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{{Short description|Athletic club and golf club in San Francisco}}
{{for|the 19th century New Orleans sports venue|Olympic Club (New Orleans)}}
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|location = [[San Francisco]] & [[San Mateo County, California]], U.S.
|establishment    = {{start date and age|1860}}
|type             = Private
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|holes            =  45
|tournaments = [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]: [[1955 U.S. Open (golf)|1955]], [[1966 U.S. Open (golf)|1966]], [[1987 U.S. Open (golf)|1987]], [[1998 U.S. Open (golf)|1998]], [[2012 U.S. Open (golf)|2012]]<br>[[U.S. Women's Open]]: 2021<br>{{nowrap|[[Tour Championship]]: 1993, 1994}}<br>[[U.S. Amateur]]: 1958, 1981, 2007, 2025 <br>[[U.S. Junior Amateur]]: 2004<br>[[U.S. Amateur Four-Ball]]: 2015
|website   = [http://www.olyclub.com olyclub.com]
|course1   = Lake Course
|designer1 = Sam Whiting <br>Willie Watson 
<br> [[Gil Hanse]] & [[Jim Wagner]] (2025 renovation)
|par1      = 71 (70 for 2012 U.S. Open)
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|rating1   = 76.5
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|designer2 = [[Tom Weiskopf]]
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'''The Olympic Club''' is an [[sports club|athletic club]] and private social club in [[San Francisco|San Francisco, California]].

First named the "San Francisco Olympic Club",<ref name="Janssen">{{cite book |last=Janssen |first=Frederick William |title=A history of American amateur athletics and aquatics: with the records |publisher=Outing Company |year=1888 |edition=Digitized March 9, 2010 |pages=131–2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7a5MAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA131 }}</ref> it is the oldest [[sports club|athletic club]] in the United States. Established on May 6, 1860, its first officers were President, G.W. Bell, Secretary, E. Bonnell, Treasurer, H.G. Hanks, and Leader, [[Hugo Wilhelm Arthur Nahl|Arthur Nahl]].<ref name="Janssen" />

Its main "City Clubhouse" is located in San Francisco's [[Union Square, San Francisco|Union Square]] district, and its three [[golf course]]s are in the southwestern corner of the city, at the border with [[Daly City, California|Daly City]].  The "Lakeside Clubhouse" is located just north of the Daly City border; the two clubhouses are separated by about {{convert|10|mi|km|0}}.

The three golf courses are named Lake, Ocean, and Cliffs. Lake and Ocean are 18-hole [[Par (score)|par]]-71 courses, and the Cliffs is a nine-hole par-3 course in the [[Cliff|bluffs]] overlooking the [[Pacific Ocean]]. All three venues are lined with many [[tree]]s and offer views of the [[Golden Gate Bridge]] and [[Golden Gate Park]]. The [[United States Golf Association]] recognizes the Olympic Club as one of the first 100 golf clubs established in the [[United States]].

In November 2017, it was announced that Olympic Club would host the 2033 Ryder Cup.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.bunkered.co.uk/golf-news/report-2032-ryder-cup-host-venue-decided |title=Report: 2032 Ryder Cup host venue decided |date=November 3, 2017 |magazine=bunkered |first=Martin |last=Inglis}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Nahl Bros. 1855, The Olympic Club.jpg|thumb|left|''The Olympic Club'', drawing by the Nahl Brothers, 1855]]
First named the "San Francisco Olympic Club",<ref name="Janssen"/> it is the oldest [[sports club|athletic club]] in the United States. Established on May 6, 1860, its first officers were President, G.W. Bell, Secretary, E. Bonnell, Treasurer, H.G. Hanks, and Leader, [[Hugo Wilhelm Arthur Nahl|Arthur Nahl]].<ref name="Janssen" />

[[James J. Corbett]], the [[List of heavyweight boxing champions|heavyweight boxing champion]] from 1892 to 1897, joined the club in 1884. He later went on to coach [[boxing]] at the club for many years. On January 2, 1893 the club opened its first permanent clubhouse on Post Street. That building did not survive the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake|San Francisco earthquake]].

