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Lake Merced Golf Country Club is an 18-hole private course in Daly City, California.

Designed by Gil Hanse. It plays 6,915 yards from the PLATES tees, rated 74.3/142 (checked 2026-08-21).

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18
holes
72
par
6,915
yards (tips)
142
slope (plates)
The shape of the round · PLATES teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — PLATES TEES388377135380485423207628508317328476149538421162454539142433445464738595104114124133145154163174185PAROUT 3,531 YDSIN 3,384 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 18 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

designer
Gil Hanse reported
access
private
address
2300 Junipero Serra Blvd, Daly City, CA 94015, USA
phone
650-755-2233
elevation
194 ft derived
opened
1923

37.69600, -122.47205 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. 16 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one.

171 traced features across 7 layers for Lake Merced Golf Country Club, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery.

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171 traced features across 7 layers for Lake Merced Golf Country Club, drawn over NAIP 2022 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

18
Holes
12
Fairways
80
Bunkers
18
Greens
22
Tee pads
6,915yds
PLATES tees
628yds
Longest hole
135yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2022-05-18

Tees & ratings

Ratingsreported, not from the clubchecked 2026-08-21

All 13 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 13 rows, showing the start of the table.

PLATESM72691574.314235313384
IM72657672.613633633213
IIM72618870.813231673021
IIF72618876.213730122958
II-IIIM72593669.7131
II-IIIF72593675.1134
IIIM72567771.813429582719
IIIM72567368.212926752549
IIIF72567373.613126752549
III-IVM72524665.9122
III-IVF72524670.7126
IVM72486564.011524612391
IVF72485268.712224612391

Every figure as published; a blank cell is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

Scorecard

Scorecardreported, not from the clubchecked 2026-08-21

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 443444355444354345 72
PLATES 388377135380485423207628508317328476149538421162454539 6,915
I 388368135380369410201604508281319469149518416162372527 6,576
II 371 / 357332125366351382 / 348189 / 166583 / 508468 / 459255 / 241293456125492384 / 352148365 / 356503 / 495 6,188
III 357 / 340315114346 / 203345348 / 307166 / 134508 / 458459241285310117450352 / 297113356 / 320495 / 416 5,677 / 5,673
IV 340239862033133071344583812082443109940529792320416 4,852
Handicap 711171353151914122181061648

No per-hole yardages are published for II-III and III-IV, so they are not on the card above.

The II and III tee boxes publish different per-hole yardages under the same name. Every published figure is kept; slash-separated figures in those rows are contested alternatives. Any rotating-green figures are identified separately below.

The Studio

The Studio can't plan Lake Merced Golf Country Club hole by hole yet.

We hold its scorecard and 171 traced features, but not a model of every green, which a plan aims at.

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  • The approach, planned A Studio approach map on the aerial photo: a lob wedge aimed at the island green, its spread drawn as a dashed ring over the water, and the side it most often misses. Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • The green, from LiDAR A Studio green view on the aerial photo: arrows for the slope a LiDAR survey measured, the area a cup could be cut, and the safer side to miss. Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • Every shot, tee to green A Studio plan on the aerial photo of a desert par 4: the driver off the tee and a 7-iron into the green between the bunkers, each shot with its landing spread drawn as a dashed ring. Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

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Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

FigureThis courseIn CaliforniaNationwideAmong its peers
Longest6,915 yds=202nd of 889=2,523rd of 12,02512th of 74 in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area · =893rd of 2,954 private courses · =2,507th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 142=33rd of 750=617th of 8,7105th of 70 in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area · =282nd of 2,300 private courses · =606th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 74.3=94th of 685=1,092nd of 7,615=9th of 64 in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area · =477th of 2,143 private courses · =1,084th of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread2,063 yds between tees140th of 857=1,935th of 11,52310th of 74 in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area · =606th of 2,885 private courses · =1,896th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 1923=46th of 768=1,001st of 9,368=11th of 69 in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area · =558th of 2,418 private courses · =746th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level194 ft derived 597th of 917=9,156th of 12,43744th of 75 in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area · =2,099th of 3,026 private courses · =6,579th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

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What's on this page

In progress4 of 6 built

4 of 6 parts of this course page are built, and we're filling in the rest.

  • Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 9 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 13 sets of tees.
  • Course map, built.All 18 greens drawn, with the fairways, bunkers and water, over aerial imagery.
  • Per-hole distances, built.Every hole is traced, so carries and distances to the front, middle and back of each green are measured along the line you actually play.
  • Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
  • Course details, partly built.6 of 7 background details — we don't hold the grass on the greens.

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Sources

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