The Swinging Skirts LPGA Classic was a women's professional golf tournament in

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on the

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, held at

Lake Merced Golf Club Lake Merced Golf Club is an 18-hole private golf club on the West Coast of the United States, located in Daly City, California, an adjacent suburb south of San Francisco. Founded in 1922, the course opened the following year. Originally designe ...

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, an adjacent suburb south of

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. It debuted in April

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, but ran for just three years, the LPGA Mediheal Championship succeeded it in

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, also played at Lake Merced.

Course history

Originally designed by Willie Locke, Lake Merced Golf Club opened in July 1923 and was re-designed in 1929 by

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, architect of the

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. Robert Muir Graves re-routed the course in the 1960s to accommodate Interstate 280, and the most recent revision was completed by Rees Jones in 1996. Southeast of Lake Merced, the course is in close proximity to San Francisco Golf Club,

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, and TPC Harding Park.

Winners

* Succeeded by LPGA Mediheal Championship in

, also at Lake Merced Golf Club.

Tournament records

References

External links

Coverage on LPGA Tour official siteLake Merced Golf Club
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