Live scoring begins as 2026 San Francisco City Golf Championship match play opens at Harding Park

What’s happening

Live scoring is underway for the 2026 San Francisco City Golf Championship as match play begins on Saturday, March 14, 2026, marking the start of the tournament’s elimination phase at TPC Harding Park. The championship’s structure combines early-round stroke-play qualifying across two municipal courses with match play contested primarily at Harding Park.

How the men’s championship field was set

The men’s championship pathway started with a pre-qualifier at Lincoln Park on Friday, March 6, 2026, designed for additional entrants after the main field reached capacity. The primary 36-hole qualifier followed March 7–8, with one round at TPC Harding Park and one at Lincoln Park, producing a combined score used to determine match play entrants.

The men’s qualifier was designed for 168 players, with 48 advancing to match play. Those 48 are split into two brackets: the top 32 in the Championship Flight and the next 16 in the Venturi Flight. Match play for the Championship Flight is scheduled across March 14–15 and March 21–22 at Harding Park.

Women’s, senior, and other divisions

The tournament includes multiple divisions beyond the men’s championship, each with distinct qualification and match play formats. The women’s competition holds an 18-hole stroke-play qualifier on Friday, March 13, 2026, at Lincoln Park. The lowest 16 scores are seeded into the Women’s Championship Flight, with the next 16 seeded into the Juli Inkster Flight; match play begins March 14.

Senior and super-senior divisions are also staged, with age and handicap requirements varying by division. Open (non-championship) flights are offered separately for players not participating in the championship divisions, using handicap-based seeding with match play beginning March 14. Across several divisions, cart use is restricted for players and caddies in designated championship flights under local rules.

Registration demand and tournament operations

Registration for the 2026 event opened November 1, 2025, and closed February 17, 2026. Tournament materials indicate that at least some divisions filled to capacity, triggering pre-qualifying and wait lists in certain categories. The men’s championship, in particular, shifted additional registrants into the pre-qualifier once the field limit was reached.

What live scoring typically provides

Live scoring during match play is intended to reflect hole-by-hole status, match results as they go final, and bracket progression as rounds conclude. With match play beginning March 14, the live leaderboard becomes the central public tracker for who advances through each flight.

• Key dates: March 6 (pre-qualifier), March 7–8 (36-hole men’s qualifier), March 13 (women’s qualifier), March 14 (match play begins).
• Key venues: TPC Harding Park and Lincoln Park Golf Course.
• Core competitive format: stroke-play qualifying leading into seeded match-play brackets.

Match play opened March 14 at Harding Park after qualifying rounds across Harding Park and Lincoln Park determined bracket seeding.

As match play progresses through the weekend, results will determine the advancing brackets and set the remaining schedule for later rounds at Harding Park.