Lake Merced Golf Club

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.

Lake Merced Golf Club

Club information
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Coordinates	37.696°N 122.473°W / 37.696; -122.473
Location	2300 Junipero Serra Blvd. Daly City, California, U.S.
Elevation	200 feet (60 m)
Established	1922 (1922)
Type	Private
Total holes	18
Tournaments hosted	LPGA Mediheal Championship (2018) Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic (2014–2016)
Greens	Bentgrass / Poa annua
Fairways	Bentgrass / Poa annua [1]
Website	lmgc.org
Designed by	Willie Lock (1922) Alister MacKenzie (1929) Rees Jones (1996)
Par	72
Length	6,925 yards (6,332 m)
Course rating	73.6
Slope rating	134 [2]

Founded 98 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.[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. 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. http://www.golfbusiness.com/article.aspx?id=3545&bq=6yfv%5Eg433$
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.

External links

• Official website
• Rees Jones Inc. – Lake Merced Golf Club
• Northern California Golf Association – Lake Merced Golf Club