A National Historic Landmark since 1962
Greens fees were just 50 cents
The course was built in 1895, when Colonel William M. Graham — the Presidio's commander at the time — allowed a group of businessmen known as the San Francisco Golf and Country Club to create a nine-hole course within the post. The Presidio's signature trees were at first absent: the huge stands of eucalyptus and Monterey pine had not yet fully grown in. President Theodore Roosevelt reviewed the troops on the links in May 1903, and three years later the course was used as a refugee camp for survivors of the 1906 earthquake. When the Presidio became a national park site, the course was opened to the community, and a new public clubhouse was built in 1999.
A storied history
1895
Nine holes on an Army post
Colonel William M. Graham lets the San Francisco Golf and Country Club build a nine-hole course within the Presidio. Greens fees: 50 cents.
1903–1906
Called into service
President Theodore Roosevelt reviews the troops on the links; after the 1906 earthquake the course shelters refugees.
1910
Expanded to 18 holes
After the Army finally approves expansion, the remaining members form the private Presidio Golf Club.
1920
Fowler & Simpson arrive
The London golf architectural firm enlarges the course and installs a watering system; the WPA plants thousands more trees in the 1930s.
1962
National Historic Landmark
The Presidio is designated a National Historic Landmark.
1996
The Presidio Trust is created
Congress creates a new federal agency, unique in government, to revitalize and run the Presidio without annual taxpayer support.
1999
A public clubhouse
With the Presidio now a national park site, the course opens to the community and a new public clubhouse is built.