Hillcrest Country Club
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California · LA Westside — Old-Guard Clubs golf market
- Access
- invitation only
- Holes
- 18
- Architect(s)
- Willie Watson (original), William F. Bell and William P. Bell (1940s back nine), Robert Muir Graves (1974 redesign, 6 holes), Kyle Phillips (2019 renovation)
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Hillcrest Country Club was founded in 1920 by Samuel Newmark, Louis Issacs, Karl Triest, and Joseph Y. Baruh as Los Angeles's first Jewish country club, in direct response to exclusion from the city's existing elite social clubs. Membership grew from 150 in its first year to a broader base including major Hollywood studio figures through the 1920s-40s, and by 1972 the Los Angeles Times called it 'the leading Jewish country club in Southern California.' The club has since opened its membership more broadly.
Golf & Course
The 18-hole, roughly 6,489-yard course was originally designed by Willie Watson, with the back nine shaped by William F. and William P. Bell in the 1940s, six holes redesigned by Robert Muir Graves in 1974, and a Kyle Phillips-led renovation in 2019 that won industry recognition for its practice-facility improvements.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Membership is invitation-only. No public fee schedule or application process was found, and there is no mechanism by which nearby homeownership confers or advances membership access.
Location & Surrounding Area
The club is located in the Cheviot Hills area of Los Angeles, near Pico Blvd, close to Beverly Hills and Century City.
Costs & Fees
Figures below are labeled Current only when the source itself frames them as presently accurate. Everything else is labeled Historical — a source checked today does not make an old fee a current one.
Initiation (range low)
Historical — as of 2026-09-22$50,000
Low end of a widely conflicting third-party range.
Initiation (range high)
Historical — as of 2026-09-22$300,000
Press-reported figure (2024-dated source); described in the headline as an annual figure, which is inconsistent with 'initiation fee' framing elsewhere -- flagged as a likely conflation between initiation fee and annual cost. Treat cautiously.
Annual dues
Historical — as of 2026-09-22$27,600
Third-party aggregator estimate ($2,300/month); other sources give a broader $20,000-$30,000/year range.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm current initiation fee and dues directly with the club -- published figures conflict materially, including one source that appears to conflate an annual figure with the initiation fee.
- Confirm membership waitlist, transferability, and current admission criteria/openness beyond the club's historical Jewish-membership founding.
- Confirm whether physical gating/security controls access to the grounds.
Notable
- Founded in 1920 as Los Angeles's first Jewish country club, in response to exclusion from other elite clubs.
- Long historical membership of major Hollywood figures, including studio founders and entertainers.
- 2019 Kyle Phillips-led renovation won a GRAA (Golf Range Association) award for its practice-facility work.
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