Lake Merced Golf Club
Hole
18

Holes

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Location:
2300 Junipero Serra Blvd,
Daly City,
CA,
94015,
US
(GPS):
Holes:
18
Established:
1923
Website:
Designers:
Access:
Private
Owner & Operator:
Lake Merced Golf Club
Courses Nearby:
San Francisco Golf Club
Olympic Club: Ocean Course
Ingleside Golf Links
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Since 1923, generations of members have walked our verdant fairways, proud to be a part of this course’s rich history.

Our golf course is defined by its natural beauty. Enhanced by dramatic elevation changes and carved into tree-lined, manicured fairways, the course is nationally recognized as a tough but fair test of golf. The course, like our club itself, has undergone many changes in its lifetime. In July of 1923, the original course designed by Willie Lock opened for play on what were once coastal sand dunes to the west of San Francisco. In 1929, Dr. Alister MacKenzie, architect of Augusta National, was retained to improve the bunkers and areas around the greens. Dr. MacKenzie’s work improved upon what was already considered one of Northern California’s greatest golf course designs.

By the 1960s, the course had evolved into a tree-lined parkland. When the construction of Interstate 280 encroached upon the course, renowned architect Robert Muir Graves re-routed the course beautifully, resulting in the foundation of the current layout. We have proudly hosted numerous championships, including many NCGA Championships and U.S. Open sectional qualifiers. Lake Merced Golf Club also has the distinction of being the site of Tiger Woods’ USGA championship debut, when he competed in the 1990 U.S. Junior Amateur.

In 1996, the latest architectural revision of our golf course was completed when Rees Jones was brought in to update the course while the club updated the course’s drainage. Rees Jones is the acclaimed “U.S. Open Doctor,” a moniker he earned by preparing championship golf courses for U.S. Open competition. An honorary member and devoted custodian of the course, Mr. Jones returned to Lake Merced in 2014 to add a new set of forward tees and enhance the playability of the course for membership.

Today, Lake Merced Golf Club stretches out to a Par 72 that covers 6,960 yards, featuring six sets of tees for members and guests of all abilities to enjoy. The course was added to the California State Amateur Championship rotation and hosted the 2009 NCAA West Regional Championship, 2012 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship, the 2014, 2015 and 2016 Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic, and the LPGA Mediheal Championship from 2018-2020.

Via Lake Merced GC

Hole
Plates
I
II
III
Men's HCP
 
 
 
 
Par
 
 
IV
Women's HCP
Out
Int
In
Total
388
377
135
380
485
423
207
628
508
3531
 
317
328
476
149
538
421
162
454
539
3384
6915
388
368
135
380
369
410
201
604
508
3363
 
281
319
469
149
518
416
162
372
527
3213
6567
371
332
125
366
351
382
189
583
468
3167
 
255
293
456
125
492
384
132
365
503
3005
6172
357
315
114
346
345
348
166
508
459
2958
 
241
285
310
117
450
352
113
356
495
2719
5677
7
11
17
13
5
3
15
1
9
 
 
14
12
2
18
10
6
16
4
8
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4
4
3
4
4
4
3
5
5
36
 
4
4
4
3
5
4
3
4
5
36
72
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
340
239
86
203
313
307
134
458
381
2461
 
208
244
310
99
405
297
92
320
416
2391
4852
7
9
17
13
3
5
15
1
11
 
 
16
12
2
14
18
10
18
6
4