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Los Santos Golf Club

Los Santos Golf Club is the playable golf course in Richman, Los Santos, in Grand Theft Auto V.

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Key takeaways

  • The course is in Richman, with the HUD sometimes treating the golf grounds as the separate district GWC and Golfing Society.
  • It is a nine-hole, par-36 course measuring 3,464 yards.
  • Golf costs $100 per round before the property is purchased.
  • The club can be bought by any protagonist for $150,000,000, producing $264,500 per in-game week.
  • Trevor visits the course during Vinewood Souvenirs – Mark, where he must take Mark Fostenburg’s golf club.
  • The golf club is accessible as a leisure venue, but its clubhouse should not be confused with a fully explorable luxury interior or a conventional shop.

Overview

This guide covers Grand Theft Auto V Story Mode first. GTA Online differences are labelled where they matter.

This guide covers Grand Theft Auto V Story Mode first. GTA Online differences are labelled where they matter.

Introduction

The Los Santos Golf Club is the only full golf course in Grand Theft Auto V. It occupies the large GWC and Golfing Society grounds in Richman, an affluent western Los Santos district. The location is both a leisure activity and a purchasable property, although its enormous price makes it more of a late-game status purchase than a practical early investment.

The club combines several layers of naming that are easy to confuse:

The playable site is larger than the clubhouse alone. It includes the fairways, greens, bunkers, water hazards, paths, practice areas, surrounding roads and the club building. It is also used for a Strangers and Freaks mission, random events, ordinary golf games and a property-management economy in Story Mode.

Richman and GWC and Golfing Society

The golf club lies in the wealthy western part of Los Santos. In the broad neighbourhood hierarchy, it belongs to Richman. However, the game’s navigation systems can display GWC and Golfing Society as a separate local area. This is not a second golf course or a separate business. It is the name applied to the course district and its grounds.

These roads form the useful practical boundary for navigation. The golf course itself spreads across the interior of this block, while the clubhouse and entrance are located along the public-road edge.

Included within the location

For the purposes of this guide, “Los Santos Golf Club” includes:

Nearby, but not part of the club

The following should be treated as neighbouring places rather than subdivisions of the golf course:

This distinction matters because many map descriptions use Richman as a broad label, while the course itself has its own HUD area. The club should not be expanded to include every wealthy-looking building around it.

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The GWC and Golfing Society is a landscaped, irrigated course set inside the city. Its greenery contrasts with the denser roads and buildings outside the perimeter. The design uses long fairways, sloping greens, trees, bunkers and several lakes to create hazards without making the course especially difficult once the player understands the shot controls.

The course has nine holes, a standard par of 36 and 3,464 total yards. Four lakes are identified as part of the course layout, including a lake with a broken bridge that can be used for a Stunt Jump.

Nearby, but not part of the club

Hole directory

The yardage and par values are listed in the course scorecard material. Hole descriptions are useful for play, but exact pin positions and shot results can vary according to the selected game conditions and the player’s execution.

Hole directory

HoleYardageParMain character of the hole
15315Long opening hole with a fairway bunker affecting the first drive
24364Long par 4 with a wide fairway and a protected green
31683Short par 3 with a sloping green and front bunker
43404Reachable par 4 where a strong drive can create an attacking second shot
54354Medium-to-long par 4 requiring a controlled approach
62353Longer par 3 with water and positional pressure
74164Substantial par 4 where accuracy is more useful than reckless power
85415Longest hole and one of the best opportunities for an eagle
93614Closing par 4 requiring a reliable final approach
Total3,464369-hole course

Practical course advice

The game’s golf system rewards controlled shots more than maximum distance. A safe drive into the fairway is usually better than a powerful drive that leaves the ball in rough, sand or water.

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Reaching the club

The golf-club marker appears in Richman once the activity is available. The simplest approach is to follow the roads around the course rather than trying to drive across the fairways. The clubhouse entrance is the important access point for beginning a round.

The game’s GPS is more useful than attempting to memorise a single gate, since the player may approach from different directions and the entrance is not the same as every visible service road.

