Torrey Pines Golf Course#South Course
{{Short description|Municipal public golf course owned by the city of San Diego, California}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2016}}
{{Infobox Golf Facility
|golf_facility_name = Torrey Pines Golf Course
|image = Torrey Pines Golf Course plaque.jpg
|imagesize = 250
|caption =
|location = San Diego, California
|pushpin_map = USA#USA California
|pushpin_relief = 1
|coordinates = {{coord|32.9045|-117.2454|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
|elevation = {{convert|380|ft|round=5}}
|establishment = 1957, {{Years or months ago|1957}}{{cite web|url=http://www.golflink.com/golf-courses/course-clubhouse.aspx?course=113745|title=Torrey Pines Golf Course Clubhouse|work=GolfLink|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729173851/http://www.golflink.com/golf-courses/course-clubhouse.aspx?course=113745|archive-date=July 29, 2012|df=mdy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://www.golflink.com/golf-courses/course.aspx?course=113845|title=Torrey Pines Golf Course|work=GolfLink}}
|type = Public
|owner = City of San Diego
|operator = City of San Diego
|holes = 36
|tournaments = Farmers Insurance Open
Genesis Invitational (2025)
U.S. Open (2008, 2021)
|website = [http://www.sandiego.gov/park-and-recreation/golf/torreypines/index.shtml Torrey Pines GC]
|course1 = South Course
|designer1 = William Francis BellRedesigned by Rees Jones in 2001.
|par1 = 72
|length1 = {{convert|7802|yd}}
|rating1 = 78.8
|record1 =
|course2 = North Course
|designer2 = William Francis Bell
|par2 = 72
|length2 = {{convert|7258|yd}}
|rating2 = 75.8
|record2 =
}}
Torrey Pines Golf Course is a 36-hole municipal golf facility in University City,{{Cite web |title=University Community Plan {{!}} City of San Diego Official Website |url=https://www.sandiego.gov/planning/community-plans/university |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=www.sandiego.gov}} a community of San Diego, California. The course sits on the coastal cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean, just south of Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve. Opened in 1957, it was built on the site of Camp Callan, a U.S. Army installation during World War II.{{Cite web |url= https://www.golfpass.com/travel-advisor/articles/the-torrey-pines-golf-experience-what-to-know-and-how-to-get-a-tee-time |title= The Torrey Pines golf experience: What to know and how to get a tee time |date=January 24, 2021 |publisher=Golf Pass |access-date=June 19, 2021}} Torrey Pines has two 18-hole courses, North and South, designed by William Francis Bell. The course is named for the Torrey pine, a rare tree that grows in the area.
Since the late 1960s, Torrey Pines has hosted the PGA Tour's Farmers Insurance Open, originally known as the San Diego Open. Held annually in January or February, the tournament uses both courses for the first two rounds and the South Course for the final two rounds. The South Course has hosted two U.S. Open championships: Tiger Woods won in 2008 and Jon Rahm won in 2021.{{Cite web |url=https://www.torreypines.com/2021-us-open/ |title=2021 U.S. Open |date=2017-11-27 |publisher=Torrey Pines |access-date=2019-03-22 |df=mdy-all}}
Torrey Pines hosted the Genesis Invitational in February 2025 after the tournament's home course, the Riviera Country Club, was affected by the Southern California wildfires.{{Cite web |last=Morfit |first=Cameron |title=Collaboration facilitates venue switch for The Genesis Invitational |url=https://www.pgatour.com/article/news/latest/2025/02/12/collaboration-elevates-venue-switch-for-the-genesis-invitational-torrey-pines-south-course |access-date=2025-02-14 |publisher=PGA Tour |date=February 12, 2025}}
2008 U.S. Open
Tiger Woods won the 2008 U.S. Open over Rocco Mediate in a 19-hole Monday playoff. After completing the 18-hole playoff on the South Course tied at even par 71, they went to sudden-death on the 91st hole, played on the par-4 7th hole. Mediate had trouble off of the tee and made bogey, while Woods made par to gain his third U.S. Open and fourteenth career major title, which put him just four behind Jack Nicklaus. He birdied the final hole on Sunday to force the playoff and again on Monday to extend it. Woods, age 32, won while playing with a stress fracture and torn ACL;{{cite web|last1=Harig|first1=Bob|title=A year later, it's time to reminisce|url=https://www.espn.com/golf/usopen09/columns/story?id=4256164&columnist=harig_bob|publisher=ESPN|access-date=March 16, 2016|date=June 14, 2009}} this was his last major title until 2019.{{Cite web | url=https://apnews.com/f235067fe5ba4e0a98e76dd06008a6fe | title=Tiger Woods makes Masters his 15th and most improbable major| date=April 15, 2019}} This was the last U.S. Open to feature an 18-hole playoff (the USGA changed the U.S. Open playoff format to a two-hole aggregate playoff in 2018{{cite news |url=http://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/22586395/us-open-abandons-18-holes-2-hole-playoff |title=U.S. Open abandons 18 holes for 2-hole playoff |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |date=February 26, 2018}}); as of 2025, it was also the most recent time the U.S. Open ended in a playoff.
