It can happen to any of us: reckless hedonism of your 20s gives way to the whole-grain realities and sobering responsibilities of your 30s. And suddenly, if you're the 32-year-old psychedelically groovy L.A. gangsta rapper Schoolboy Q, you may find yourself under the spell of a more serene (if no less addictive and expensive) habit: golf.

“I had all these people telling me, ‘Why are you playing golf!? Why you playing a lame-ass sport? You a loser!’ ” the rapper born Quincy Hanley says, warping his box-cutter baritone into the high-pitched mockery of an ignorant hater, one who knows nothing of the joys of manicured fairways and glen plaid. “But like I tell everyone, ‘Bruh: Golf is life.’ ”

From left On Brock Korsan: Blazer, $2,895, by Giorgio Armani / Pants, $390, by Goodfight / His own shoes, by J.Crew / Socks, $3, by Uniqlo | On Schoolboy Q: Sweater, $425, by Canali / Pants, $1,195, by Giorgio Armani / Shoes, $445, by Boss / Sunglasses, $1,075, by Jacques Marie Mage / His own watch (throughout), by Rolex / Cap and cuff, stylist's own | On Cole Young: Cardigan, $600, by Goodfight / Pants, (price upon request), by Études / Watch, $2,626, by Tudor / Shoes, his own

They love Q here. “Here” being the Calabasas Country Club, a postcard expanse of glimmering emerald turf, gently sloping mountains, and a 21-acre lake, a few minutes' drive from Q's home in the same ritzy neighborhood. “They” being everyone from the 19-year-old caddies who want photos to flex on Instagram to the baronial white-haired titans of commerce who greet him by name, slap high fives, and give him jovial biceps taps like he just closed a deal to bring in the Underhill account.

Unburdened from the demands of a nine-to-five existence, Q hits the links daily. This morning, he took to the course with Brock Korsan, the senior vice president of A&R at Warner Bros. Records, and Cole Young, the brand director for Malbon Golf, an insurgent streetwear-inspired golf label, for the photos you see here. But his partner for nine holes in the afternoon is Adrian, a fit older Mexican-American man with wind-swept gray hair and black shades, who has become Q's adoptive golfing padre.

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