Wilshire Country Club

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Wilshire Country Club
Club information
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Coordinates 34°04′37″N118°19′41″W / 34.077°N 118.328°W / 34.077; -118.328
Location Hancock Park
301 N. Rossmore Avenue
Los Angeles, California
Elevation250 feet (75 m)
Established1919, 105 years ago
TypePrivate
Total holes18
Events hosted Hugel-JTBC LA Open (2018–2020)
Los Angeles Open
(1928, 1931, 1933, 1944)
Greens Poa annua
FairwaysTifway 419 hybrid Bermuda [1]
Website wilshirecountryclub.com
Designed by Norman Macbeth
Par 71
Length6,506 yards (5,949 m) [2]
Course rating 71.8
Slope rating 132 [3]
Course record61 – Ellsworth Vines
         Jerry Barber [2] [4]

Wilshire Country Club is an 18-hole private golf club on the West Coast of the United States, located in Los Angeles, California.

Contents

The club in Hancock Park was founded 105 years ago in 1919 and its Norman Macbeth-designed course opened the following year. South of Hollywood and six miles (10 km) northwest of downtown, it is bisected by Beverly Boulevard, connected by a narrow tunnel: the outgoing nine is on the south side, with the incoming nine and clubhouse on the north side. [5] [6] [7]

Tour events

Wilshire was the site of the Los Angeles Open on the PGA Tour four times (1928, 1931, 1933, 1944) and the SBC Senior Classic on the senior tour for six seasons (1995–2000). On the LPGA Tour, it hosted the Office Depot Championship in 2001 and the LA Open, from 2018 to 2022. [6] [8] In 2023, the tournament moves to the Palos Verdes Golf Club. [9]

Club professionals

Notables who have served as the club professional include Olin Dutra, [10] Ellsworth Vines, and Jerry Barber; the latter two hold the course record of 61. [2] [4]

Course

HoleYardsParHoleYardsPar
13904101563
25275113664
33474124064
41703131853
53784145135
64304153304
71413165565
83804173644
94284184394
Out3,19135In3,31536
Source: [2] [11] Total6,50671

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References

  1. ↑ "HUGEL-JTBC LA Open" (PDF). GCSAA. Tournament fact sheets. April 2018. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Wilshire Country Club". Southern California Golf Association. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Course Rating and Slope Database™ - Wilshire Country Club". USGA. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
  4. 1 2 Strege, John (April 19, 2018). "Course-record holders at Wilshire CC, site of LPGA event this week, won four majors, including Wimbledon". Golf Digest. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
  5. ↑ Barnes, Mike (April 13, 2018). "LPGA tournament gets lesson in Hollywood history". Hollywood Reporter. (California). Retrieved April 21, 2018.
  6. 1 2 Hoffarth, Tom (January 17, 2018). "After a 13-year absence, LPGA returns to L.A. with an April stop at Wilshire Country Club". Orange County Register. (California). Retrieved April 21, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Wilshire Country Club". BlueGolf. (aerial). Retrieved April 21, 2018.
  8. ↑ Loumena, Dan (January 17, 2018). "Wilshire Country Club to host LPGA event in April". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  9. ↑ "LPGA's LA Open moves to Palos Verdes in 2023, with Los Angeles events now held one month apart". golfweek. October 26, 2022.
  10. ↑ Glick, Shav (February 2, 1986). "Robinson and Dutra newest inductees into Southland Hall of Fame". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Wilshire Country Club". Sky Golf. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
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