A Championship Legacy
Golf
Some of the greatest and most legendary players in the history of golf have played in some of the most prestigious championships in golf, including numerous U.S. Opens, and more Majors are on the way!
The 110th PGA Championship will be played from May 18-21, 2028. This will be the first time the PGA Championship will be held at The Olympic Club.
The 2030 U.S. Women’s Amateur will be held at The Olympic Club from August 5-11, 2030, our first time hosting this championship.
The Ryder Cup will be contested on the Lake Course in 2033. The dates have not yet been set. It will be the first time the OC has hosted the Ryder Cup.
LAkeside
The Courses
All members and their guests have an opportunity to play our three legendary golf courses, the Lake, Ocean, and Cliffs Courses.
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Lake Course
Designed by William Watson and constructed by Sam Whiting, the original Lake Course opened for play in May 1924. Due to storm damage, the course had to be redesigned and was reopened in 1927. The Lake Course remains true to the 1927 design with minimal renovations in the intervening years.
Most recently, in 2023, Gil Hanse and his team completed a historic renovation of the Lake Course and construction of the new Lombard Putting Course. The update features greens that are 35% larger, which connect more naturally to the surrounding bunkers and provide a new variety of pin placements for both day-to-day and championship play.
The fairways have been expanded by 25%, allowing for new fairway bunkers throughout the course, including the reintegration of historic bunkers on the 18th hole. The most exciting change is the complete re-routing of the seventh hole, to provide a green complex which sits closer to the eighth tee.
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Ocean Course
The Pacific Links, as the Ocean Course was originally known, also opened in May 1924. The 18-hole course featured 10 holes west of Skyline Blvd. However, winter storms led to the necessary redesigning of both courses and only two holes remained west of Skyline. The course reopened in 1927 with a length of 6,053 yards, or about 400 yards shorter than the Lake Course at the time.
The Ocean Course has been redesigned and rerouted several times since, including a total reconstruction under Tom Weiskopf in 2000. A further renovation took place in 2012, after the U.S. Open Championship, under the guidance of Bill Love and the Green Committee. In 2024, Jim Urbina was hired by the Club to update the Ocean and Cliffs Courses, a project that will begin in early 2026.
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Cliffs Course
Considered by many the jewel of the Club, the 9-hole par-3 Cliffs Course features sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean. Jay Morrish and Tom Weiskopf designed the course, which opened in 1994 and currently features the only Olympic Club holes west of Skyline Boulevard.
History
Championships at Lakeside
In 1955, the Club hosted its first U.S. Open Championship. In the final round, Jack Fleck, an unknown from Iowa, birdied two of the last four holes to force a playoff with Ben Hogan. Fleck won. Billy Casper overcame Arnold Palmer in 1966, Scott Simpson edged Tom Watson in 1987, Lee Janzen won over Payne Stewart in 1998 and Webb Simpson emerged from four shots back to take the title at 1-over-par 281 in 2012. The Club’s first U.S. Women’s Open Championship in 2021 saw Lexi Thompson surrender a five-stroke lead with nine to play to 20-year-old Yuka Saso, who defeated Nasa Hatoaka in a three-hole playoff.
The Club has hosted the U.S. Amateur Championship four times. Charlie Coe won in 1958, Nathaniel Crosby (son of Bing Crosby) won in 1981, and Colt Knost defeated Michael Thompson in 2007. Most recently, Mason Howell became just the fourth No. 63 seed to win a USGA championship and only the second to win the U.S. Amateur, when he won in 2025. We had the honor of hosting the 2004 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship, won by Sihwan Kim, and the inaugural 2015 U.S. Four-Ball Championship, won by Nathan Smith and Todd White.
history
Championships
- U.S. Open Championships: 1955, 1966, 1987, 1998, and 2012
- U.S. Women’s Open Championship: 2021
- U.S. Amateur Championships: 1958, 1981, 2007, and 2025
- U.S. Junior Amateur Championship: 2004
- Inaugural U.S. Four-Ball Championship: 2015
- PGA Tour Championships: 1993 and 1994
- The Americas Cup: 1958
- Pacific Coast Amateur Championship: 1971, 1975, 1980, 1984, 1989, 2000, and 2006
- California Amateur Championship: 2011 and 2017
- The San Francisco Open: 1946
- The San Francisco National Match Play Open: 1930, 1932, and 1939
- The San Francisco Women’s Open Match Play: 1942
- California Open: 1925
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