===Women's Athletic Club===
[[File:San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, The building with the large arch is the entrance to the Olympic Club on Post Street... - NARA - 531014.tif|thumb|right|Ruins of the club, after the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake|San Francisco Earthquake of 1906]]]]
Women who could not join the men-only Olympic Club built their own modest athletic club a few doors down, named the Women's Athletic Club of San Francisco. Begun in 1912 and completed in 1917, it provided many of the same facilities as the Olympic Club.  In 1966, the Club changed its name to the Metropolitan Club of San Francisco. It may be found on Sutter St., in back of the Olympic Club's parking garage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metropolitanclubsf.org/viewCustomPage.aspx?id=7 |title=About Us |publisher=Metropolitanclubsf.org |access-date=January 29, 2013}}</ref>

===Discrimination lawsuit===
In 1987, San Francisco City Attorney Louise Renne filed suit against the Olympic Club for discrimination against women and (allegedly) against minorities.  Renne contended that the Club's lease of City-owned land upon which fell one hole of the Lake Course and two holes of the Ocean Course required them to conform to the City's anti-discrimination policies.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-09-04-mn-2328-story.html |title=Olympic Club Faces Suit |work=Los Angeles Times |date=September 4, 1988 |access-date=January 29, 2013}}</ref>  Rather than face a protracted legal case with an uncertain outcome, the board voted to accept women as members in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-11-mn-6498-story.html |title=Olympic Club to Open Its Doors |work=Los Angeles Times |date=May 10, 1987 |access-date=January 29, 2013}}</ref>

===Golf club===
In 1918, the club took over the Lakeside Golf Club, which had just opened in 1917 but was struggling financially.  Lakeside had one 18-hole golf course designed by [[Wilfrid Reid]], but following additional land purchases the club decided to replace it with two courses.  These were designed by Willie Watson, a well-known Scottish architect, and the Lake and Ocean courses opened in 1924.  The Ocean course was shortly thereafter damaged by landslides, and Sam Whiting (who had constructed the two courses, and would remain as superintendent until 1954) remodeled and rebuilt both courses in 1927.  In 1953, the Lake course was modified by [[Robert Trent Jones]] in preparation for the 1955 U.S. Open.  The Ocean course was altered several times over the years, and following heavy storm damage in 1996 was completely redesigned by [[Tom Weiskopf]] and reopened in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|title= History of Olympic Club Golf|url= http://www.olyclub.com/html_members/golf/history.html|access-date= March 29, 2007|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20041113194214/http://www.olyclub.com/html_members/golf/history.html|archive-date= November 13, 2004|url-status= dead}}</ref>

The Cliffs Course opened in 1994 with [[Jay Morrish]] and [[Tom Weiskopf]] as the course architects.

The Olympic Club hosted the 2004 [[U.S. Junior Amateur]] (won by Sihwan Kim) and the [[U.S. Amateur]] in 1958 (won by [[Charles Coe]]) and 1981 (won by [[Nathaniel Crosby]], son of [[Bing Crosby]]). The Lake and Ocean Courses were used for the 2007 U.S Amateur, won by [[Colt Knost]], who earned a 2 and 1 victory over [[Michael Thompson (golfer)|Michael Thompson]].

===Competition===
[[File:Olympic natatorium by DD Stone.jpg|thumb|right|170px|Olympic natatorium]]
In 1909, Olympian and club member [[Ralph Rose]] set a [[world record]] [[shot put]] throw of {{convert|51|ft}}.

In 1915, the club's [[amateur]] [[basketball]] team won the [[Amateur Athletic Union|Amateur Athletic Union (AAU)]] Basketball Championship. In 1934, club member [[Fred Apostoli]] won the National Amateur Middleweight boxing title. In 1937, the Olympic Club [[track and field]] team won the Track and Field National Championships. In 1941, club member [[Hank Luisetti]] helped lead the Olympic Club basketball team to win the AAU Basketball Championships again. In 1950, Olympic Club member [[Arthur Larsen]] won the [[U.S. Open (tennis)|U.S. Open]] of [[tennis]] in [[Forest Hills, New York]]. The Olympic Club [[water polo]] team won the 1959 Water Polo National Championship.

