Torrey Pines Municipal Golf Course is located about 20 minutes North of downtown San Diego on the coastal bluffs of Southern California, between the cities of La Jolla, CA and Carlsbad, CA. There are two 18-hole Golf Courses - Torrey Pines North and Torrey Pines South. Both golf courses are played by the PGA TOUR professionals during the Farmers Insurance OPEN held in January or February every year. The courses were originally designed by William Bell, Sr. in 1957. In 2001, at a cost of $ 3.5 million, Torrey Pines South Course was renovated and redesigned by Rees Jones. The renovation and redesign made Torrey Pines South longer and more difficult and it was subsequently selected by the USGA to host 2008 U.S. OPEN Championship. Both golf courses provide some of the most dramatic ocean views from several holes. The signature hole on Torrey Pines SOUTH is the Par 3 # 3 Hole and on Torrey Pines NORTH the signature hole is the Par 3 # 6 Hole.

Both Torrey Pines Golf Course are open and available for public play although getting tee times can be difficult. 70% of all Torrey Pines tee times are only available to San Diego City Residents by participating in a telephone tee time lottery conducted by Torrey Pines Golf Course and held every evening at 7 p.m. for tee times 7 days in advance. Every City Resident phone has an equal opportunity to get "the lucky ring" and a confirmed tee time in this unique Torrey Pines tee time lottery. Have your resident ID Pin # handy to access the system and Call 858-570-1234.

Tee times for San Diego County golfers and Visiting Golfers from around the world used to be available via the same telephone tee time lottery discussed above but that access was discontinued in August 2006. In it's place 12% of the tee times are made available to non-residents up to 90 in advance via the Torrey Pines Administration Office for an additional non-refundable fee of $ 43 per player above the regular non-resident green fees.

Residents may access 12% of the advance resident tee time allocation in separate pool within the same system for additional non-refundable fee of $ 30 per player above the regular resident green fees.

Torrey Pines Trivia: The name of the course comes from the many Torrey Pine trees on both courses. These trees are the rarest pines trees in the country and only live in two locations - Santa Rosa Island off the coast of Santa Barbara and here in San Diego on Torrey Pines Golf Course and within the Torrey Pine State Reserve.

Some hotels located near the area are: Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines and The Lodge at Torrey Pines.

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