Torrey Pines Golf Course
32°54′16″N 117°14′43″W / 32.9045°N 117.2454°W / 32.9045; -117.2454
(PGA Tour)
U.S. Open (2008, 2021)
Torrey Pines Golf Course is a 36-hole municipal golf facility in San Diego, California. The course sits on the coastal cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean in the community of La Jolla, just south of Torrey Pines State Reserve. Opened in 1957, it was built on the site of Camp Callan, a U.S. Army installation during World War II.[6] Torrey Pines has two 18-hole courses, North and South, designed by William Francis Bell.
Since the late 1960s, Torrey Pines has hosted the PGA Tour's Farmers Insurance Open, originally known as the San Diego Open. During those early editions at Torrey Pines, the course length was under 6,850 yards (6,265 m).[7][8][9] 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 course is named for the Torrey pine, a rare tree that grows in the wild only along a local stretch of the coastline in San Diego County and on Santa Rosa Island.[10] The South Course has hosted two U.S. Open championships: Tiger Woods won in sudden-death in 2008 after an 18-hole playoff against Rocco Mediate, and Jon Rahm won in 2021.[11]
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;[12] this was his last major title until 2019.[13]
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.[14]
Scott Peterson, previously on death row for the murder of his wife Laci, was arrested in the parking lot of Torrey Pines in April 2003.[15]
Major tournaments hosted
Year | Tournament | Winner | Winning score | Runner-up |
---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | U.S. Open | Tiger Woods | 283 (−1)^ | Rocco Mediate |
2021 | U.S. Open | Jon Rahm | 278 (−6) | Louis Oosthuizen |
- ^ playoff
North Course
The North Course is shorter (from the men's tees) and rated less difficult than the South Course. All measurements made in yards.
Tee | Rating/Slope | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 72 | |
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 |
Brown | 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 |
Green | 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 |
White | 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 |
Yellow | 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 |
SI | Men | 5 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 2 | |||
SI | Women | 3 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 4 |
- Source:[16]
South Course
At 7,802 yards (7,134 m), the South Course is the longest course played in a regular PGA Tour event.
Tee | Rating/Slope | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 72 | |
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 |
Brown | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
References
- ^ a b "Torrey Pines Golf Course Clubhouse". GolfLink. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012.
- ^ "Torrey Pines Golf Course". GolfLink.
- ^ Redesigned by Rees Jones in 2001.
- ^ "Course Rating and Slope Database™ - Torrey Pines - South". USGA. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
- ^ "Course Rating and Slope Database™ - Torrey Pines - North". USGA. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
- ^ "The Torrey Pines golf experience: What to know and how to get a tee time". Golf Pass. January 24, 2021. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
- ^ "Trio shares lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. February 11, 1968. p. 4B – via Google News Archive.
- ^ "Littler shoots 67, assumes golf lead". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. February 2, 1969. p. 2B – via Google News Archive.
- ^ "Nicklaus gains control as Jackline falls back". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. February 1, 1970. p. 3B – via Google News Archive.
- ^ C.M. Hogan, 2008
- ^ "2021 U.S. Open". Torrey Pines. November 27, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
- ^ Harig, Bob (June 14, 2009). "A year later, it's time to reminisce". ESPN. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
- ^ "Tiger Woods makes Masters his 15th and most improbable major". April 15, 2019.
- ^ "Full List of Courses for Tiger Woods 14 | pastapadre.com". Retrieved May 7, 2024.
- ^ Morin, Monte (April 19, 2003). "Peterson arrested in death of wife and unborn son". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). (Los Angeles Times). p. A3.
- ^ "Torrey Pines North Course Map". Sandiego.gov.
External links
- Torrey Pines Golf Course official site
- C.Michael Hogan (2008) "Torrey Pine: Pinus torreyana", Globaltwitcher, ed. N. Stromberg
- Satellite images of Torrey Pines Golf Course
- Torrey Pines Municipal Golf Club
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