Useful approaches include

  1. 01
    From central Los Santos: travel north-west through the Rockford Hills and Richman road network, then use West Eclipse Boulevard or Dorset Drive.
  2. 02
    From the western coast: approach via Boulevard Del Perro and turn into the course-side entrance.
  3. 03
    From Vinewood Hills: descend through the western hillside roads and join Mad Wayne Thunder Drive or Dorset Drive.
  4. 04
    From Michael’s house: travel west and north-west through Rockford Hills towards the Richman side of the course.

Access requirements

The golf activity becomes available during normal Story Mode progression. Secondary guide material places general activity access after Complications, while property purchase requires Nervous Ron to be completed. Because different editions and guides describe activity unlocks slightly differently, the safe rule is:

The property is not a sensible early purchase because the $150 million price is far beyond normal early Story Mode cash reserves.

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Playing golf

Walk to the clubhouse entrance during the course’s operating hours and select the golf activity. A standard round costs $100 unless the current protagonist owns the property.

The principal objective is to finish with a good score, but the game also tracks golf performance and uses the activity as part of general completion requirements.

Golf opponents

When playing alone, the game can offer named club members as opponents. The known opponent list is:

Castro’s availability is tied to his random-event introduction. He should therefore be treated as a progression-dependent opponent rather than a character guaranteed to appear at the club from the start.

Vinewood Souvenirs – Mark

Vinewood Souvenirs – Mark is the location’s main Story Mode mission appearance. It is assigned to Trevor as part of Nigel and Mrs Thornhill’s celebrity memorabilia series.

Mark Fostenburg is playing golf at the club. Trevor’s task is to obtain Mark’s golf club and deliver it to Nigel and Mrs Thornhill. The mission turns an otherwise peaceful leisure venue into a short stealth-and-theft encounter.

Walkthrough

The mission is a good example of how the club’s social exclusivity is used for comedy. Trevor is not participating in a round as a legitimate member. He is interrupting a wealthy player to steal a personal souvenir. The mission guide identifies the club as the retrieval location and describes Mark as the target carrying the golf club.

Walkthrough

  1. 01
    Switch to Trevor after the mission marker becomes available.
  2. 02
    Travel to the Los Santos Golf Club in Richman.
  3. 03
    Enter or approach the course as directed by the mission.
  4. 04
    Locate Mark while he is playing golf.
  5. 05
    Take the golf club from him. The mission’s target timer is important, and the golf club must be obtained promptly.
  6. 06
    Leave the course and deliver the item to Nigel and Mrs Thornhill.

Random event: golfer needing a lift

A random event can involve a golfer being expelled from his home by his wife on Didion Drive in Vinewood Hills. The player may drive him to the golf club and receive a small monetary reward.

This event begins outside the club, so the golf course is the destination rather than the scene of the initial encounter. It should not be confused with a permanent club resident or a mission-specific employee.

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Buying the Los Santos Golf Club

The Los Santos Golf Club is one of the purchasable Story Mode properties. Any of the three protagonists can buy it once the property is available:

Purchase details

The club is described as the most expensive purchasable property in Story Mode and also as the property with the highest weekly income. At $264,500 per week, it takes roughly 568 weeks of property income to recover the purchase price without considering other sources of wealth or opportunity costs.

Is it worth buying?

For ordinary Story Mode play, usually not. The golf club is primarily a completionist or luxury purchase:

The property is therefore best viewed as a late-game financial trophy. Players pursuing maximum wealth may buy it after completing the main heists and optimising the assassination-related stock-market opportunities.

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Buying the Los Santos Golf Club

Purchase details

ItemValue
Purchase price$150,000,000
Weekly income$264,500
Approximate break-even period568 weeks
Owner restrictionNone among the three protagonists

Named characters connected with the location

Raymond

Raymond is identified as the club manager. He represents the functional management of the venue, although he is not a conventional mission giver with a large independent story arc.

Todd Rosenweig

A named club member and easy golf opponent.

Aaron Ingram

A normal-difficulty golf opponent.

Jeff Miller

A normal-difficulty golf opponent.

Glenn Mather

A hard-difficulty golf opponent.