Popular culture
Torrey Pines is a featured golf course in the Links: The Challenge of Golf (1990), Microsoft Golf 2.0 (1995), Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13, and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14.{{Cite web |title=Full List of Courses for Tiger Woods 14 {{!}} pastapadre.com |url=https://www.pastapadre.com/2013/02/15/full-list-of-courses-for-tiger-woods-14 |access-date=2024-05-07}}
Scott Peterson, previously on death row for the murder of his wife Laci, was arrested in the parking lot of Torrey Pines in {{nowrap|April 2003.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OmZWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q_IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4430%2C7627146 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=(Los Angeles Times) |last=Morin |first=Monte |title=Peterson arrested in death of wife and unborn son |date=April 19, 2003 |page=A3}}}}
Major tournaments hosted
| class="wikitable"
!Year!!Tournament!!Winner!!Winning score!!Margin of victory!!Runner-up | |||||
| 2008 | U.S. Open | {{flagicon|USA}} Tiger Woods | align=center|283 (−1) | Playoff | {{flagicon|USA}} Rocco Mediate |
| 2021 | U.S. Open | {{flagicon|ESP}} Jon Rahm | align=center|278 (−6) | 1 stroke | {{flagicon|ZAF}} Louis Oosthuizen |
North Course
The North Course is shorter (from the men's tees) and rated less difficult than the South Course. All measurements are made in yards.
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{{par18|name=| 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 72 }}
{{black18|name=Black|75.8 / 134 |421|495|241|479|525|416|322|214|556|3,669|536|339|203|459|451|202|393|520|486|3,589|7,258}}
{{tee18|Brown|bcolor=brown|tcolor=white|73.6 / 129 |410|431|215|433|503|400|290|174|512|3,368|524|337|174|430|408|177|388|520|455|3,413|6,781}}
{{green18|M:71.5/125 W:77.5/133 |395|412|164|416|483|389|290|167|476|3,192|506|321|155|399|352|165|345|486|422|3,151|6,343}}
{{white18|M:69.3/120 W:74.7/129 |351|355|145|337|437|380|274|161|460|2,920|460|310|108|383|340|145|336|472|373|2,927|5,847}}
{{yellow18|M:66.0/112 W:71.9/128 |322|344|138|317|424|309|233|128|401|2,616|422|258|101|306|292|141|308|404|342|2,574|5,190}}
{{handicap18|name=Men| 5| 1| 13| 3| 11| 7| 17| 15| 9| 12| 18| 14| 4| 6| 16| 8 | 10| 2}}
{{handicap18|name=Women| 3| 7| 15| 1| 11| 5| 13| 17| 9| 14| 18| 8| 2| 12| 6| 10| 16| 4}}
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:{{small|Source:}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sandiego.gov/park-and-recreation/golf/torreypines/course/north |title=Torrey Pines North Course Map |publisher=Sandiego.gov}}
South Course
At {{convert|7802|yd}}, the South Course is the longest course played in a regular PGA Tour event.
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{{par18|name=|4|4|3|4|4|5|4|3|5|36|4|3|4|5|4|4|3|4|5|36|72}}
{{black18|name=Black|M:78.8/148|451|389|201|490|454|564|462|177|615|3,803|454|225|505|621|437|517|227|443|570|3,999|7,802}}
{{tee18|Brown|bcolor=brown|tcolor=white|M:75.0/139 W:82.6/152 |434|361|159|462|404|530|443|161|535|3,489|371|202|458|539|414|394|204|422|522|3,526|7,015}}
{{green18|name=Green|M:73.3/134 W:80.3/147 |419|344|146|420|393|505|424|149|514|3,314|352|190|444|514|394|355|183|398|491|3,321|6,635}}
{{white18|name=White|M:70.9/128 W:77.6/140|409|323|142|384|382|449|387|139|457|3,072|308|171|411|486|359|339|151|375|473|3,073|6,145}}
{{yellow18|name=Yellow|M:67.2/119 W:73.3/131|350|283|106|353|320|431|378|90|432|2,743|294|104|370|407|277|276|142|346|414|2,630|5,373}}
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References
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External links
- [http://www.sandiego.gov/park-and-recreation/golf/torreypines/index.shtml Torrey Pines Golf Course official site]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090425161040/http://www.globaltwitcher.com/artspec.asp?thingid=62498 C.Michael Hogan (2008) "Torrey Pine: Pinus torreyana", Globaltwitcher, ed. N. Stromberg ]
- [http://www.golfworldmap.com/usa/california/torreypines/index.html Satellite images of Torrey Pines Golf Course]
- [http://www.tpmgc.org/ Torrey Pines Municipal Golf Club]
{{U.S. Open golf venues}}
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