Sharp Park Golf Course — Attraction in Pacifica

Sharp Park Golf Course is unique in that you could take your entire family even if they don't play golf. It is bordered by scenic wonders of the California coast, beautiful beaches of the Pacific Ocean and hiking trails that are filled with wild life. Bird watching on hikes and picnics is really great. So, while the family enjoys the beach and hiking you can play golf then join them for swimming, surfing or hiking, bird watching and the picnic after your round.

I've been playing Sharps for over 20 years. I've never seen it in better shape than at this point in time. Now, it's not 100% just yet. But the greens are better than I've ever seen them. And the fairways even with this horrible drought are in are in good shape and in some places they're as good as you'll get anywhere. I must admit 16,17 are so dried out it will be a wonder if they ever recover but with the great grounds crew they have those fairway will come back.

Sharps is a terrific golf course challenging in its own way especially because your playing on an ocean fronted course. Ocean view golf is usually played out for multiple hundreds of dollars on courses like Spanish Bay, Torrey Pines or Pebble Beach, but Sharps is a Muni so the greens fees are a pittance in comparison.

The clubhouse staff, grounds keepers and Marshals are salt of the earth. The restaurant is pretty darn good . . . well, you know . . . for golf course food it's better than most public courses.

It's not Saint Andrews, or Pebble Beach, or Harding or the Olympic club. It's not too challenging . . . so if you put three good shots together, per hole, it's fairly easy to break 90.

Once those 16 and 17th fairways are fixed this is a Five Star course any day...

Stumbled upon this place after it was mentioned on a website of places to play in the bay area. Played here for the first time recently. Got a 10 am tee time on a weekend. $56 walking. They charge $40 for a cart, doesn't matter if you're a single or double. It's flat $40 and cash only for carts which I thought was really weird cause you can pay for your green fees with a card. Carts are gas powered NOT electric. The course is very walkable, when I was there about 80% of golfers were walking. There's no driving range here, so that's a negative. You won't be able to see the ocean the whole time you're playing golf. There's a huge hill/dune with a trail on top that is blocking the entire view of the ocean. People walking the trail do have a great view of you playing golf though. Course was fun, fairways were in decent shape. Sharp Park doesn't live up to the poorman's pebble beach title. I still think Pacific Grove Golf Links is the poorman's pebble beach and it's only about $10 more than sharp park. Pace of play was good for a weekend. We also ate at the restaurant after and the food was good. Sharp Park is worth a visit but being from the south bay I don't think I'll be back...

Wanted to share my recent experience here. Booked a tee time for 7:30 am Mar 25 the day before and called in to ask if there were any restrictions on the course. I was told confidently that there was no flooding, the full course was open and that the course wasn't even cart path only (to my surprise, given the amount of rain that we have been having).

We showed up a half hour before the tee time and were told by the pro shop attendant that 9 holes were closed due to flooding. I told him what I had been told on the phone and got the generic answer "course conditions change day to day". Only after I pressed did he admit that the course had been like this for some time. Scummy business practice not to give an update on the website, have phone reps lie to players, and then try to gaslight those who show up. I can only assume from the actions of the attendant that this is intentional to try to keep business up while the course is in...