TPC Harding Park is one of the most remarkable stories in American golf — a municipal course that spent time as a parking lot, was rescued by a coalition of golf lovers and city leaders, and went on to host some of the most significant championship golf in PGA TOUR history. Here is the complete record of every major tournament played at this San Francisco landmark since its 2002-03 renovation.
Looking for the 2026 Presidents Cup? The 2026 Presidents Cup has moved to Medinah Country Club in Chicago, Illinois (September 22-27, 2026). TPC Harding Park hosted the Presidents Cup in 2009 — one of the event's most memorable editions. This page covers TPC Harding Park's full championship history and what it means to play the same course where golf's biggest events have been decided.
2009 Presidents Cup — TPC Harding Park's Defining Moment
The 2009 Presidents Cup at TPC Harding Park was a landmark event on multiple levels. It marked the first time the Presidents Cup had ever been held on the West Coast of the United States, bringing world-class match-play golf to the Bay Area for the first time in the modern era. Captain Fred Couples led a dominant Team USA that included an extraordinary individual performance from Tiger Woods, who went 5-0-0 — winning every single match he played — in one of the most impressive Presidents Cup showings in history. President Barack Obama served as Honorary Chairman, and the Bay Area crowds delivered an electric atmosphere throughout the week. The final margin of 19.5-14.5 was decisive, with the United States winning for the sixth time in seven editions. The event announced to the world that TPC Harding Park had truly returned to its status as one of America's great championship venues.
2020 PGA Championship — Morikawa's Breakthrough
The 2020 PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park will be remembered as one of the most unusual major championships in history — played without spectators during the COVID-19 pandemic — and one of the most significant. Collin Morikawa, then just 23 years old, shot a brilliant final-round 64 including a dramatic eagle on the 16th hole to win his first major championship at −13. It was a historic achievement beyond just the score: TPC Harding Park became only the second municipally-owned golf course in the nearly 100-year history of the PGA Championship to host the event, joining Tanglewood Golf Club (1974). That a city-owned public course in San Francisco could host one of golf's four major championships — and produce such a compelling and memorable winner — was a testament to everything Sandy Tatum's renovation vision had set out to achieve two decades earlier.
2015 WGC-Cadillac Match Play Championship
TPC Harding Park hosted the WGC-Cadillac Match Play Championship in 2015, bringing the elite 64-player match-play format to San Francisco for the first time. Rory McIlroy, then the world's top-ranked player, won the title by defeating Gary Woodland in the final. The event showcased TPC Harding Park's suitability as a match-play venue — its tight cypress-lined fairways and demanding finishing holes around Lake Merced created compelling strategic decisions throughout the bracket. The tournament used a modified routing of the course to ensure the dramatic back nine finishing holes came into play in the critical late stages of every match.
2005 WGC-American Express Championship — Tiger's Return
The 2005 WGC-American Express Championship was TPC Harding Park's first major professional event after its $16 million renovation, and it delivered an unforgettable moment: Tiger Woods defeating John Daly in a sudden-death playoff in front of record Bay Area crowds. The victory confirmed what renovation advocates had always believed — that Harding Park, restored to its championship standard, could produce world-class competitive golf and captivate a massive audience. Seven years after the course was used as a parking lot during the 1998 U.S. Open, it was hosting the world's best player in a playoff for a World Golf Championships title. The transformation was complete.
Charles Schwab Cup Championships (PGA TOUR Champions)
TPC Harding Park also served as the home of the Charles Schwab Cup Championship — the season-ending event on the PGA TOUR Champions circuit — in 2010, 2011 and 2013. The tournament brings together the top 36 players from the senior tour's season-long points competition to crown an overall champion. The event's presence in San Francisco gave Bay Area golf fans consistent access to former major champions and household names from the tour's history, cementing Harding Park as a year-round destination for championship golf at the highest level.
Complete Tournament Timeline
Play TPC Harding Park Yourself
One of the most compelling aspects of TPC Harding Park's story is that despite hosting PGA Championships, Presidents Cups and World Golf Championships, it remains a public municipal course open to any golfer who wants to book a tee time. You can play the same holes where Tiger Woods went 5-0-0 in the 2009 Presidents Cup, where Collin Morikawa hit his championship-winning eagle in 2020, and where Rory McIlroy captured a WGC title.
San Francisco residents receive discounted green fees — a meaningful benefit given Harding Park's championship pedigree. The course plays to 7,169 yards from the championship tees alongside the shores of Lake Merced in San Francisco's southwest corner. The cypress-lined fairways, strategic bunkering and demanding finishing holes make it a genuine test of championship golf accessible to everyday players.