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    AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JULY 10, 1998

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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                   FORM 8-A
              FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
                  PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
                       SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                                      
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                             PRESIDIO GOLF TRUST
            (Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

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                   MARYLAND                             94-3301603
  (State of Incorporation or Organization)  (I.R.S. Employer Identification no.)
                      
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Building 106, Montgomery Street
Presidio Main Post, P.O. Box 29355
San Francisco, California
                                                             94129
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                 (Zip Code)
                                   
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     If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant
to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General
Instruction A.(c), check the following box.  [ X ]

     If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant
to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General
Instruction A.(d), check the following box.  [   ]

     Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form
relates: 333-52669
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       SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT:


          TITLE OF EACH CLASS                 NAME OF EACH EXCHANGE ON WHICH 
          TO BE SO REGISTERED                 EACH CLASS IS TO BE REGISTERED 
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      Common Shares of Beneficial                                            
       Interest, $.01 Par Value                   New York Stock Exchange    

       SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(g) OF THE ACT:

                                     None
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ITEM 1.   DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT'S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED.

     This registration statement (the "Registration Statement") relates to the
registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") of
the common shares, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Shares"), of Presidio
Golf Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the "Company").  The
description of the Common Shares to be registered hereunder is incorporated by
reference to the information set forth under the caption "Shares of Beneficial
Interest" of the Company's prospectus included as a part of the Company's
registration statement on Form S-11 (No. 333-52669) in the form in which it was
filed on May 14, 1998, as amended from time to time.


ITEM 2.   EXHIBITS.

     2.1  Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Company.

     2.2  Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company.

     2.3  Form of share certificate for common shares of beneficial interest of
          the Company.






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                                  SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

     Date: July 10, 1998.





                        PRESIDIO GOLF TRUST


                        By: /s/ George T. Haworth                               
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                           Name: George T. Haworth                              
                           Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial  
                                  Officer                                       







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                                EXHIBIT INDEX





EXHIBIT                             DESCRIPTION 
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  2.1      Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Company 
           [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Registration Statement
           No. 333-52669]

  2.2      Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company [Incorporated by 
           reference to Exhibit 3.2 of Registration Statement No. 333-52669]

  2.3      Form of Share Certificate for Common Shares of Beneficial Interest   
           of the Company [Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 of
           Registration Statement No. 333-52669]