Cycling is one of the sports with the longest tradition at the Olympic Club. From 1893 to 1903, the Olympic Club Cycling Team was one of the club's premier teams. Although the sanctioned cycling team disbanded in 1903, many Olympians participated in cycling on an individual basis. The most illustrious of these was Ernest Ohrt. Ohrt capped his cycling career by being named coach of the United States Olympic Games cycling team in 1924.

Beginning in the mid-1990s, a revived Olympic Club cycling team supported several cyclists who went on to become professional road cyclists. Former Olympic Club cyclists who later turned professional include Skyler Bishop, Nick Kelez, [[James Hibbard]], [[Jackson Stewart (cyclist)|Jackson Stewart]], Mike Tillman and Zach Walker.

In addition to being a springboard for aspiring professional cyclists, the modern cycling team also boasts some of the finest masters-age cyclists in the nation, including Brian McGuire, Hal Johnson, Cynthia Mommsen and Lisa Hunt.

Club member [[Maureen O'Toole]] won a silver medal in water polo at the [[2000 Olympic Games]] in [[Sydney, Australia]].

At least five Olympic Club members have won the [[Dipsea Race]], which was founded by OC members: Oliver Millard in 1910 and 1913, Mason Hartwell in 1917, [[Norman Bright]] in 1970, Joe King in 1995 and 1996, and Shirley Matson in 1993.

In 1992, the Club set up the Winged "O" Foundation, which changed its name to The [[Olympic Club Foundation]] in 2002. Its purpose is to fund youth sports programs which primarily target less advantaged youth who live in the [[San Francisco Bay Area|Bay Area]].

===Winged-O football and rugby===
The Olympic Club fielded a [[American football|football]] team that played Bay Area colleges such as [[Stanford Cardinal football|Stanford]], [[California Golden Bears football|Cal]], [[St. Mary's Gaels football|St. Mary's]], and [[Santa Clara Broncos football|Santa Clara]].<ref>[http://www.usjunioram.org/2004/news/Glance_Olympic_Club.html Olympic Club at a glance], 2004</ref> The team was formed in 1890.<ref>{{cite journal | title=When Did they Start? | journal=Coffin Corner | publisher=Professional Football Researchers Association | volume=9 | year=1987 | pages=1–5 | url=http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/09-06-304.pdf | author=PFRA Research | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127043928/http://profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/09-06-304.pdf | archive-date=November 27, 2010 | df=mdy-all }}
</ref> That year, the Olympic Club was accused by a rival club of enticing athletes to jump to its ranks with offers of jobs. An investigation by the [[Amateur Athletic Union]] ruled that the Olympics' practice was not actually professionalism but only a "semi" form of it, thus inventing the term "[[semi-professional|semi-pro]]". Although the Amateur Athletic Union didn't like the idea very much, it decided that clubs could indeed offer employment without losing their [[Amateur|amateur status]] or compromising the athlete.<ref>{{cite journal| title=Five Hundred Reasons| journal=Coffin Corner| publisher=Professional Football Researchers Association| pages=1–6| url=http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Articles/Five_Hundred_Reasons.pdf| author=PFRA Research| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100929084951/http://profootballresearchers.org/Articles/Five_Hundred_Reasons.pdf| archive-date=September 29, 2010| df=mdy-all}}</ref> From 1891 through 1934, Olympic club had a 12-30-8 record against Stanford<ref>Stanford Football Media guide (PDF copy available at www.gostanford.com)</ref> and a 6-49-5 record against Cal.<ref>California Golden Bears Football Media guide (PDF copy available at www.gobears.com)</ref>

In 1926, [[Percy Locey]] played football at the Olympic Club. He was a member of the Olympic's "Winged-O" football eleven that handed the [[California Golden Bears football|University of California]]'s "Wonder Team" their first loss in five seasons.<ref name="eclips">{{cite web|url=http://alumni.oregonstate.edu/eclips/carry/feb22_2002.html|title=''Carry Me Back''|access-date=December 19, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070608060430/http://alumni.oregonstate.edu/eclips/carry/feb22_2002.html|archive-date=June 8, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 1928, Locey took over as the head football coach at the Olympic Club.<ref name="eclips"/>  In his first year with the Olympic Club, his team posted an undefeated season, with wins over future [[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-12]] schools [[Stanford Cardinal football|Stanford]] and [[1929 Rose Bowl]] bound California.  After the success of that season, Locey was promoted to head coach of all sports at the athletic club. He was named the coach of the West team in the annual [[East–West Shrine Game]] in 1929, though his team was defeated that year, 19-7.

