Lake Merced Golf Club

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Lake Merced Golf Club
Club information
Lake Merced Golf Club is located in the United States
Lake Merced Golf Club
Coordinates37°41′46″N 122°28′23″W / 37.696°N 122.473°W / 37.696; -122.473Coordinates: 37°41′46″N 122°28′23″W / 37.696°N 122.473°W / 37.696; -122.473
Location2300 Junipero Serra Blvd.
Daly City, California, U.S.
Elevation200 feet (60 m)
Established1922; 100 years ago (1922)
TypePrivate
Total holes18
Tournaments hostedLPGA Mediheal Championship (2018)
Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic (2014–2016)
GreensBentgrass / Poa annua
FairwaysBentgrass / Poa annua [1]
Websitelmgc.org
Designed byWillie Lock (1922)
Alister MacKenzie (1929)
Rees Jones (1996)
Par72
Length6,925 yards (6,332 m)
Course rating73.6
Slope rating134 [2]

Lake Merced Golf Club is an 18-hole private golf club on the West Coast of the United States, located in Daly City, California, an adjacent suburb south of San Francisco.

Founded 100 years ago in 1922, the course opened the following year. Originally designed by Willie Lock, Alister MacKenzie improved the bunkers and areas around the greens in 1929, and Rees Jones handled the course update in 1996.[3] The course lost land on its eastern boundary to eminent domain in the 1960s for the construction of Interstate 280, and several holes were altered, redesigned by Robert Muir Graves.[3]

Lake Merced is a historically Jewish country club, started by Jews in San Francisco who were excluded from the city's other clubs. Today, the club's membership base is predominantly Jewish- and Asian-American.[4]

Tour events[]

Lake Merced was the site of the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic for three years (2014–2016) and is now the host of the LPGA Mediheal Championship, held in late April.[5] Lydia Ko won three of the first four events at the course (2014, 2015, 2018).[6]

The course is reportedly in line for a 2020 PGA Tour event that will be part of a Northern California swing to start the season.

Course[]

Back tees

Hole Name Yards Par Hole Name Yards Par
1 Foghorn 432 4 10 Golden Gate 392 4
2 Lakeview 422 4 11 Sea Breeze 417 4
3 Pine Cone 185 3 12 Plateau 197 3
4 Expedition 440 4 13 Tightrope 376 4
5 Landfall 399 4 14 Elbow 496 5
6 Cypress 503 5 15 Fortress 221 3
7 Mackenzie 455 4 16 Alcatraz 335 4
8 Cork Oak 205 3 17 Hawk's Nest 381 4
9 Highway        516 5 18 Riverbed 553 5
Out 3,557 36 In 3,368 36
Source:[7][8] Total 6,925 72
  • The nines are switched for the LPGA event.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic" (PDF). GCSAA. Tournament fact sheets. April 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  2. ^ "Course Rating and Slope Database™ - Lake Merced GC". USGA. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  3. ^ a b Links, Bo; Oppenheim, Al (November 2005). "Getting it right: a success story from Lake Merced Golf Club" (PDF). Green Section Record. USGA: 12–15.
  4. ^ "Login: Members-Only Access".
  5. ^ Kroichick, Ron (December 13, 2017). "It's official: LPGA will return to Lake Merced in April". SF Gate. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  6. ^ "Lydia Ko makes eagle in playoff for first win since July 2016". ESPN. Associated Press. April 29, 2018. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
  7. ^ "Scorecard". Lake Merced Golf Club. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
  8. ^ "Course tour". Lake Merced Golf Club. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  9. ^ "LPGA Mediheal Championship - Course information". LPGA. April 2018. Retrieved April 29, 2018.

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