Presidio Golf Course

The Presidio Golf Course dates back more than 100 years and Robert Johnstone designed it, returning with William McEwan a few years later to remodel it. Set close to downtown San Francisco, it’s a popular facility that winds over hilly ground between stately pines and eucalyptus.

Tom Doak made a point of playing Presidio in 2016 and awarded the course a rating of four out of ten. He commented as follows in his Christmas 2017 Confidential Guide update:

“Fortified by the Spanish in 1776 to defend the harbor of San Francisco Bay, The Presidio was a prestigious U.S. Army posting from 1848 to 1994, when the base was closed and installed into the National Park System. A civilian club shared the course [and the upkeep] with the Army for many years; the club still operates but the course is open to the public now. It’s very steep in several spots, and some new bunkering is so tight to the fronts of greens that it demands several unreasonable approaches. But, along with Wawona in Yosemite, that makes two golf courses within the borders of a U.S. National Park!”