Olympic Club members played a major part in the first All-Star football game. E. Jack Spaulding, the founder of the Shrine East-West football classic played, coached and was football commissioner of the Olympic Club. In 1925 the first game was played in San Francisco. Spaulding served as managing director of the first two games. An award in his name is presented each year at the game. O.E. "Babe" Hollingbery played for the club and was coach in 1925. He headed the selection process for the West team and served as the first Coach of the West team which defeated the East by a score of 6-0. He later had a long distinguished career as coach of the Washington State football team and coached in 18 Shrine games.<ref>Shrinegame.com. 2020. History | East-West Shrine Bowl. [online] Available at: <https://www.shrinegame.com/history1> [Accessed 2 November 2020].</ref><ref>Shrinegame.com. 2020. MVP Awards | East-West Shrine Bowl. [online] Available at: <https://www.shrinegame.com/mvp-awards> [Accessed 2 November 2020].</ref>

===Rugby===
{{main article|Olympic Club RFC}}

Olympic Club fields a rugby team that participates in the Pacific Rugby Premiership and formerly in USA D1 and in the [[Rugby Super League (United States)|Rugby Super League]].  The Pacific Rugby Premiership (PRP) is the highest level domestic [[Rugby union in the United States|rugby competition in the U.S.]] Several players from Olympic Club have played for the [[United States national rugby union team|U.S. national rugby team]].

In 1913, the Olympic Club's [[Rugby union in the United States|rugby union]] team played the touring the New Zealand [[All Blacks]], then as now the world top team in that sport. Olympic Club members later provided the core of the [[United States national rugby union team|U.S. national team]] that won gold medals in rugby at the [[1920 Summer Olympics|1920]] and [[1924 Summer Olympics]],{{citation needed|date=December 2013}} the last occasion the sport was part of the Olympic program.

==City Clubhouse==
[[File:Olympic Club, San Francisco.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|The Olympic Club's main entrance on Post Street]]
The Olympic Club's City Clubhouse is a masonry building on Post Street, two blocks west of [[Union Square, San Francisco|Union Square]] in San Francisco, next door to the [[Bohemian Club]] and on the same block as the [[Marines Memorial Club]]. A garage (shared by the Marines Memorial Club) and separate entrance are on Sutter Street, on the north side of the block. The current clubhouse was built in 1912, after the first one was destroyed in the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake]]. The clubhouse contains a pub, a dining room, meeting rooms, banquet rooms, guestrooms, a fitness center, a cardio solarium, handball and squash courts, circuit training facilities, two basketball courts, two swimming pools, and a rooftop deck.

==The courses==

===General course information===
Bent grass covers the greens. The fairways are a rye and poa annua grass combination. The roughs also have a bit of bluegrass mixed in.

Setup for the 2007 U.S. Amateur Championship:
*The Lake Course played at {{convert|6,948|yard}} and par 35-35=70. The Ocean Course, which was used for the first two days of stroke play only, played at {{convert|6,786|yard}} and par 35-35=70.
*The Lake Course was set for green speeds of approximately {{convert|11|ft|6|in|cm}} on the Stimpmeter. The primary rough was grown to {{convert|4|in|mm}}, with a strip of intermediate rough cut to {{convert|1.5|in|mm}} in height.
*The Lake Course carried a USGA Course Rating of 74.8 and a USGA Slope Rating of 143. The Ocean Course carried a USGA Course Rating of 74.0 and a USGA Slope Rating of 136.

===The Lake Course===
[[File:Olympic Club 18th hole lakeside.jpg|thumb|205px|18th hole at the Lake Course]]

The Lake Course has been recognized by ''[[Golf Magazine]]'' in its list of the Top 100 Courses in the U.S. It has also been recognized in ''[[Golf Week]]''{{'s}} category of "America's 100 Best Classical Courses." In ''[[Golf Digest]]'''s list of the U.S. 100 Greatest Courses for 2021-2022, the Lake Course was ranked 34. It is almost entirely within the borders of San Francisco.