Castro Lagano

A hard-difficulty golf opponent who becomes available after his associated random event.

Mark Fostenburg

A golfer and mission target in Vinewood Souvenirs – Mark. He is not a permanent club resident in the ordinary sense. His importance comes from the mission sequence.

Nigel and Mrs Thornhill

The recipients of Mark’s golf club. They are story-associated visitors connected with the course through Trevor’s memorabilia mission rather than club staff.

Named-entry directory

The distinction between members, visitors and mission characters is important. Mark, Nigel and Mrs Thornhill are associated with the golf club’s events, but the evidence does not establish them as permanent residents or employees.

Ordinary NPCs

Golfers can be frightened or attacked, and some may drop a golf club. The game’s weapon-location material also identifies the course as a way to obtain the golf-club melee weapon.

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Golf club melee weapon

The golf club can be obtained in several ways:

The weapon is distinct from the golf activity itself. Owning the course does not turn golf equipment into a general inventory shop, and the presence of caddies does not guarantee a separate equipment service.

Collectibles

No fixed Story Mode collectible set is established as belonging specifically to the Los Santos Golf Club. The course can be visited during missions and random encounters, but it should not be presented as a collectible hub without evidence.

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The course is not a high-security military or government facility. Its main dangers come from the player’s own behaviour:

The course also contains a broken bridge over one of the lakes that can function as a Stunt Jump. This is a recreational environmental feature, not a mission checkpoint or a separate named landmark.

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GTA Online retains the Los Santos Golf Club and the golf activity, but the context is different.

The Story Mode owner, weekly income and single-player progression conditions should therefore remain separate from GTA Online’s activity and mission systems.

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The club’s social satire is one of its most obvious functions. The game presents Richman golf as a refuge for wealthy men, using exaggerated country-club privilege and exclusion to mock Los Santos’s upper class. The digital manual describes the club as a place where the rich can “rub shoulders with privilege”, while the manual’s remarks about women are deliberately framed as old-fashioned and hypocritical.

The GWC and Golfing Society is based on the Los Angeles Country Club and its affluent Holmby Hills surroundings. The fictional course’s position inside an expensive, heavily landscaped part of Los Santos mirrors the relationship between elite golf clubs and wealthy Los Angeles neighbourhoods. This is inspiration, not an in-game identity: the real Los Angeles Country Club should not be listed as a GTA V subarea or renamed as part of the fictional club.

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For a first visit, use this route

  1. 01
    Approach via Dorset Drive and identify the course perimeter.
  2. 02
    Drive around the outside rather than cutting across the fairways.
  3. 03
    Find the clubhouse entrance and check whether golf is available.
  4. 04
    Walk towards the practice and starting areas.
  5. 05
    Start a solo round if you want to learn the layout without a difficult opponent.
  6. 06
    During the round, note the lakes, broken bridge and bunker placements.
  7. 07
    Return to the clubhouse and check the available named opponents.
  8. 08
    Leave through the western or southern road boundary and continue towards Richman’s residential streets.

Is the Los Santos Golf Club in Richman or GWC and Golfing Society?

Both labels are used at different levels. Richman is the wider neighbourhood in the game’s manual and regional structure. GWC and Golfing Society is the local HUD/GPS area covering the golf grounds.

Is the golf club the same as the Richman Hotel?

No. They are separate locations in the wider Richman area.

Can all three protagonists play golf?

Yes. Michael, Franklin and Trevor can use the golf activity when it is available.

Do I have to buy the club to play golf?

No. A round costs $100 before ownership. Ownership makes the activity free for the owner.

What is the cheapest way to get a golf club weapon?

In practice, frighten a golfer until the golfer drops the club, provided the weapon slot and situation allow it. The course is also connected with golf-club acquisition in missions and other game modes.

Is the $150 million property required for 100% completion?

No. Buying the golf club is not required simply because golf is part of the game’s completion activities.

Can I enter every clubhouse room?

No. The exterior and activity entrance are the reliably functional parts. Interior access and visible clubhouse details should not be treated as evidence of fully usable shops, restaurants or member facilities.

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