TPC Harding Park, Half Moon Bay's Ocean Course, the Presidio and Corica Park with two hotel rooms in San Francisco are the plan. A 17.5% hotel tax, about $60 a night to park, golf bag fees, a rental car and the higher visitor rates at the city courses are what push the total up.
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18 courses around San Francisco Bay that take public tee times, by city, with peak green fees. Private member clubs are left out.
MacKenzie's own favorite design and a regular on top-100 lists; tee times open 7 days out, or up to a year ahead for a $35 fee. It is about 75–90 minutes from San Francisco, so plan it as its own day.
pasatiempo.com golfpass.comThe city course that hosted the 2020 PGA Championship and two Presidents Cups: flat, walkable and lined with cypress trees beside Lake Merced. A bunker renovation is announced, so check before booking.
tpc.com golf.comOne of the oldest courses in the West, in the Presidio national park: hilly, tree-lined and often foggy, so it plays longer than its 6,450 yards.
presidiogolf.com golflink.comA short, hilly city course with views of the Golden Gate Bridge, especially from the 17th; cheap and fun rather than a stern test.
sfbos.org golf.comA links-style course on the bluffs next to the Ritz-Carlton with ocean views on most holes; no driving range, and afternoon wind and fog are common.
golflink.com golfpass.comA longer parkland-style course through homes and cypress that saves its best for last: the 18th plays along the cliffs to the Ritz-Carlton.
golflink.com golfpass.comThe Northern California Golf Association's home course, Rees Jones golf in the Livermore wine country with an 18-hole layout plus a separate nine. Summers here are hot and windy.
poppyridgegolf.ncga.org golfpass.comGreg Norman's first US design, climbing through a working vineyard with big elevation changes; pair it with a winery lunch on site.
golflink.com golfpass.comA city course near Oakland airport rebuilt by Rees Jones as a firm, sandy links-style layout with more than 110 bunkers; part of a 45-hole complex.
golfpass.com golflink.comTwenty-seven hilly holes in the foothills south of San Jose with wide views and a clubhouse golf museum; about an hour from San Francisco.
golfpass.com greenskeeper.orgThe PGA Tour's fall stop in Napa; outsiders play it only through a resort golf package, and it is about 75 minutes from San Francisco.
hitc.com golflink.comPalo Alto's city course, rebuilt in 2018 as a firm, windy bayside layout with five par 5s and five par 3s.
golfpass.com calgolfnews.comA low-cost MacKenzie course beside the ocean in Pacifica, run by San Francisco; conditions and pace can be rough, but the price and history are hard to beat.
sfbos.org golfpass.comA Nicklaus course in the hills south of San Jose that once hosted the PGA Tour Champions; about 70 minutes from San Francisco.
golfpass.com golfnow.comA windy bayside links called 'Scotland West,' next to the San Leandro marina with views across the bay.
golflink.com golflink.comA sand-capped course by Oakland airport that drains well in winter rain; flat, open and good value.
golflink.com greenfeetracker.comA well-kept Walnut Creek city course with rolling, oak-lined holes at the foot of Mount Diablo.
golflink.com greenfeetracker.comA hilly Pleasanton city course through a nature preserve with rolling fairways and good conditions for the price.
greenfeetracker.comThe sample is 4 travelers for 4 nights. Your plan ($9,352) covers the main costs most people budget for, the ones you enter on the left. Costs people forget ($3,449, about 37% more for this trip) are the fees, taxes, tips and extras listed in the calculator. Prices were last checked on October 17, 2026.
Share of the $12,801 real cost. Nights and travelers multiply most of these costs, so changing either one moves the total the most.
12 of this trip's numbers link to a published price or rate. The rest are our estimates, and each one says what it is based on. You can also read how we calculate every trip.