The [[yard]]age of the Lake Course is {{convert|7,060|yard}} from the new championship tees, with a [[course rating]] of 75.7 and a [[slope rating]] of 143. From the next set of tees forward, the course measures {{convert|6,529|yard}}, and has a course rating of 72.3 and a slope rating of 132. From the next set of tees forward, the course measures {{convert|6,235|yard}}, and has a course rating of 70.9 and a slope rating of 129. From the front tees, the course measures {{convert|5,593|yard}}, and has a course rating of 68.6 and a slope rating of 122.

The Lake Course was lengthened to prepare for the 2007 U.S. Amateur and 2012 U.S. Open by architect Bill Love. Included in the improvements by Bill Love were new tees that have added significant length to the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 9th, 12th, 13th and 16th holes. In addition, drastic changes were made to the par-4 seventh and par-3 eighth holes as part of the greens replacement project. A new two-tiered green at the seventh replaces the old three-level green constructed in the 1970s. This green is located approximately {{convert|20|yard}} behind the old one. The most dramatic alterations were made at the par-3 8th. Previously just a short uphill pitch, a completely new hole has been built with a teeing area well back and to the right of the original, changing the angle of approach and pushing the length of the hole back to {{convert|200|yard}}. A new green has also been built at the par-3 15th. The controversial 18th green has also been changed further to reintroduce, in a more playable manner, the slope that was previously removed while at the same time creating more diversity in pin placements for the finishing hole. The new 7th and 8th holes opened for play in May 2009.

====Scorecard====
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{{silver18|name=2012&nbsp;U.S.&nbsp;Open|75.7 / 143|520|428|247|438|498|489|288|200|449|3557|424|430|451|199|419|154|670|522|344|3613|7170}}
{{par18|4|4|3|4|4|4|4|3|4| 34 |4|4|4|3|4|3|5|5|4| 36 | 70}}
{{black18|75.0 / 142|533|418|229|430|457|439|294|181|439|3420|422|430|415|195|417|157|609|522|347|3514|6934}}
{{blue18|73.2 / 134|515|380|212|417|434|426|284|169|424|3261|395|414|399|180|402|142|579|491|334|3336|6597}}
{{white18|71.7 / 130|500|367|198|396|420|415|263|154|382|3095|385|384|375|172|388|133|562|464|322|3185|6280}}
{{handicap18|name=Men's|13|5|11|3|1|7|17|15|9|10|4|8|16|6|18|2|14|12}}
{{par18|name=Men's|5|4|3|4|4|4|4|3|4| 35 |4|4|4|3|4|3|5|5|4| 36 | 71}}
{{par18|name=Women's|5|4|3|4|5|5|4|3|5| 38 |4|5|4|3|5|3|5|5|4| 38 |76}}
{{handicap18|name=Women's|11|9|7|5|13|1|15|17|3|10|2|8|16|4|18|6|14|12}}
{{green18|68.6 / 123|455|286|185|296|328|380|241|115|350|2636|371|369|359|156|366|122|457|443|310|2953|5589}}
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===The Ocean Course===
The Ocean Course has seen many changes over its history including a recent complete redesign and reconstruction in 2012 by architects Bill Love and Brian Kington. The Ocean Course's storied past includes winter El Niño storms in 1983, and 1997 that caused significant damage and required major changes to the course and layout.  During the mid-1990s, the club built 4 holes west of Skyline Blvd. along the bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean.  Holes of par 4, par 3, par 5, and par 4 had dramatic views, but these holes were severely eroded and fell victim to the 1997 storm.  Prior to the recent 2012 renovation project the course had been rebuilt in 1999.

The regular yardage for the Ocean Course is {{convert|6,926|yard}} from the Black Championship tees with a course rating of 73.6 and a slope rating of 136. From the Blue tees, the course measures {{convert|6,496|yard}} and has a course rating of 71.1 and a slope rating of 129. From White tees, the course measures {{convert|5,896|yard}} with a course rating of 68.8 and a slope rating of 121. From the Green tees, the course measures {{convert|5,386|yard}} with a course rating of 66.5 and a slope rating of 115.

In preparation for the 2007 U.S. Amateur, the 14th hole was changed, to allow the 15th hole and driving range to be lengthened.  The Ocean Course recently hosted the U.S.G.A. Amateur Four-ball Championships in May 2015.

