Olympic Club
San Francisco, CA · Founded
Olympic Club is a private golf club in San Francisco, California, designed by Sam Whiting in 1860. The club has 36 holes, a par of 71. The average member handicap is 13.4 with 34% single-digit players.
Sam Whiting's Lake Course threads through towering cypress trees with fairways so narrow they seem carved from a forest cathedral. Founded in 1860, Olympic has humbled major championship fields with its demanding rough and blind approach shots.
Scorecard
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| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Tot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 71 |
| Champ | 533 | 436 | 255 | 421 | 502 | 492 | 316 | 209 | 455 | 3,619 | 426 | 442 | 457 | 195 | 428 | 155 | 620 | 523 | 349 | 3,595 | 7,214 |
| Black | 533 | 436 | 227 | 421 | 458 | 461 | 316 | 201 | 444 | 3,497 | 426 | 442 | 421 | 195 | 428 | 155 | 596 | 515 | 349 | 3,527 | 7,024 |
| Blue Combo | 533 | 388 | 227 | 396 | 434 | 442 | 316 | 201 | 424 | 3,361 | 426 | 420 | 406 | 195 | 412 | 155 | 576 | 523 | 349 | 3,462 | 6,823 |
| Blue | 518 | 388 | 211 | 396 | 434 | 442 | 307 | 177 | 424 | 3,297 | 391 | 420 | 406 | 175 | 412 | 139 | 576 | 476 | 334 | 3,329 | 6,626 |
| White Combo | 518 | 369 | 211 | 380 | 420 | 420 | 307 | 177 | 385 | 3,187 | 391 | 385 | 380 | 175 | 391 | 139 | 552 | 476 | 334 | 3,223 | 6,410 |
| White | 501 | 369 | 195 | 380 | 420 | 420 | 280 | 157 | 385 | 3,107 | 370 | 385 | 380 | 162 | 391 | 126 | 552 | 458 | 317 | 3,141 | 6,248 |
| Hdcp | 13 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 12 |
Membership Information
Member Profile
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About Olympic Club
The Lake Course embodies penal golf architecture where wayward shots disappear into impenetrable rough beneath the cypress canopy. Whiting's design philosophy emphasizes accuracy over distance, with green sites that punish even slightly offline approaches. What catches players off guard is how the intimate scale and tree-lined corridors create a claustrophobic intensity that builds throughout the round.
Key Facts
- Olympic Club is located in San Francisco, California.
- Club type: private.
- Course architect: Sam Whiting.
- Year founded: 1860.
- Number of holes: 36.
- Par: 71.
- Average member handicap: 13.4.
- Single-digit handicap players: 34%.
- GHIN-registered members: 241.
- Membership types: private.
- Alister Index score: 85/100.
