Lake Merced Golf Club is an 18-hole private

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on the

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of the

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, located in

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, an adjacent suburb south of

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. Founded in 1922, the course opened the following year. Originally designed by Willie Lock,

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improved the bunkers and areas around the greens in 1929, and

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handled the course update in 1996. The course lost land on its eastern boundary to

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in the 1960s for the construction of Interstate 280, and several holes were altered, redesigned by

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. Lake Merced is a historically

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, started by

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in San Francisco who were excluded from the city's other clubs. Today, the club's membership base is predominantly Jewish- and Asian-American.

Tour events

Lake Merced was the site of the

Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic The Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic was a women's professional golf tournament in California on the LPGA Tour, held at Lake Merced Golf Club in Daly City, an adjacent suburb south of San Francisco. It debuted in April 2014, but ran for just three ...

for three years (

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–

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) and is now the host of the

LPGA Mediheal Championship The LPGA Mediheal Championship is a women's professional golf tournament in California on the LPGA Tour. A new event in 2018, it was held at Lake Merced Golf Club in Daly City, an adjacent suburb south of San Francisco. The course hosted the ...

, held in late April.

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won three of the first four events at the course (2014, 2015, 2018).

Course

Back tees * The nines are switched for the LPGA event.

References

External links

*{{official, https://www.lmgc.org
Rees Jones Inc.
– Lake Merced Golf Club
Northern California Golf Association
– Lake Merced Golf Club Golf clubs and courses in California Clubs and societies in California Sports venues completed in 1922 Sports venues in San Mateo County, California 1922 establishments in California