Guide to the Sacramento (Calif.). Golf Division records CTY0038
Finding aid by Tom Norris and Kim Hayden
Center for Sacramento History
2023
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Center for Sacramento History
Title: Sacramento (Calif.). Golf Division records
Identifier/Call Number: CTY0038
Physical Description:
10.5 boxes
Physical Description:
7.5 Linear Feet
(13 boxes)
Date (inclusive): ca. 1912-2005
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests to publish or quote from private collections held by the Center for Sacramento History (CSH) must be submitted
in writing to csh@cityofsacramento.org. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Center for Sacramento History as
the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also
be obtained by the patron. No permission is necessary to publish or quote from public records.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], [box and folder number], Sacramento (Calif.). Golf Division records, CTY0038, Center for Sacramento
History.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transfered by the City of Sacramento Golf Division in 1999 and 2018 (accessions 1999/107 and 2018/012).
Processing Information
Processing by Tom Norris, 2019, and Kim Hayden, 2023.
Biographical / Historical
Sacramento is home to four municipal golf courses, which have been managed over the years by the city's Parks and Recreation
Department, golf councils, and a private company.
Sacramento's first municipal golf course, the 9-hole Arcade Golf Course just east of today's Haggin Oaks, opened in 1915 and
closed in 1933. The 9-hole William Land Golf Course opened in William Land Park in 1924. The 18-hole Sacramento Municipal
Golf Course, designed by Alistair MacKenzie, opened in Del Paso Park in 1932. Its name was changed to Haggin Oaks Municipal
Golf Course in 1952. Today it is known as the Haggin Oaks Golf Complex and consists of two courses, Arcade Creek and Alistair
MacKenzie. In 1952, the 18-hole Bing Maloney Golf Course, designed by Michael McDonaugh, opened on Freeport Boulevard at Florin
Road; a second 9-hole course was added in 1988. The 18-hole Bartley Cavanaugh Golf Course opened in 1995 on Freeport Boulevard
adjacent to the Freeport Bridge.
The Sacramento Municipal Golf Association, formed in 1916, was the first group to work with the City of Sacramento's Parks
and Recreation Department to oversee public courses in Sacramento. Its name was changed to the Sacramento Municipal Golf Commission
in 1945, then the Sacramento Golf Council in 1956. This group consisted of representatives from each municipal golf course.
Its purpose was to schedule tournaments in conjunction with the city's Parks and Recreation Department, coordinate events
between the different golf clubs, and promote junior golf and other municipal golf activities in Sacramento.
The Golf Division of the City of Sacramento's Parks and Recreation Department managed the courses, course maintenance, golf
programs, and contracts with outside vendors until 2012. After years of budget problems that began in the 1990s, when newly
built private courses began to lure golfers away from the municipal courses, the Golf Division ended up millions of dollars
in debt, which began an ongoing discussion of privatizing the city's courses. In 2012, the city's Golf Administration ceded
all operations of Bartley Cavanaugh, Bing Maloney, and Haggin Oaks courses to Morton Golf Management, and Land Park in 2018.
Scope and Contents
The collection documents the municipal golf courses of Sacramento and the activity of the City of Sacramento Parks and Recreation
Department's Golf Division. Material dates from circa 1912 to 2005. The collection contains administrative and financial records
from both the Golf Division and the Sacramento Golf Council; tournament records; operations and usage records; records related
to the individual golf courses, golf clubs, and trapshooting clubs; plans, drawings, and maps of the golf courses; and photographs.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into 6 series:
- Series 1. Administrative material, ca. 1945-2005
- Series 2. Golf course records, ca. 1912-2001
- Series 3. Tournament and program records, 1983-2000
- Series 4. Golf and trapshooting clubs records, 1990-2005
- Series 5. Plans, drawings, and maps, 1939-1994
- Series 6. Photographs, ca. 1960-2000
Series 1. Administrative material
ca. 1945-2005
box 1, folder 2
Archeological Surveys of Sacramento Regional Water Treatment Plant Buffer Zones
1982
box 1, folder 16
Christian Brothers' Brother Virgil golf scholarship
1978
box 1, folder 5
Golf Operations Manual
1996
box 1, folder 7
Hack House Point of Interest Nomination
1994
box 2, folder 27
History of Men's Golf in the Sacramento Area (1902-1976), by Milton F. Fenner
1978
box 1, folder 9
Ann Weaver correspondence
1998
box 1, folder 11
Logo Development Correspondence
1998; 2005
box 1, folder 4
Mega Membership
ca. 1980-1999
box 1, folder 13
Sacramento Golf Council tournament financial reports
1997-1998
box 1, folder 14
Sacramento Golf Council treasurer reports
1997-1998
box 2, folder 29
Sacramento golf histories
ca. 1945-2005
box 1, folder 17
Tom LoPresti commemorative booklet
1977
box 1, folder 15
Waste Water Treatment Plant Buffer Land Historical Property Survey and Evaluation
