Torrey Pines (South)
William P. Bell and his son William F. Bell designed Torrey Pines South in 1957 on the site of a WWII Army camp, on cliffs above the Pacific in La Jolla—still, remarkably, a municipal course anyone can book.
It's hosted the U.S. Open twice, most famously in 2008 when Tiger Woods beat Rocco Mediate in a 19-hole Monday playoff on one good leg, winning on the par-4 7th for his 14th major and third U.S. Open title. The par-3 3rd, known as "The Beach Hole," plays right along the bluff and is the shot everyone remembers first.
Torrey Pines South is the rare U.S. Open venue anyone can play—a city-owned muni on the La Jolla bluffs that hosted the 2008 and 2021 Opens. The fairways tumble past ponds and Torrey pines toward the Pacific, and the ocean holes on the back nine are the ones you'll replay on the flight home.
Greens are scheduled for maintenance 5–26 October 2026.
From a published source
This course books through the resort's own reservations portal.
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