The Union Leage Golf and Country Club of San Francisco

The Union League Golf and Country Club of San Francisco was designed by Alister MacKenzie in the late 1920's. The course and clubhouse were built in the area of San Mateo County California that is known the city of Millbrae. MacKenzies other notable works include, but are not limited to: Cypress Point, Augusta National, Royal Melbourne, The Jockey Club, The Valley Club, Crystal Downs, and hundreds of others. MacKenzie was assisted by Robert Hunter, who also corroborated with Mackenzie at Cypress Point in Monterey, California. The club opened to great fanfare in 1930 and was considered by MacKenzie one of the finest and sportiest on the West Coast.

The Union League opened at the peak of the Great Depression, and economic woes caused the magnificent facility to go bankrupt in 1933. At that time the club was reorganized as Millbrae Country Club (1933 to 1945). The club was eventually reorganized again during the World War II years and in 1945 became Green Hills Country Club. Green Hills remains a testament to an original Alister MacKenzie design and is noted for it's superb playing conditions with fast undulating greens and classic "MacKenzie bunker complexes".

The golf course has held and hosted notable tournaments throughout the years, including U.S. Open and US senior open qualifying. Notable celebrities that have played the golf course include, Byron Nelson, Ken Venturi, Bob Rosburg, Ty Cobb, Leo Dorocher, Patty Berg, and many others. The annual MacKenzie Gathering has been held at the club on many occasions where MacKenzie designed golf courses send teams to play golf and share the history of Alister MacKenzie.

External links

* [http://www.greenhillscc.com Green Hills Country Club]