Golden Gate Championship

Golden Gate Championship
Tournament information
Location	San Francisco, California
Established	1959
Course	Harding Park Golf Club
Par	71
Tour	PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$45,000
Month played	September
Final year	1959
Tournament record score
Aggregate	275 Mason Rudolph (1959)
To par	–9 as above
Final champion
	Mason Rudolph
Location map
	Harding Park GC Location in the United States Harding Park GC Location in California

Last updated November 02, 2025

The Golden Gate Championship was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour that was played in September 1959 at San Francisco's storied Harding Park Golf Club.^[1]

The event was won by Mason Rudolph, a 25-year-old Tennessean by two strokes over Dow Finsterwald and Bob Goalby. It was his first victory on the PGA Tour.^[1]

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1959	Mason Rudolph	275	−9	2 strokes	Dow Finsterwald Bob Goalby

References

1 2 Links, Bo (September 23, 2005). "The Legend By the Lake: A Short History of Harding Park". Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved April 8, 2010.

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[abc-1] 1 2 Links, Bo (September 23, 2005). "The Legend By the Lake: A Short History of Harding Park". Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved April 8, 2010.

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