What is the name of the golf course that has been home to movie stars?
Riviera – you can simply call it The Riv -- is one of five exclusive golf clubs within roughly a 20-mile radius of each other that have been home to movie stars and entertainment moguls since the Roaring Twenties. Along Sunset is another famous course, Bel-Air Country Club.
Where was Dinah Shore shot?
Dinah Shore eyes her shot during the 1990 Los Angeles Open at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, California. (Ken Levine/Getty Images)
When did Mary Pickford play golf?
Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks play golf in 1931. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Rivera has also hosted three major championships, most recently the 1995 PGA Championship, and it will be the home of the golf competition at the 2028 Olympics.
Where is Hillcrest Country Club?
Hillcrest Country Club is basically across the street from Fox Studios. Los Angeles Country Club was in the vicinity, too, but the members shied away from admitting entertainers in its early days. It was more of an old money/oil money crowd, according to David Pavoni, co-author of the book, “Golf in Hollywood” with Robert Chew.
Did Dinah Shore join Hillcrest?
Dinah Shore wanted to join, too, but there was a rule against admitting single women. When she mentioned that in an article in the Los Angeles Times, more than 100 other clubs offered her membership – several men even proposed – and Hillcrest finally relented.
Did John Wayne play golf?
John Wayne wasn’t much of a golfer, but he would head over to Lakeside after shooting yet western movie on the Warner Brothers lot to play bridge in the men’s grill. Of course, W.C. Fields, the perennially tipsy vaudevillian who lived across Tocula Lake, had different priorities there.
