Torrey Pines Golf Course
Municipal public golf course owned by the city of San Diego, California / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Torrey Pines Golf Course is a 36-hole municipal golf facility in La Jolla. 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 golf courses, North and South, both designed by William Francis Bell. The course is named after 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.[7]
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Coordinates | 32.9045°N 117.2454°W / 32.9045; -117.2454 |
Location | San Diego, California, U.S. |
Elevation | 380 feet (115 m) |
Established | 1957, 67 years ago[1][2] |
Type | Public |
Owned by | City of San Diego |
Operated by | City of San Diego |
Total holes | 36 |
Events hosted | Farmers Insurance Open (PGA Tour) U.S. Open (2008, 2021) |
Website | Torrey Pines GC |
South Course | |
Designed by | William Francis Bell[3] |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,802 yards (7,134 m) |
Course rating | 78.8 |
Slope rating | 148[4] |
North Course | |
Designed by | William Francis Bell[1] |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,258 yards (6,637 m) |
Course rating | 75.8 |
Slope rating | 134[5] |
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).[8][9][10] 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 sudden-death in 2008 after an 18-hole playoff against Rocco Mediate, and Jon Rahm won in 2021.[11]