Wilshire Country Club (Alt 13th Green)

Overview: In Los Angeles’s Hancock Park, Wilshire Country Club presents an 18-hole private course where the urban setting is cut through by a winding barranca and mature parkland. Norman Macbeth’s design is commonly listed at par 71 and about 6,506 yards from the regular long tees. The course is not defined by distance alone: the barranca, narrow corridors and changing elevation create a series of strategic decisions in a part of the city where open golf ground is unusually scarce.

History: The club was organized in 1919 and Macbeth’s course opened in 1920 on Rancho La Brea land. Wilshire quickly became part of Los Angeles golf history, hosting several editions of the Los Angeles Open and later major professional events. The layout has continued to evolve, but the club’s own historical record keeps the Macbeth origin and the course’s barranca-centered character at the heart of the story.

Did You Know? Beverly Boulevard divides the property, so the course is connected by a narrow tunnel between its two sides. The barranca is more than a visual feature: it drains a large area of Los Angeles and comes into play on many holes. This directory record’s alternate 13th-green label belongs to that same historic routing, not to a second Wilshire course.