The 10th is a very short par 4 that moves a bit to the left. There are two fairway bunkers that will thwart all but the longest hitters going for the green. The hole will be mostly a breeze for the longest hitters, as there is nothing severe at the green, but the fairway bunkers may punish overzealous mid-length hitters. For those who lay up, there is a very generous fairway, so almost no layup will be punished.

The green itself is fairly straight forward. The ground falls away short-left and there is the mound at the bend in the green. Right-side pins can receive a run up shot easily, but left side pins will likely benefit from a higher shot.

We’ve tried to look at… what’s missing, which holes are gone, and do those holes make sense from a template standpoint to fit into the holes that were [lost]. Like, we’ve got our new tenth, which was the 15th was a long par three, it’s going to be a drivable four, So, alright, what holes did we know that MacKenzie build that are short par fours, and what can we possibly utilize from that to at least gain inspiration for it.

—Gil Hanse from Restoring MacKenzie at Lake Merced, by Fried Egg Golf