====Scorecard====
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{{black18|73.6 / 136|555|196|420|565|172|337|446|423|391|3505|184|546|395|365|396|475|438|207|414|3420|6925}}
{{blue18|71.1 / 129|535|176|382|544|161|306|431|396|377|3308|167|504|376|354|380|422|406|187|392|3188|6496}}
{{white18|68.8 / 121|498|151|361|479|159|299|386|370|354|3057|144|454|353|318|333|389|352|170|328|2841|5898}}
{{handicap18|name=Men's|7|15|5|9|17|13|1|3|11|14|4|6|16|8|2|10|18|12}}
{{par18|name=Men's|5|3|4|5|3|4|4|4|4| 36 |3|5|4|4|4|4|4|3|4| 35| 71}}
{{par18|name=Women's|5|3|4|5|3|4|4|4|4| 36 |3|5|4|4|4|4|4|3|4| 35|71}}
{{handicap18|name=Women's|3|17|5|11|15|13|7|1|9|18|4|6|16|10|2|8|14|12}}
{{green18|66.5 / 113|479|134|326|437|142|275|359|359|339|2850|120|433|313|292|249|355|343|113|318|2536|5386}}
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===The Cliffs Course===
The 9-hole, par 3 Cliffs Course is the windiest because it is set on the bluffs above the Pacific Ocean. Though it is short, it is very challenging. Designed by Jay Morrish and Tom Weiskopf, it is the most scenic of all three courses. It measures {{convert|1,800|yard}}.

==Major tournaments held at the Olympic Club==
===U.S. Open===
The Olympic Club has hosted five [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Opens]] (1955, 1966, 1987, 1998, 2012); the 54-hole leader failed to win all five times.

[[Jack Fleck]] won in [[1955 U.S. Open (golf)|1955]], defeating [[Ben Hogan]] in an 18-hole [[playoff]] after the two were tied at the end of 72 holes on 287. [[Billy Casper]] defeated [[Arnold Palmer]] in another playoff to win in [[1966 U.S. Open (golf)|1966]] and [[Scott Simpson (golfer)|Scott Simpson]] won in [[1987 U.S. Open (golf)|1987]] by one shot over [[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]].

[[Lee Janzen]] won in [[1998 U.S. Open (golf)|1998]] with an even-par score of 280.  Players complained about the questionable [[Glossary_of_golf#P|pin]] position at the 18th hole in the second round; it&nbsp;was set at the top of a ridge, and many balls rolled on far beyond the cup. [[Kirk&nbsp;Triplett]] incurred a two-stroke penalty when he used his [[putter]] to stop the ball from rolling. [[Payne Stewart]], the runner-up to Janzen, complained as he three-putted the hole.  The green was flattened around 2000 as a result, but was given more slope in the recent renovation to the course.

The [[2012 U.S. Open (golf)|2012 U.S. Open]] was won by [[Webb Simpson]] when he made four birdies over the last thirteen holes.  This U.S. Open was part of three sports championships involving San Francisco that year, along with the [[2012 San Francisco Giants season|Giants]]' [[2012 World Series|World Series]] victory and the [[2012 San Francisco 49ers season|49ers]]' sixth [[Super Bowl XLVII|Super Bowl appearance]].

{| class="wikitable"
!Year!!Winner!!Score!!Margin of<br>victory!!Runner(s)-up
|-
|[[2012 U.S. Open (golf)|2012]] || {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Webb Simpson]]
|281 (+1) 
|1 stroke
|{{Flagicon|Northern Ireland}} [[Graeme McDowell]]<br/>{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Michael Thompson (golfer)|Michael Thompson]]
|-
|[[1998 U.S. Open (golf)|1998]] || {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Lee Janzen]] 
|280 (E) 
|1 stroke
|{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Payne Stewart]]
|-
|[[1987 U.S. Open (golf)|1987]] || {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Scott Simpson (golfer)|Scott Simpson]]
|277 (−3) 
|1 stroke
|{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]]
|-
|[[1966 U.S. Open (golf)|1966]] || {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Billy Casper]]
|278 (−2) 
|Playoff
|{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Arnold Palmer]]
|-
|[[1955 U.S. Open (golf)|1955]] || {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Jack Fleck]]
|287 (+7) 
|Playoff
|{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Ben Hogan]]
|}

===U.S. Women's Open===
The Olympic Club has hosted one [[U.S. Women's Open]], in 2021.

