Riviera Country Club
Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles County, California · LA Westside — Old-Guard Clubs golf market
- Access
- invitation only
- Holes
- 18
- Architect(s)
- George C. Thomas Jr., William P. Bell
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Designed by George C. Thomas Jr. with William P. Bell and opened in 1927 at a then-record construction cost of about $250,000, Riviera Country Club is one of the most storied courses in American golf. It has hosted the 1948 U.S. Open, the 1983 and 1995 PGA Championships, the 1998 U.S. Senior Open, and the 2017 U.S. Amateur, and today hosts the PGA Tour's Genesis Invitational annually; it is scheduled to host golf at the 2028 Summer Olympics.
Golf & Course
Known for its parkland routing through Pacific Palisades canyon terrain and famously difficult par-4 finishing stretch, Riviera is consistently ranked among the top courses in California and the country. The 2026 Genesis Invitational marked the tournament's 100th anniversary.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Membership is invitation-only and sponsorship-based: an applicant must be sponsored by two current members in good standing for at least one year whom the applicant has known for a minimum of three years, and is subject to interviews, character review, and approval by the club's Governors. The club is reported by secondary sources as non-equity in structure. No public application path or waitlist figure was found, and there is no mechanism by which nearby homeownership grants or advances access.
Location & Surrounding Area
The club sits in Pacific Palisades on the Westside, near Santa Monica Canyon; it is a freestanding institution and not part of a bundled residential development.
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$250,000
Third-party review site estimate ('around $250,000+'); club does not publish fees.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm current initiation fee and dues directly with the club -- all published figures are third-party/secondary estimates.
- Confirm exact equity/non-equity membership structure and named membership categories from a first-party source.
- Confirm membership waitlist length, if any.
Notable
- Hosts the PGA Tour's Genesis Invitational (a Signature Event); the 2026 edition marked the tournament's 100th anniversary.
- Scheduled to host golf at the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics.
- Hosted the 1948 U.S. Open, 1983 and 1995 PGA Championships, 1998 U.S. Senior Open, and 2017 U.S. Amateur.
- Exact-name collision watch: distinct from the already-published Riviera Country Club in Ormond Beach, FL, and from an unrelated public course of the same name in Coral Gables, FL.
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