1982
Series 2. Golf course records
ca. 1912-2001
box 1, folder 1
Analysis and summary of rounds played at Sacramento golf courses
1980-1986; 1989-1990
box 2, folder 38
Arcade Creek scorecard
undated
box 2, folder 39
Bartley W. Cavanaugh groundbreaking and opening records
1993-1995
box 2, folder 20
Bing Maloney
1952; ca. 1990
box 2, folder 21
Bing Maloney dedication
1998
box 2, folder 23
Haggin Oaks
ca. 1982-1992
box 2, folder 24
Haggin Oaks - Alister McKenzie Golf Course
1997-2001
box 1, folder 2
Sacramento Municipal Golf Course report of examination
1937
Series 3. Tournament and program records
1983-2000
box 13, folder 8
38th Amateur Public Links Golf Championship program (Haggin Oaks)
1963
box 1, folder 8
Joe Serna Jr. Memorial Golf Tournament
2000
box 1, folder 10
Little Linkers Golf Program
1983
box 2, folder 30-31
U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship, binder 1
1992
box 2, folder 32-36
U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship, binder 2
1992
box 3, folder 37
U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship, city resolution records
1992
Series 4. Golf and trapshooting clubs records
1990-2005
box 2, folder 1
Bartley Cavanaugh Golf Club
1997
box 2, folder 2
Bing Maloney Golf Club
1998
box 2, folder 3
Bing Maloney Women's Golf Club
1994
box 2, folder 4
Executive Ladies Golf Club
1996-1998
box 2, folder 5
Haggin Oaks Niners Golf Club
1997
box 2, folder 6
Haggin Oaks Business Women's Golf Club
1998
box 2, folder 7
Haggin Oaks Women's Golf Club
1997
box 2, folder 8
Land Park Weekenders Golf Club
1990-1998
box 2, folder 9
Sacramento Golf Club
1995
box 2, folder 13-17
Sacramento Trapshooting Club correspondence
undated; 2005
box 2, folder 18
Sacramento Trapshooting Club history, brochure, and programs
1998-1999
box 2, folder 19
Sacramento Trapshooting Club member list
2001
box 2, folder 10
South Sacramento Women's Golf Club
1994-1999
box 2, folder 11
William Land Park Men's Golf Club
1996
box 2, folder 12
William Land Women's Golf Club
1997
Series 5. Plans, drawings, and maps
1939-1994
box 13, folder 9
Autocad topographic survey of proposed Haggin Oaks hotel (floppy disc)
undated
General
Folder also contains an unlabeled floppy disc.
box 4
Bartley Cavanaugh clubhouse plans
1994
box 13, folder 10
Bartley Cavanaugh clubhouse rendering
ca. 1994
box 3
Bartley Cavanaugh topographical survey
1986
box 6
Bing Maloney clubhouse plans (Devine)
1951
box 5
Bing Maloney golf master plan (hand colored)
1985
box 13, folder 7
Golf course layouts
ca. 1946-2000
box 8
Haggin Oaks clubhouse addition plans
undated
box 9
Hansen Regional Park golf master plan (hand colored)
1985
box 10
William Land golf general plan
1968
box 11
William Land golf general plan
1939
Series 6. Photographs
ca. 1960-2000
box 12, folder 33-34
Alister MacKenzie course renovation project
1999-2000
box 3
Bartley Cavanaugh aerial photograph
1986
box 14, folder 1
Bartley Cavanaugh aerial photographs
1998
box 12, folder 1
Bartley Cavanaugh course
undated
box 12, folder 3
Bartley Cavanaugh course and Hack House
undated
box 12, folder 2
Bartley Cavanaugh club house and grounds
1992
box 12, folder 4
Bartley Cavanaugh land and Hack House pre-construction
1989-07
box 12, folder 5-15
Bartley Cavanaugh opening event
1995
Mapcase MC 19:5, box 5
Bing Maloney aerial photographs
undated
box 14, folder 2
Bing Maloney aerial photographs
1987; 1998
box 12, folder 16
Bing Maloney course and staff
undated
box 12, folder 18
Bing Maloney course
ca. 1980-1990
box 12, folder 20
Bing Maloney course construction and landscape
1983-1988
box 12, folder 17
Bing Maloney event
undated
box 12, folder 21
Bing Maloney flooding
ca. 1980
box 12, folder 22
Bing Maloney flooding
1997-01
Mapcase MC 19:5
Capital City Golf greenskeepers and managers photo collage
undated
box 14, folder 5
Del Paso Softball Complex aerial photographs
1986
box 12, folder 23
Employee seminar and golfing at Ryde Hotel
2001
box 12, folder 24
Golf courses in other cities
ca. 1989
box 12, folder 25
Golf Division staff and Hack House
undated
box 14, folder 3
Haggin Oaks aerial photographs
1988; 2002
box 12, folder 28
Haggin Oaks Dedication Day
1997-05-27
box 12, folder 29
Haggin Oaks grounds work, construction, pro shop, and snack bar
undated
box 12, folder 30
Haggin Oaks negatives
undated
box 12, folder 31
Haggin Oaks storm damage
1995-01-11
box 12, folder 35
Photographs for an unidentified publication
undated
box 2, folder 28
Sacramento Golf Council portraits and nameplates
2007-2008
box 12, folder 36
Slides and negatives of various courses, events, and people
ca. 1980-2000
box 14, folder 4
Unidentfied course aerial photographs
ca. 1988
box 13, folder 5
Unidentified course flooding
undated
box 13, folder 4
Unidentified courses
undated
box 13, folder 6
Unidentified people
undated
box 12, folder 37
Walter Strand Rose Garden
1995-01
Mapcase MC 19:5
William Land - 75th anniversary commemorative photo display of Al Geigberger ("Mr. 59")
ca. 2000
box 13, folder 3
William Land and Haggin Oaks courses, Golf Division staff
undated
box 13, folder 1
William Land Golf Course
undated; 1979; 1989
box 13, folder 2
William Land Golf Course clubhouse
1995-01
box 2, folder 26
William Land Golf Course photographs by Chuck Wilfong
undated
