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The sixth hole on Torrey Pines
Golf Course - North is a stunner.
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After watching that gripping U.S. Open finale, I suspect many of you are planning, or at least longing for, a San Diego golf vacation and the opportunity to play the South layout at Torrey Pines Golf Course.
Well, here's a little secret if you make it out there. While the trophy hunters, chest thumpers, and low handicappers prefer to do battle only on the South Course, one of the most beloved San Diego golf courses among locals is the North Course.
Why? Well, Torrey Pines Golf Course - North is a classic player's course rather than a championship test. It offers good sport, with a good chance to score well, and picturesque scenery. In fact, whereas parts of the South Course pass by hotels and a hospital, the North Course is more fully enveloped by nature.
The first three holes on the North Course are all birdie opportunities and they give you a chance to get off to a fast start. The real scenic and strategic highlights come soon after.
Take, for example, the downhill, par-three 6th (pictured). It looks serenely photogenic with its ocean backdrop, but at 206 yards from the tips and surrounded by a canyon left and bunkers, it requires complete focus — and I don't mean from a camera lens. There are several other holes like this, some possibly the most memorable among all the San Diego golf courses you'll play.
Of course, for many of us, playing a U.S. Open venue is a one-in-a-lifetime opportunity and I'm not suggesting that you play the North instead of the South at Torrey Pines Golf Course, but you shouldn't ignore it, either. Middle to high handicappers especially will find it to be one of the most enjoyable San Diego golf courses to play while on a San Diego golf vacation.
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