| When you visit Southern California, you'll find no | | | | Calabasas Golf & Country Club |
| fewer than 144 public and private Los Angeles | | | | With its rolling hills, narrow fairways and water |
| Golf Courses from which to choose. Los Angeles | | | | hazards aroung five of its holes, Calabasas Golf |
| Golf Courses offer something for every golfer | | | | & Country Club is definitely for more |
| from the green newbie to the seasoned pro, and | | | | experienced players. |
| there are opportunities for challenging and | | | | Desert Aire Golf Course |
| enjoyable play for every budget; greens fees at | | | | Desert Aire is ideal for for novice and |
| Los Angeles Golf Courses range from as much as | | | | inexperienced golfers, with virtually flat ground and |
| $125 to as little as $4 depending on location and | | | | only a single water hazard. This municipal course's |
| times. | | | | nine holes are guarded by sand traps; those |
| Here is just a sample of what awaits the devoted | | | | wishing to play a full eighteen holes can use extra |
| golfer at Los Angeles Golf Courses. | | | | tees. |
| Bel-Air Country Club | | | | Mission Hills Golf Course |
| U.S. Route 66, the "Mother Road" of which John | | | | Situated on the grounds of the local V.A. Hospital, |
| Steinbeck wrote and Nat King Cole sang, was | | | | this is primarily a putting green used for the |
| completed between Chicago and Los Angeles in | | | | rehabilitation of patients. However, as a public, |
| 1926. Near the place where Route 66 came to an | | | | tax-payer funded facility, it is also open to the |
| end and not long after it was completed, Bel-Air | | | | public. The Mission Hills Golf Course offers a driving |
| golf course opened right nearby; it is among the | | | | cage; seniors 60 and older receive a discount on |
| oldest of the Los Angeles Golf Courses. Ranked | | | | Friday tee times. |
| as one of the best golf courses in the U.S., Bel-Air | | | | Ocean Trails Gold Club |
| offers challenging greens, but at a price: green | | | | There are a few Los Angeles Golf Courses that |
| fees currently top out at $125 for peak tee | | | | feature specatular views of the seashore and the |
| times. Bel-Air is hilly and not for the faint-of-heart; | | | | Channel Islands; Ocean Trails Gold Club is among |
| unless you are in exceptionally good physical | | | | the best. It is alos strictly for advanced players; |
| condition, you'll either want to hire a caddy or a | | | | undulating slopes, narrow fairways and ocean |
| golf cart. However, as one of the most scenic | | | | crosswinds are known to tax the skills of PGA |
| among Los Angeles Golf Courses, it's definitely | | | | golfers - not to mention the gorgeous and most |
| worth it. | | | | distracting scenery! |