{| class="wikitable"
!Year!!Winner!!Score!!Margin of<br>victory!!Runner-up
|-
|[[2021 U.S. Women's Open|2021]] || {{Flagicon|Philippines}} [[Yuka Saso]] 
|align=center|280 (−4)
|Playoff
|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Nasa Hataoka]]
|}

===Ryder Cup===
In November 2017, it was announced by the [[PGA of America]] that The Olympic Club's Lake Course will be the host of the 2028 [[PGA Championship]] also the 2033 [[Ryder Cup]]. It will be the first Ryder Cup held on the west coast since the [[1959 Ryder Cup|1959]] contest in [[Indian Wells, California]] and the first for SF Bay Area.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rydercup.com/news-media/usa/pga-america-host-2028-pga-championship-2032-ryder-cup-olympic-club |title=PGA of America to host 2028 PGA Championship, 2032 Ryder Cup at The Olympic Club |publisher=Ryder Cup |date=November 8, 2017}}</ref>
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!Year!!Winner
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|align=center|2032|| || 
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===The Tour Championship===
The Olympic Club has hosted the [[PGA Tour]]'s season-ending event, [[The Tour Championship]], twice, in 1993 and 1994.

{| class="wikitable"
!Year!!Winner!!Score!!Margin of<br>victory!!Runner(s)-up
|-
|[[1994 PGA Tour|1994]] || {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Mark McCumber]] || 274 (−10) 
|Playoff
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Fuzzy Zoeller]]
|-
|[[1993 PGA Tour|1993]] || {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Jim Gallagher Jr.]] || 277 (−7) 
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} [[David Frost (golfer)|David Frost]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[John Huston]]<br>{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Greg Norman]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Scott Simpson (golfer)|Scott Simpson]]
|}

===U.S. Amateur===
The Olympic Club has hosted three [[U.S. Amateur]]s, in 1958, 1981, and 2007 and will host the U.S. Amateur for the fourth time in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=USGA announces future U.S. Amateur sites, including return to Oakmont, Merion and Olympic Club |url=https://golf.com/news/usga-announces-six-future-us-amateur-sites-beginning-2021/ |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=Golf.com}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
!Year!!Winner!!Result!!Runner-up
|-
|2007 || {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Colt Knost]] 
|align=center|2 & 1
|{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Michael Thompson (golfer)|Michael Thompson]]
|-
|1981 || {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Nathaniel Crosby]]
| align="center" |37 holes
|{{Flagicon|USA}} Brian Lindley
|-
|1958 || {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Charles Coe]]
| align="center" | 5 & 4
|{{Flagicon|USA}} [[Tommy Aaron]]
|}

===U.S. Women's Amateur===
The USGA announced that The Olympic Club will host the 2030 [[U.S. Women's Amateur]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pine |first1=Julia |title=The Olympic Club to Host 2030 U.S. Women's Amateur |url=https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/articles/2022/09/the-olympic-club-to-host-2030-u-s--women-s-amateur.html |publisher=United States Golf Association |access-date=5 September 2022}}</ref>

===U.S. Junior Amateur===
The Olympic Club has hosted one [[U.S. Junior Amateur]], in 2004.

{| class="wikitable"
!Year!!Winner!!Result!!Runner-up
|-
|2004 || {{Flagicon|South Korea}} [[Sihwan Kim]] 
|align=center| 1 up
|{{Flagicon|USA}} [[David Chung (golfer)|David Chung]]
|}

==See also==
* [[List of American gentlemen's clubs]]
* [[Olympic Club Foundation]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
*{{official website|http://www.olyclub.com/}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051214232923/http://www.golfcourse.com/search/coursedtl_ga.cfm?source=GA The Ocean Course] at golfcourse.com
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051214232923/http://www.golfcourse.com/search/coursedtl_ga.cfm?source=GA The Lake Course] at golfcourse.com
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051214232923/http://www.golfcourse.com/search/coursedtl_ga.cfm?source=GA The Cliffs Course] at golfcourse.com

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