Double Pars
Vol. I OC & LA
№ 001 A weekend afternoon club Apply anytime.

Four people.
Nine holes.

We’ll figure out
the rest.

A foursome club for people who like golf, sort of like golf, or have only ever held a club at Topgolf. Apply, and we’ll put you with three strangers worth meeting.

Two friends walking the fairway at golden hour, carrying golf bags.
01The premise

Sunday afternoon used to be a place. Somewhere between brunch and whatever’s on at nine. We’ve mostly given it up to the couch, the phone, the algorithm.

Double Pars is a small attempt at getting it back. You apply. We pair you with three strangers who, on paper, you’d probably get along with. You meet on a real course in your area, play nine, and head over to the bar — or home before dinner, if that’s the day you’re having.

If the foursome is feeling it, the first round at the bar is on us. We’re less interested in your golf than in what happens after the ninth hole.

No leaderboards. No app to download. No one keeping score, unless you want to. A double par, after all, is a bad score — we’re named for the idea that you don’t need to be good at this.

You just have to show up.

— The editors
Four people at a clubhouse bar after a round, mid-conversation, warm tungsten light.
02How it works
One

Apply.

Three minutes. Tell us who you are, when you’re free, and which format you’d like.

Two

Get paired.

We hand-build foursomes — not the algorithm. You’ll meet your three by Friday.

Three

Play nine.

Saturday or Sunday afternoon, a real course, your clubs or our rentals. Done by sundown.

03Your foursome

Pick the room you’d like to be in.

04The place
A single golf ball on the fairway, Pacific coastal haze beyond.

Played around LA & OC.

Three courses on rotation, spread between Orange County and the Southland, all chosen because they look the way a course ought to look in the late afternoon. We reveal the location with your pairing.

Tee times run weekend afternoons, two to five. You tell us Saturday or Sunday when you apply, and we pair you with a foursome who picked the same. Plan on three hours of golf and one of the bar afterward, if the foursome is feeling it.

05The fine print

Questions, answered briefly.

Do I have to be good?+

No. We pair by attitude, not handicap. We’ve had foursomes where three people had never broken 100 and one had never held a club. That round, by all accounts, went great.

Why apply? Why not just sign up?+

Because the foursome is the product. We read every application and hand-pair groups of four people who’ll have a great conversation between shots — and, with a little luck, build relationships and friendships that last well past the ninth hole.

What does it cost?+

$95 per round, which covers green fees, cart, and a drink at the turn. Rentals are $25 if you don’t have clubs.

I don’t live in LA / OC.+

If you can get to a course in Orange County by 2 p.m. on a weekend afternoon, you’re in the catchment. LA, Long Beach, San Diego — we see you.

What if I don’t have any equipment?+

Check the “no clubs” box on your application and we’ll meet you at the course with a set to borrow, then pick them up after the round. Balls and a glove are handed out to everyone before the first tee — so the only thing you have to bring is yourself.

Applications open · Vol. I · Spring ’26

So — see you this weekend?

Three minutes. We read every one.