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What To Make Of Torrey Pines This Time Around?

The South Course should be provide a traditional U.S. Open test but remains a huge miss by Rees Jones

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Geoff Shackelford
Jun 11, 2021
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I’ve taken more sunset shots than golf course photos when at Torrey Pines (Geoff Shackelford)

What is there to say about Torrey Pines that we don’t already know from watching the Farmers? It’s long, it’s open to the public and sits on prime real estate. Architecturally, Rees Jones worked his magic on William F. Bell’s original and it’s just not very good…

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