Tag: Wilshire Country Club
Fourth of July sparkles for Lillian Way’s 25th annual festivities
This year’s Lillian Way block party was the 25th annual (minus a couple of COVID-19 years) Fourth of July get-together that neighbors living in the Lillian / Cahuenga / Wilcox corridor have celebrated. However, the tradition predates this iteration — there has been some type of July 4th party on the 500 block of Lillian for close […]
Loopers don’t have to be 18 to begin learning the craft
Anyone who saw Australian Hannah Green win the LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association) JM Eagle LA Championship presented by Plastpro at Wilshire Country Club (WCC) April 30 had to notice her looper, Nate Blasko. Immediately after sinking the winning putt of the two-hole sudden death playoff, Green walked over and hugged the grinning Blasko. Of […]
Top lady golfers play April 27-30
Tournament is held at Wilshire Country Club As the Chronicle’s May issue is delivered throughout neighborhoods, the world’s top female golfers are walking the historic course at Wilshire Country Club (WCC). And readers may join them in the galleries! The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) tournament — which has 17 of the current top 20 […]
Top players to play for $3 million purse
Wilshire Country Club to host LPGA tournament April 27-30 The world’s top female golfers soon will descend upon the historic course at Wilshire Country Club (WCC) for the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) tournament. They will be competing for a $3 million purse at the tournament, being held Thurs., April 27, through Sun., April 30. […]
Wilshire Rotary 90th, Larchmont Charter fundraiser, teepee, more
Ninety years ago, the average cost of lunch was 75 cents and a movie ticket just 35 cents. The year 1932 also was when the Wilshire Rotary Club gained its charter and began serving our neighborhood through its charitable works and other support for our community. Meetings took place at the Wilshire Country Club and […]
Citrus Square: paradise planned next to Hancock Park
George Allan Hancock was truly one of the great aristocrats of his day. Scion of the Gilded Age, he was the son of Major Henry Hancock (the owner of the Rancho La Brea) and Ida Haraszthy Hancock, the daughter of Hungarian count Agoston Haraszthy, aka “the Father of California Viticulture.” George Allan Hancock abandoned the […]
