Griffith Park Golf Course: Harding

Los Angeles, CA · 0.1 mi away

Wilson Golf Course is a public, 18-hole municipal course in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, opening in 1927 as part of a pair of courses built alongside the earlier Harding course, following the era of architect George C. Thomas Jr.'s work in the park. Superintendent William Johnson and architect William P. Bell later modernized the layout in the 1930s, adding irrigation and building the clubhouse still used today. At more than 7,000 yards from the back tees, Wilson is one of the longer municipal courses in the city, with mildly rolling fairways set in a forested section of the park near the Los Angeles Zoo and Griffith Observatory. It has hosted rounds of the Los Angeles Open and remains a heavily used, city-operated course popular for its accessible location.

Pasadena, CA · 6.3 mi away

The E.O. Nay Course is the shorter of two 18-hole layouts at Brookside Golf Course, a 36-hole municipal facility owned by the City of Pasadena and located next to the Rose Bowl in Arroyo Seco Natural Park. The complex sits in the foothills below the San Gabriel Mountains and is among the oldest golf facilities in Los Angeles County. Both Brookside courses were designed by architect William P. Bell; the E.O. Nay Course plays to a par of 70 across roughly 6,000 yards, shorter and generally regarded as less demanding than the adjacent C.W. Koiner Course. Brookside is a public, city-owned facility operated by American Golf, with shared practice putting greens, a chipping area, a practice bunker and a driving range serving both courses.

Pasadena, CA · 6.4 mi away

Brookside Golf Club's C.W. Koiner Course is one of two 18-hole courses at the Brookside Golf Complex in Pasadena, California, located in the Arroyo Seco next to the Rose Bowl stadium and owned by the City of Pasadena. The Koiner Course opened in 1928 and was named for former Pasadena City Manager C. Wellington Koiner; it was designed, along with the companion E.O. Nay Course, by architect William P. Bell. The Koiner Course is the longer and more open of the two Brookside layouts, running along the western and southern portions of the property. It is relatively flat, with strategically placed bunkers, long rough and demanding greens that reward accurate play. The course hosted the PGA Tour's Los Angeles Open in 1968, won by Billy Casper, and later the 1974 USGA Amateur Public Links Championship.