sentences:  The low point came in 1998, when Harding was used as a parking lot during the U.S. Open at the nearby Lake Course of the Olympic Club.Finally, a turning point for the course came when Nick Ward, a prominent San Francisco attorney, champion golfer, and former United States Golf Association president, led the crusade to restore Harding Park to its former glory.He eventually got approval from former mayor Willie Brown to allow Arnold Palmer Golf Management, a Florida-based company, to renovate and operate the park.