Torrey Pines Golf Course: South

William F. Bell designed the South Course at Torrey Pines in 1957. Rees Jones led major renovations in 2001 and 2019, repositioning bunkers and rebuilding green complexes to bring the course to major championship length and difficulty. The course sits on a coastal bluff north of San Diego, with six holes along the Pacific. Torrey Pines South hosted the 2008 U.S. Open (Tiger Woods over Rocco Mediate in a 19-hole playoff, one of the most iconic majors in modern golf) and the 2021 U.S. Open (Jon Rahm). It has hosted the PGA Tour's Farmers Insurance Open since the late 1960s, a January Tour event that uses both Torrey courses in rounds 1-2 and South in 3-4. Golf Digest ranks it on America's 100 Greatest Public since 2003, with a peak rank of 33rd in 2017-18. One of only two municipally owned courses ever to host the U.S. Open, and the single most accessible bucket-list championship venue in American golf.