Wilshire Country Club

Wilshire is an exclusive private club with an old-school layout situated on 104 acres near Hollywood. The course is bisected by Beverly Boulevard and a barranca meanders throughout, coming into play on around half of the holes. The course was designed by Englishman Norman Macbeth in 1919 and hosted four Los Angeles Opens between 1928-1944. Tipping out around 6,500 yards, Wilshire is a short course by modern standards, but a variety of testing green shapes with plenty of undulation, as well as sharp-lipped deep bunkers, make the historic course a strong test. In 2008, Kyle Phillips revamped the bunkers and barranca, drawing out a more evocative 1920s appearance, and he returned in 1925 to update that work and conduct a more comprehensive top to bottom remodel. Wilshire's 18th hole remains one of the city's best closing holes with its green set under the view of the clubhouse, tucked in the elbow of the deep barranca.