Metropolitan Golf Links

What Metropolitan Golf Links does

Metropolitan Golf Links is a for-profit, privately held golf course based in Oakland, California, founded in 2003. Its website (playmetro.com) presents the business as a venue that hosts tournaments and championship programs, indicating a consumer-facing golf operation serving local golfers, tournament participants, and event clientele in the East Bay market.

The company's core "product" is the physical golf course itself — a fixed-capacity, land-based recreational asset — supplemented by event programming around tournaments and championships. No proprietary technology, booking platform, membership software, or digital product layer is documented in the available source material. The technology field is empty, no proprietary features are listed, and the firm's own web content returned only a Cloudflare-style loader/verification placeholder with no substantive product detail.

The business model is consistent with a public-access or semi-public golf course: green fees and ancillary spend (cart fees, pro shop, food and beverage, lessons) supplemented by tournament and event revenue. However, no pricing models, customer counts, revenue figures, headcount, ownership structure, or management team are disclosed in the source data. There is no evidence of funding rounds, parent-company ownership, partnerships, awards, or regulatory actions. Operating status is confirmed as active, but the depth of available financial and operational information is insufficient for confident quantitative assessment.

Name

Metropolitan Golf Links

Website

https://playmetro.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Metropolitan Golf Links is a privately held golf course in Oakland, California, founded in 2003, that serves local golfers and tournament participants through green-fee play and hosted championship programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Golf Course & Country Club

NAICS

Golf Courses and Country Clubs (713910), Golf Courses and Country Clubs (71391)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997), Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Golf Courses & Golf Facilities (MPAKAEAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Golf Clubs & Tournament-Host Clubs (Professional/Elite Golf Clubs) (MPAKABAE)

Keywords

• Golf course
• Golf tournaments
• Championship programs
• Public golf
• Golf events

Headquarters

HQ city

Oakland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure

Core offering

Metropolitan Golf Links operates a golf course in Oakland, California that provides playing facilities for golfers and hosts tournaments and championship programs. The facility offers a venue for recreational and competitive golf activities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Golf Course Play

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Direct peers

• Baylands Golf Links: Baylands Golf Links in Palo Alto is a public links-style course designed by Forrest Richardson. Comparable to Metropolitan Golf Links as a Bay Area public-access course competing for the same corporate outing, tournament, and daily-fee segments.
• Poppy Hills Golf Course: Poppy Hills Golf Course is a public-access course in Pebble Beach redesigned by Robert Trent Jones Jr. Comparable to Metropolitan Golf Links as a Northern California public course competing for tournament and tourism-driven play.
• TPC Harding Park: TPC Harding Park is a public-access championship golf course in San Francisco that hosts major professional tournaments (e.g., PGA Tour events). It is directly comparable to Metropolitan Golf Links as a Bay Area municipal-style facility monetizing tournament play and corporate outings.
• Stanford Golf Course: Stanford Golf Course is a public 18-hole course on the Stanford University campus. Comparable to Metropolitan Golf Links as another Bay Area public golf venue with similar customer demographics and tournament/event programming.
• Presidio Golf Course: Presidio Golf Course is a historic public 18-hole course inside the San Francisco Presidio. Directly comparable to Metropolitan Golf Links as an urban Bay Area links-style facility serving both daily-fee play and tournament/event bookings.
• Olympic Club (Lake Course): The Olympic Club in San Francisco is a multi-course private club that has hosted multiple U.S. Opens and major championships. Comparable to Metropolitan Golf Links as a Bay Area venue generating revenue from tournaments, championships, and member play.
• Pacific Grove Municipal Golf Links: Pacific Grove Municipal Golf Links is a public 18-hole coastal course on the Monterey Peninsula. Comparable to Metropolitan Golf Links as a California municipal links course catering to both local play and tournament/event business.
• Ruby Hill Golf Club: Ruby Hill Golf Club is a Jack Nicklaus-designed private country club in Pleasanton. Comparable to Metropolitan Golf Links as an East Bay golf facility offering tournament hosting and championship programs within the same metro.
• Indian Hill Country Club: Indian Hill Country Club is a private member-owned club in Claremont, CA with an 18-hole course and active tournament calendar. Comparable to Metropolitan Golf Links as a California golf club that monetizes membership, tournaments, and championship-style events.
• Pasatiempo Golf Club: Pasatiempo Golf Club in Santa Cruz is a semi-private Alister MacKenzie-designed course with strong tournament pedigree. Comparable to Metropolitan Golf Links as a NorCal links-style venue mixing member play with tournament and public access.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/PlayMetroGolf
• Facebookfacebook.com/playmetro
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/metropolitan-golf-links

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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