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Torrey Pines Golf Course

Municipal public golf course owned by the city of San Diego, California

Field	Value
golf_facility_name	Torrey Pines Golf Course
image	Torrey Pines Golf Course plaque.jpg
imagesize	250
location	San Diego, California
pushpin_map	USA#USA California
pushpin_relief	1
coordinates
elevation	380 ft
establishment	1957,
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	Torrey Pines GC
course1	South Course
designer1	William Francis Bell
par1	72
length1	7802 yd
rating1	78.8
slope1	148
course2	North Course
designer2	William Francis Bell
par2	72
length2	7258 yd
rating2	75.8
slope2	134

Genesis Invitational (2025) U.S. Open (2008, 2021) |USA |USA California Torrey Pines Golf Course is a 36-hole municipal golf facility in University City, 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. 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.

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.

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; this was his last major title until 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); 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.

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.

Major tournaments hosted

Year	Tournament	Winner	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
2008	U.S. Open	USA Tiger Woods	283 (−1)	Playoff	USA Rocco Mediate
2021	U.S. Open	ESP Jon Rahm	278 (−6)	1 stroke	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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South Course

At 7802 yd, the South Course is the longest course played in a regular PGA Tour event.

References

"Torrey Pines Golf Course Clubhouse". GolfLink.
"Torrey Pines Golf Course". GolfLink.
Redesigned by Rees Jones in 2001.
"Course Rating and Slope Database™ - Torrey Pines - South". USGA.
"Course Rating and Slope Database™ - Torrey Pines - North". USGA.
"University Community Plan {{!}} City of San Diego Official Website".
(January 24, 2021). "The Torrey Pines golf experience: What to know and how to get a tee time". Golf Pass.
(2017-11-27). "2021 U.S. Open". Torrey Pines.
Morfit, Cameron. (February 12, 2025). "Collaboration facilitates venue switch for The Genesis Invitational". PGA Tour.
(June 14, 2009). "A year later, it's time to reminisce". ESPN.
(April 15, 2019). "Tiger Woods makes Masters his 15th and most improbable major".
(February 26, 2018). "U.S. Open abandons 18 holes for 2-hole playoff". ESPN.
"Full List of Courses for Tiger Woods 14 {{!}} pastapadre.com".
Morin, Monte. (April 19, 2003). "Peterson arrested in death of wife and unborn son". Spokesman-Review.
"Torrey Pines North Course Map". Sandiego.gov.

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