Marin Golf
Every Marin golf course, open and lost.
Golf came to Marin in 1898, when the San Rafael Golf Club laid out links north of town. Since then the county has had 13 real courses. Some, like Mill Valley, are still played on their first ground. Others, like Belvedere, Sleepy Hollow and the army course at Fort Baker, are now homes, a school or a parade ground. This is a guide to all of them, built from the newspapers and records of their own time.
Sources: the course census (research/census/census.csv) and each club’s history pages.
The map
Pins are approximate locations. Green pins are open courses; hollow pins are lost courses; the gold pin is the Meadow Club’s members-only history.
The full histories
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Every course
All 13 Marin courses, sortable by name, town, years and status.
Who crossed the courses
The pros, builders and players who turn up at more than one club, and who taught Marin to play.
1898 to today
Key events across the clubs, and how many courses were open in each decade.
Holes in one
Every reported ace on the researched courses, in one sortable list.
Golf off the course
The 1930 miniature-golf craze, driving ranges and courses that were never built.
Sources and corrections
How this was researched, photo credits, and how to send a correction.