The Olympic Club is approximately 15 minutes from San Francisco International Airport and is one of the first 100 golf clubs established in the United States. The course had been built on the landward side of a barren strip of hillside, which separates the Pacific Ocean from the Lake Merced, the largest freshwater lake in the San Francisco area. Set on the seaward side of the hill is the Ocean course, which also belongs to the Olympic Club. Trees are a predominant feature of the Lake course but they were planted after the acquisition to add definition to the desolate sloping topography. Despite its name, there is not a single water hazard on the Lake course and there’s only a single fairway bunker on the entire course.
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The Olympic Club is approximately 15 minutes from San Francisco International Airport and is one of the first 100 golf clubs established in the United States. The course had been built on the landward side of a barren strip of hillside, which separates the Pacific Ocean from the Lake Merced, the largest freshwater lake in the San Francisco area. Set on the seaward side of the hill is the Ocean course, which also belongs to the Olympic Club. Trees are a predominant feature of the Lake course but they were planted after the acquisition to add definition to the desolate sloping topography. Despite its name, there is not a single water hazard on the Lake course and there’s only a single fairway bunker on the entire course.