Lake Merced Golf Club

The course at Lake Merced Golf Club has been through a lot of major architectural changes from the time Willie Lock first constructed it in 1923. Alister MacKenzie worked on the course in 1929. Robert Muir Graves re-routed the course in the 1960s, and Rees Jones rebuilt greens and bunkers in the year 1996.

The holes that stand out are the 3rd hole, which is 183 yards ("Pine Cone"), with a green that is multi-tiered and the 9th, 545 yards ("Highway") which runs parallel to Interstate 280; the 335-yard 16th ("Alcatraz") which is where the green, which is severely sunk, is protected by four bunkers The 18th, 547 yards ("Riverbed") the 18th ("Riverbed"), which is gently curved to the green at home.

Lake Merced has hosted two USGA championships, that of the year 1990 U.S. Junior Amateur and the 2012 U.S. Girls' Junior. The tournament has also hosted two tournaments on the women's pro tour in recent times such as the Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic (from 2014 until the year 2016) as well as The LPGA Mediheal Championship (2018 and 2019).

The course was opened in 2022, following a massive overhaul completed through Gil Hanse. All 18 greens were reconstructed and bunkers were reconstructed together with the addition of a putting course in the Himalayas style as well as a new practice area. Two holes that were not previously played which are 10, a par 4, hole and the par three 16th were also introduced as part of the course restructuring.