7th Annual MacKenzie Benefit for Sharp Park

***Please include the best email for us to reach you when you sign-up to participate in the auction.***

The online portion of the silent auction is open for bidding until May 22, 10pm PDT!

Here are some of the auction items on which you have the opportunity to browse and bid online:

Bandon Dunes Golf Resort: Three days of unlimited golf at all courses, plus two nights lodging in Lily Pond cottage, for a foursome (caddies, meals, transportation not included);

Royal Dornoch: Foursomes at the Championship and Struie courses, plus five nights stay for 4 in spacious contemporary condo, a 4-minute walk away from the course;

Friar's Head: Foursome at exclusive Long Island private club, ranked #19 in US by Golf Digest;

Murcar Links, Aberdeen, Scotland: one month unlimited golf and guest privileges in classic high-dunes seaside links near Royal Aberdeen, Cruden Bay.

Plus, foursomes at Spyglass Hill, Pasatiempo, Stanford, Poppy Hills, Pacific Grove, Claremont, Berkeley Country Club, Lake Merced, Callippe Preserve, Poppy Ridge, Wente Vineyards, Presidio, Bodega Harbour, Foxtail, Crystal Springs, Metropolitan, and you name it.

All auction items are thanks to the generosity of our sponsors and members of the San Francisco Public Golf Alliance (www.sfpublicgolf.org). Proceeds go to our ongoing campaign to Save Sharp Park. Thank you in advance for your participation and generous support for the cause.

How the Auction Works:

This is a hybrid online / live silent auction.

The auction is open for bidding online through Tuesday, May 22, 10 pm PDT, at which time the online portion will close. Then, from May 23 10 am through May 24 6 pm PDT, we will contact highest online bidders to confirm their bids and obtain credit card information. Please be sure when you sign-up for the auction, to include the best email at which to reach you, and be prepared to provide credit card information for pre-authorization over the phone if you are the highest online bidder. It is important that we communicate with you BEFORE 6pm PDT on May 24 to confirm your online bid and obtain your credit card information; otherwise, we may not be able to honor your online bid. You may also call or email us to provide your credit card information in advance, in anticipation of potentially being the highest online bidder: Richard Harris: 415-290-5718, richard@sfpublicgolf.org; Sarah Lau: SarahLauSF@gmail.com

The highest confirmed bid from the online auction will serve as the opening bid at the May 26 in-person silent auction at the Alister MacKenzie Tournament to Save Sharp Park, where the auction will resume and then conclude May 26 at 7 pm PDT. The winning bidder will be the final highest bid - whether the bid came online or in-person - as of the close of the in-person auction, May 26 at 7pm PDT.

If your bid is the final winning bid after the close of the in-person auction, then your credit card will be processed for payment; if your bid is not the winning bid, then you will not be charged, and your credit card information will NOT be saved.

San Francisco Public Golf Alliance is a non-profit, 501.c.3 public benefit corporation, whose members are mostly public golfers in the Bay Area and Northern California. Its purpose is to advocate and encourage and defend affordable, eco-friendly public golf and the public courses, with particular care for our heritage public courses, including Sharp Park Golf Course, a San Francisco municipal course located in the City’s seaside suburb of Pacifica, CA.

Sharp Park is a beautiful and historic seaside links, opened in 1932, designed by Alister MacKenzie, the architect of Augusta National (home of the Masters Tournament), Cypress Point, and many of the world’s most highly esteemed courses. Sharp Park is one of MacKenzie’s rare public links, and his only seaside public links outside of St. Andrews, Scotland.

How the Auction Works:

This is a hybrid online / live silent auction.

The auction is open for bidding online through Tuesday, May 22, 10 pm PDT, at which time the online portion will close. Then, from May 23 10 am through May 24 6 pm PDT, we will contact highest online bidders to confirm their bids and obtain credit card information. Please be sure when you sign-up for the auction, to include the best email at which to reach you, and be prepared to provide credit card information for pre-authorization over the phone if you are the highest online bidder. It is important that we communicate with you BEFORE 6pm PDT on May 24 to confirm your online bid and obtain your credit card information; otherwise, we may not be able to honor your online bid. You may also call or email us to provide your credit card information in advance, in anticipation of potentially being the highest online bidder: Richard Harris: 415-290-5718, richard@sfpublicgolf.org; Sarah Lau: SarahLauSF@gmail.com

The highest confirmed bid from the online auction will serve as the opening bid at the May 26 in-person silent auction at the Alister MacKenzie Tournament to Save Sharp Park, where the auction will resume and then conclude May 26 at 7 pm PDT. The winning bidder will be the final highest bid - whether the bid came online or in-person - as of the close of the in-person auction, May 26 at 7pm PDT.

If your bid is the final winning bid after the close of the in-person auction, then your credit card will be processed for payment; if your bid is not the winning bid, then you will not be charged, and your credit card information will NOT be saved.