San Francisco, CA
The Olympic Club
The Olympic Club began in 1860 with a group of gymnasts meeting in the Nahl family’s backyard. Its early identity belonged to athletics broadly, long before it acquired a golf property.1
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
- Courses
- 2 courses
- Club website
- Visit website
The Olympic Club history
The 1906 earthquake and fire destroyed its clubhouse, which was replaced in 1912. In 1918 the institution took over Lakeside Golf Club, adding a second setting to its San Francisco sporting life.1
Courses
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Championships
Results and dates 11 editions
U.S. Open
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Jack Fleck
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Billy Casper
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Scott Simpson
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Lee Janzen
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Webb Simpson
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U.S. Amateur
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Charles R. Coe
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Nathaniel Crosby
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Colt Knost
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Mason Howell
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U.S. Junior Amateur
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Sihwan Kim
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U.S. Women's Open
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Yuka Saso
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Sources and editorial notes10 references
Sources for this story
- Olympic Club | History The Olympic Club
Institutional history and course description.
Consulted 2026-09-21
Record sources9 references
- Club mark source
- The Olympic Club
- USGA: retrospective of the 2025 U.S. Amateur final Official USGA retrospective confirms Howell defeated Herrington 7 and 6; both August 17 final transcripts confirm identities and actual final date. Mason Howell d. Jackson Herrington, 7 and 6. Match margins and extra-hole lengths are not stroke totals. Start is evidenced by the dated first-round transcript; end by the dated post-final transcripts.
- USGA: August 11, 2025 Logan Reilly post-round interview August 11, 2025 Reilly post-round interview explicitly identifies his first-round 67 on Ocean Course. Club identity matched to The Olympic Club, San Francisco, CA. Explicit physical course resolved to held canonical Ocean under this parent. This is championship stroke play leading into match play, not a separate local or sectional qualifying event.
- USGA Women's Open Champions and Championship Results The official champions table records the 2021 winner and site. Recorded site text follows that table; no canonical Club or Course identity is inferred. Explicit date span: www.usga.org
- 2026 USGA Championships Media Guide - U.S. Open The official 2026 USGA Championship Record Book directly enumerates the completed 2012 Championship, champion, explicit date span, and site in Championship Results: 1895 to 2025. The recorded champion and site preserve the higher-resolution register text. The current official U.S. Open Champions table independently confirms the year, champion, and site.
- USGA championship host record Dated USGA host wording The Olympic Club (Lake Course), San Francisco, Calif. is explicitly reconciled to The Olympic Club in San Francisco, CA. The official host is Lake Course. The parent stores Lakeside and Ocean, and another Club row is named Olympic Club Lake Course. Reconcile identity before selecting a Course. Host and competition dates: www.usga.org
- USGA: 2024 U.S. Amateur Record Book Printed/PDF page 11, 2007 result row. Colt Knost d. Michael Thompson, 2 and 1. Match margins and extra-hole lengths are not stroke totals. Actual dates from the retrospective result table.
- USGA: U.S. Junior Amateur official final result Printed/PDF page 9, 2004 result row. Completed championship and final result. Sihwan Kim defeated David Chung, 1 up. Actual date range from the retrospective result table.