No. If you want a putting green/fairway height lawn (under 1 inch) it will require a powered reel mower. The shorter the mow, the more expensive the mower. If you want to go the golf course fairway route you should probably look into sodding with Tif 419, or maybe paspalum. There is also a fairway height Zoysia, but I don't know if that is even available where you live. Bentgrass is hard enough to grow in areas where is thrives, in LA it would require your own greenskeeper.

Paspalum would be my thought also. Needs much less fertilizer that Bermuda.

There are no bentgrass putting greens in SoCal. They are all a hybrid sports variety of bermuda. Those lawns cost tens of thousands to prepare and about that to maintain. They are mowed every morning to keep them looking like that. Putting greens also have the distinct characteristic of being out in full sun. They do not have fences, buildings, trees or shrubs providing any shade at all.

Do you need this grass to be real low to the ground? If it was 4 inches high and dense would that work?

Where is the northern part of LA? Is that the the skid row area or further north toward Chinatown? Location in SoCal makes a huge difference.
How hot is hot summers?
Are you willing to water weekly?
Is there any shade on the area?

Thanks for the replies!! I live in the San Fernando Valley. I guess I should have said northern part of LA County.

I didn't know bentgrass wasn't best in my part of the country. All the specs on it make it seem so tolerant to all kinds of weather and not so water intensive.

I'm not actually looking to put a "putting green" in the literal sense. I just love that thick carpet-like feel of dense fine blade grass. I wanna go bare foot! LOL Most lawns that I see around here are not so densely packed. My back yard gets full sun most of the day. East and west fences give shade in early morning and late afternoon/evening only.

I will look into Paspalum.