Lakeside Golf Club

Lakeside is a classic old-school layout near Studio City in North Hollywood. The course was designed in the early 1920s by Max Behr, a Yale graduate and the first editor of Golf Illustrated magazine. Lakeside has long been a favorite among Hollywood elite—Bing Crosby notably was a five-time club champion. The routing makes great use of a tight property, especially considering a portion of the original course had to be sacrificed during an expansion of the Los Angeles River that forms the southern border of the course (several holes played across the old river and back). Grassy barranas meander the property, creating depressions that cross and flank greens, and LA-based designer Todd Eckenrode's work remodeling the bunkers and large, sweeping putting surfaces has kept Lakeside a marquee attraction in a star-studded golf market.