[6] In 1987, San Francisco City Attorney Louise Renne filed suit against the Olympic Club for discrimination against women and (allegedly) against minorities.

[7] Rather than face a protracted legal case with an uncertain outcome, the board voted to accept women as members in 1990.

These were designed by Willie Watson, a well-known Scottish architect, and the Lake and Ocean courses opened in 1924.

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.

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.

In 1909, Olympian and club member Ralph Rose set a world record shot put throw of 51 feet (16 m).

In 1934, club member Fred Apostoli won the National Amateur Middleweight boxing title.

In 1950, Olympic Club member Arthur Larsen won the U.S. Open of tennis in Forest Hills, New York.

Former Olympic Club cyclists who later turned professional include Skyler Bishop, Nick Kelez, James Hibbard, 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.

The Olympic Club fielded a football team that played Bay Area colleges such as Stanford, Cal, St. Mary's, and Santa Clara.

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-pro".

He was a member of the Olympic's "Winged-O" football eleven that handed the University of California's "Wonder Team" their first loss in five seasons.

[15] In his first year with the Olympic Club, his team posted an undefeated season, with wins over future Pac-12 schools 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.

Olympic Club members played a major part in the first All-Star football game.

A garage (shared by the Marines Memorial Club) and separate entrance are on Sutter Street, on the north side of the block.

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.

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 200 yards (180 m).

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 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 54-hole leader has failed to win every time the Open has been played at The Olympic Club.

Jack Fleck won in 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 a playoff to win in 1966 and in 1987 Scott Simpson won by one shot from Tom Watson.

The pin was set at the top of a ridge, and, many balls rolled on way past the cup.

Kirk Triplett incurred a two-stroke penalty when he used his putter to stop the ball from rolling.

This U.S. Open was part of three sports championships involving San Francisco that year, along with the Giants' World Series victory and the 49ers' sixth Super Bowl appearance.

It will be the first Ryder Cup held on the west coast since the 1959 contest in Indian Wells, California and the first for SF Bay Area.