Torrey Pines is a municipal course, owned and operated by the city of San Diego, but because it has hosted the Open and hosts a yearly PGA event, it's quite popular! As a result, they have a different way off booking tee times, you don't just call the Pro Shop, and it seemed pretty complicated.
We wanted to play in the afternoon because there is a reduced twilight rate - so, we had to show up first thing in the morning to get our name on the waiting list (we got there just after 8am to sign up then we went and got breakfast and did some shopping), then you have to make sure you are at the course around noon when they start calling names for the twilight tee times. There is really no guarantee that you'll get on, so, we decided to go to the course on Tuesday, that way if it didn't work out, we could try again later in the week. And, although it all seemed pretty complicated, we got on that first day...and, we got off at 12:40pm, the second twilight group!
Curt making a great bunker shot on the third hole - the signature hole.
Making my birdie putt on the third hole. I missed the birdie, but made the par putt!
Just south of the course is Torrey Pines Gliderport - so, we saw a lot of people out paragliding along the cliffs. We looked into doing this before our trip, but it was a little too expensive!
A picture of the scenery...and Curt and I.
We finished our round just as it was getting dark and we got to see a beautiful sunset while we played the last few holes.
In hindsight, we should have played Torrey Pines later in the week - had we known that the different way of getting a tee time was actually pretty easy, we would have done things differently - it would have been nice to have a little warm up before taking on such a course (especially considering we haven't swung a club in a few months). I didn't play well at all, but I decided just to stop keeping score and enjoy the experience...that was a good decision! Curt played really well though, he shot a 92!
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