Hillcrest Country Club (Los Angeles)

Hillcrest Country Club is a private social club located in the Cheviot Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States.

Located at 10000 Pico Boulevard across the street from Fox Studios, Hillcrest was the first Los Angeles country club for the city's Jewish community. In 1972, the Los Angeles Times referred to Hillcrest as "the leading Jewish country club in Southern California." The property includes an 18-hole golf course and tennis courts, and serves as a meeting place for its members. The course was designed by Willie Watson and opened 97 years ago in 1920.

In the 1950s, oil was discovered on Hillcrest's land, and the club allowed drilling. Members who have shares in the club collect tax-sheltered dividends on their original initiation fees, and "B.O." (for "before oil") memberships became so valuable that they were willed from father to son.

Hillcrest was the site of the PGA Championship in 1929, one of golf's major championships. Then a match play competition, it was held in early December and won by defending champion Leo Diegel. It was the first major held in the western United States. Hillcrest later hosted the Los Angeles Open on the PGA Tour in 1932 and 1942, won by Macdonald Smith and Ben Hogan, respectively.

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