▦ hero—A cliffside green above the Pacific at Torrey Pines
Destinations / La Jolla, California
San Diego
Municipal golf on cliffs above the Pacific—Torrey Pines South, twice a U.S. Open host.
Courses
Torrey Pines South (catalogued)
North course also on-site (not catalogued)
Best season
Year-round—coastal San Diego rarely gets too hot or cold
Getting there
Fly to San Diego Intl. (SAN), ~25 min drive
Rental car or rideshare from the airport
From the airport
San Diego International (SAN) · ~29 min drive
Price
$$$
Torrey Pines sits on cliffs above La Jolla, a genuine municipal golf course that happens to have hosted the U.S. Open twice—most famously in 2008, when Tiger Woods beat Rocco Mediate in a 19-hole Monday playoff on one leg. The South course is the championship test; a North course shares the property but isn't in our catalog.
This is a golf round inside a bigger San Diego trip more than a standalone golf destination—La Jolla Cove, Balboa Park, the Gaslamp Quarter, and the San Diego Zoo are all a short drive away, so it's an easy add to a longer California trip.
The courses
Off the course
La Jolla Cove & the Birch Aquarium
Torrey Pines State Reserve trails
Balboa Park, the Zoo, Gaslamp Quarter
Best time to go
MarMayJulSepNov
San Diego's marine layer means grey mornings that usually burn off by midday.
Sample itineraries
One round, one day
Play Torrey Pines South, spend the rest of the trip in La Jolla
Golf + California coast
Add it to a bigger SoCal trip
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