee to green Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

Plan this course in the Studio

Pictures: Studio output for a sample golfer, drawn 2026-10-15. The Studio needs a free account. AI can make mistakes.

Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

Figure	This course	In California	Nationwide	Among its peers
Longest	7,216 yds	43rd of 889	=583rd of 12,025	4th of 74 in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area · =219th of 2,954 private courses · =582nd of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest test	slope 135	=175th of 750	=2,233rd of 8,710	=19th of 70 in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area · =978th of 2,300 private courses · =2,185th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tips	rating 74.7	=67th of 685	=739th of 7,615	=6th of 64 in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area · =317th of 2,143 private courses · =735th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread	1,906 yds between tees	=200th of 857	=2,789th of 11,523	15th of 74 in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area · =856th of 2,885 private courses · =2,742nd of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldest	opened 1926	=74th of 768	=1,299th of 9,368	=18th of 69 in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area · =681st of 2,418 private courses · =974th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level	125 ft derived	=673rd of 917	=9,721st of 12,437	53rd of 75 in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area · =2,298th of 3,026 private courses · =7,002nd of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

What's on this page

In progress6 of 7 built

6 of 7 parts of this course page are built, and we're filling in the rest.

Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 6 sets of tees.
Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 7 sets of tees.
Course map, built.All 18 greens drawn, with the fairways, bunkers and water, over aerial imagery.
Per-hole distances, built.Every hole is traced, so carries and distances to the front, middle and back of each green are measured along the line you actually play.
Green contours, built.Half-foot contours on all 18 measured greens, from public LiDAR.
Green slope and pin positions, built.Fall lines and the pinnable area on 18 greens — the figures the Caddie plans against.
Course details, partly built.6 of 7 background details — we don't hold a phone number.

The site is in beta and the database is still being built, so expect gaps. Know something we don't? Help us fill it in — a link to where it's published is worth more than anything else you could send.

Sources

Gathered from the course's own site and public records — every figure on this page is traceable to who published it and when. Spot an error or a gap? Tell us.

Location and identity seeded from OpenStreetMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Last checked 2026-08-14. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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