| Cost | Default | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Green fees per golfer (whole trip) | $797 per traveler | Four peak rounds for a visitor: TPC Harding Park $300 (non-resident rate; city now uses demand pricing with no posted card, GOLF.com reported $300 plus $35 cart; walking is normal), Half Moon Bay Ocean $250 (no posted rates; Breaking Eighty gives $250 as the peak rack rate, cart included), Presidio $132 (official non-resident Fri–Sun rate with cart) and Corica Park South $115 (no rate card found; our estimate for a non-resident weekend round). Total $797. Judgment call. Our estimate |
| Hotel, two rooms per night (whole group) | $560 a night | KAYAK (Nov 2026): San Francisco hotels average $229 Sun–Thu and $325 Fri–Sat, with September the priciest month at about $300. GSA FY2027 lodging cap is $279 Sep–Dec. Two mid-range rooms at about $280 = $560 a night. Judgment call. Source |
| Airfare per person | $521 per traveler | US DOT (BTS) average domestic itinerary fare for San Francisco (SFO), Q2 2026: $521.06 (Q1 2026 was $476.89). Oakland (OAK) was $392.98 and San Jose (SJC) $414.14. Source |
| Food per person, per day | $92 per traveler, per day | GSA FY2027 meals and incidentals (M&IE) rate for San Francisco: $92 a day. FY2027 lodging rate is $232–$325 by month. Source |
| Cost | Default | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Checked bag fees | $90 per traveler | Major US airlines charge about $35 to $50 for a first checked bag each way, so about $90 round trip. Source |
| Golf bag fees | $110 per traveler | American, Delta, United and Southwest treat a golf bag as a standard checked bag; a second bag is $55 each way. Source |
| Shipping your clubs Off by default | $108 per traveler | Ground shipping for a golf bag starts around $54 each way. Source |
| Lodging taxes | 17.5% of the hotel | San Francisco charges a 14% transient occupancy tax (sftreasurer.org/tot) plus the Tourism Improvement District (2.25% Zone 1, 2.00% Zone 2) and the Moscone Expansion District; the city puts the citywide total of hotel tax, assessments and fees at 17.50%. California has no state sales tax on rooms. Half Moon Bay and other towns have their own rates; not checked. Source |
| Rental car | $110 a day | KAYAK at SFO (Nov 2026): vans average about $103–$107 a day, from about $90 in January to $126 in June; SUVs average $68–$74. $110 a day for a minivan in the June–October peak. Judgment call. Source |
| Hotel parking | $60 a night | Paid overnight hotel parking in San Francisco quoted at about $25 to $90 a night ($39 Chancellor, $75 Argonaut and LUMA valet, over $100 at the Four Seasons). $60 a night for one car is our midpoint. Judgment call. Source |
| Bridge tolls | $26 for the trip | The Bay Bridge and the other state-owned bridges went to $8.50 for cars on Jan 1, 2026, charged westbound only (511.org). Three crossings (Corica Park, Poppy Ridge or Wente, and one more East Bay trip) = $25.50, rounded to $26. Rental companies may add their own toll-service fee. Judgment call. Source |
| Drinks on the course | $80 per traveler | Our estimate of about $20 a round for beverage-cart drinks and snacks. Judgment call. Our estimate |
| Golf balls | $55 per traveler | A dozen Titleist Pro V1 balls lists at $55. Source |
| Tips for bag drop and cart staff | $20 per traveler | A few dollars at bag drop and the turn; we use $5 a round. Judgment call. Source |
| Side bets and prizes | $50 per traveler | Our estimate for skins, team bets and a small trophy. Our estimate |
| Lessons and extras you picked Off by default | $0 for the trip | Set by the extras you pick in the tee-time planner. Our estimate |
| Travel insurance | 6% of your plan | Squaremouth says a comprehensive plan averages about 6% of the trip cost, usually 4% to 10%. Source |
| Pre-trip shopping | $60 for the trip | Our estimate for travel-size toiletries, sunscreen and small things bought before a trip. Our estimate |
| Pet boarding or sitter | $50 a day, if you check Pets | Dogster puts regular kennel boarding at about $35 to $85 a night. Overnight sitters at home cost more. Source |
For 4 golfers spending 4 nights in peak season, with four rounds each, a hotel, two rooms, flights and food, plan on about $9,350. Once you add golf bag fees, lodging taxes, rental car, hotel parking, bridge tolls, drinks on the course, balls, tips and side bets, it's closer to $12,800, or about $3,200 each. Use the tee-time planner above to price the courses you want.
Yes. Harding Park is a San Francisco city course, so anyone can book a tee time online. Visitors pay a demand-based rate with no posted price card, and San Francisco resident cardholders are guaranteed the lowest rate. Expect to pay about $300 in peak season, plus a cart if you ride. Source
Yes. At Lincoln Park the standard weekend rate is $70 against $55 for San Francisco residents, and at Sharp Park it's $88 against $69. The Presidio charges non-residents $132 with a cart on weekends against $107 for city residents. Book public tee times more than a week out and Lincoln and Sharp add a $2 booking fee per player. Source
Late summer and early fall. September is the warmest month, with highs near 72°F, and August is the clearest, while June and July often bring fog to the courses by the ocean. Winter is the rainy season, with February the wettest month at about 4 inches, so courses can be soft and wet. Source
San Francisco International (SFO) is about 10 miles from Harding Park and about 25 miles from Half Moon Bay. Oakland (OAK) is closer to Corica Park, Metropolitan and the Livermore courses, and it's cheaper: the average fare in the latest quarter was about $393 against $521 at SFO. Source