Torrey Pines Golf Course

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Torrey Pines Golf Course is a municipal public golf course owned by the city of San Diego, California. It sits on the coastal cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean in the community of La Jolla south of Torrey Pines State Reserve. It has two famous golf courses, the North Course and the South Course. The South Course was designed by William F. Bell and redesigned by Rees Jones in 2001. It is now a par 72 course at 7,643 yards (6,989 m) in length from the back tees.

Much like Bethpage Black on Long Island, Torrey Pines boasts a unique method to ensure continued public access to the course. On weekends, individuals arrive as early as 6 p.m. the prior night to get in line for the first come / first serve tee times that are given out from sunrise till the first reservations at 7:30 a.m..

Torrey Pines is the home of the PGA Tour Buick Invitational each year in January or February. It hosts the San Diego City Amateur Golf Championships every June, and the Junior World Golf Championships every July. It will also host the U.S. Open in 2008.

Torrey Pines is the featured golf course in the 1990 computer game Links: The Challenge of Golf by Access Software (now Indie Built) as well as in Microsoft Golf 2.0 by Microsoft.

It is named after the Torrey Pine, a rare tree that grows in the wild only in parts of the coastline in San Diego County and on Santa Rosa Island.

[edit] North Course

The North Course is the shorter (from the men's tees) and easier of the two courses. All measurements made in yards.

**Torrey Pines North Course**
Tee	Rating/Slope	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	OUT	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	IN	TOTAL
Championship	72.1 / 129	412	326	121	429	520	206	400	436	548	3398	416	467	190	469	507	397	338	172	520	3476	6874
Regular	70.0 / 119	355	313	112	384	511	150	354	418	480	3077	404	422	174	418	490	387	323	159	472	3249	6326
Par	Men's	4	4	3	4	5	3	4	4	5	36	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	3	5	36	72
Handicap	Men's	7	15	17	3	9	13	5	1	11		6	2	10	4	14	8	18	12	16
Black	75.4 / 134	346	303	109	374	504	141	346	404	470	2997	391	410	159	407	478	377	314	129	460	3125	6122
Par	Women's	4	4	3	4	5	3	4	4	5	36	4	5	3	5	5	4	4	3	5	38	74
Handicap	Women's	3	13	17	7	11	15	5	1	9		4	12	16	10	2	8	14	18	6

[edit] South Course

At 7,607 yards (6,956 m), the South Course is the longest course played in a regular PGA Tour event. All measurements made in yards.

**Torrey Pines South Course**
Tee	Rating/Slope	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	OUT	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	IN	TOTAL
Black	78.1 / 143	452	387	198	483	453	560	462	176	613	3784	405	221	504	541	435	477	227	442	571	3823	7607
Blue	76.1 / 139	444	362	160	471	404	530	442	164	590	3567	376	203	477	539	417	462	206	429	551	3660	7227
White	74.3 / 136	432	347	149	460	393	518	434	154	535	3422	362	193	456	521	404	392	192	419	524	3463	6885
Gold	M:72.5/133 W:79.2/138	415	318	142	450	380	501	424	131	516	3277	349	162	443	505	390	345	185	400	486	3265	6542
Par	Men's	4	4	3	4	4	5	4	3	5	36	4	3	4	5	4	4	3	4	5	36	72
Handicap	Men's	5	15	13	3	11	9	1	17	7		16	14	2	6	8	12	18	4	10
Black	73.5 / 128	368	281	113	388	324	452	381	96	432	2835	299	105	394	408	276	286	176	347	416	2707	5542
Par	Women's	4	4	3	4	4	5	4	3	5	36	4	3	5	5	4	4	3	4	5	37	73
Handicap	Women's	7	13	15	9	11	1	5	17	3		10	18	2	6	14	16	12	8	4