NORTH TORREY PINES G.C. - Hole By Hole Descriptions #1 520 YARDS R 5 On this straightaway hole the fairway rises first, then gently falls as you approach the green. The longest five par on North, it is still within two-shot reach for the pros. The 90-foot-deep green is bunkered front right and back left. Into the wind. #2 326 YARDS R 4 No. 2 is the shortest four-par on North, featuring a rising fairway bunkered at the 210 mark on the right. No more than a drive and a wedge. A birdie hole for sure. #3 121 YARDS R 3 From the special tournament tee (it's usually just 108 yards) this is still the shortest hole on North. The tee shot, a wedge or nine, must carry the canyon fronting the green. If the pin is at left the two greenside bunkers could come into play. Another birdie hole. #4 398 YARDS R 4 Brush-covered canyon runs the full length of the fairway on the left. The 84-foot-deep green is bunkered front and back. An easy hole for most pros. #5 371 YARDS R 4 You can't see the green from the tee on this slight dog-leg left hole because the fairway drives left and down the final 130 yards. The green is surrounded by two bunkers. Canyon and trees border the fairway left. #6 160 YARDS R 3 From the hilltop tee the fairway plunges sharply downhill to a green set precariously close to the canyon. Although it plays shorter than the card, a rightto-left cross-wind off the ocean makes it tougher in the afternoon. The North's most scenic hole, with a spectacular view from the tee of La Jolla cove. #7 400 YARDS R 4 From the tournament tee high above the Pacific Ocean, the fairway runs downhill, and then severely uphill, with danger (high rough and the cliff's edge) on the left. Slightly dog-legging right, the approach is to an elevated green that hides the pin location with three bunkers protecting the green. One of North's toughest holes. #8 436 YARDS R 4 Canyon borders the fairway at left, but with the windbehind the player it plays shorter than the card. For the amateurs it's one of the North's hardest holes, but not for the pros. #9 497 YARDS R 5 The home hole on the outgoing nine, this five-par is a birdie opportunity for the pros. They can get home in two usually to the 100-foot-deep triangular green, bunkered right and left. #10 416 YARDS R 4 The first of two consecutive testing four-pars, this straightaway hole has trees on the left, and a narrowing fairway in the pro's landing area. A square-shaped green, 96 feet deep, is bunkered at left, front and back. #11 437 YARDS R 4 Slight dog-leg left, this long four-par requires two strong accurate shots. The smallish green 78 feet deep) is guarded by a sand trap on the right. Brushy canyon borders the fairway left. The fairway dips and rises the final 120 yards. Most difficult hole on North. Twenty fourth most difficult hole on the 1986 PGA TOUR. #12 190 YARDS R 3 Not a tough three-par, but it will play longer in the afternoon breeze. Gently uphill, with bunkers left front and right rear at the green. Canyon at left, but not in play. #13 421 YARDS R 4 Another hard (No. 4 handicap hole) four, particularly because it dog-legs sharply (left) at 210 yards out, with canyon all the way on the left, and trees and a bunker at the bend. Long hitters could carry their tee shot through the fairway into the rough at right. Narrow at the mouth, the balloon-shaped green widens to 70 feet #14 507 YARDS R 5 A left-curving fairway, bordered by a few trees near the tee-shot landing area and a bunker at left are the main trouble on this five-par. It will take two good shots to hit the green, well trapped left and right. Although shorter than No. 1 this hole requires better shot-making. #15 397 YARDS R 4 Not much trouble here. The fairway curves left, then right, rising to the 100-foot-long green that narrows in the middle. Easily reachable in two with a highlofted iron approach. Despite its handicap (8) it is no test for the pros. #16 338 YARDS R 4 Second shortest four-par on North, this certainly is one of the easiest; despite a somewhat elevated green. A pull shot into the slanting rough on the left could spell trouble. Still, a birdie hole. #17 172 YARDS R 3 The tee is elevated, there is a small pond left of the green, and the wide open green is sandwiched between that water and a bunker on the right. Getting on the green should be no problem, but hitting dose to the pin could be. The wind, right-to-left, could be a factor here. #18 485 YARDS R 5 Another reachable (in two) five-par. The fairway widens in the tee-shot landing area, and there is a bunker out 250 yards on the right. Trees border the slightly-bending fairway on the right also. Green-side bunkers, left rear and right front, could come into play, depending on pin placement. Another birdie hole. SOUTH TORREY PINES G.C.- Hole By Hole Descriptions #1 447 YARDS R 4 A long uphill hole with a tree-bordered fairway, narrowed slightly by a bunker on the right about 225 yards from the tee. When the wind blows, it's into the golfer's face. The green, measuring 110 feet deep, is guarded on the left by large traps. A tough way to start a tournament. #2 365 YARDS R 4 A short slight dog-leg right, with deep rough and fairway bunker right and left 210 yards from the tee. A long, undulating, sloping green is guarded on the right side and front by bunkers. For the pros, an easy hole, difficult to putt. #3 173 YARDS R 3 A beautiful downhill hole with a scenic view of the Pacific Ocean. The tournament tee is elevated, and the wind usually blows across the fairway right to left. A hook or over-the-green shot could find the deep, brushy canyons left and back. An elongated green is surrounded by two bunkers. #4 453 YARDS R 4 A long, slightly uphill hole, with a fairway that slopes left to deep rough and to a towering cliff that falls away 300 feet to the beach below. There is a fairway bunker on the right, and two more fronting the green right and left, leaving a narrow entrance to the putting surface. #5 404 YARDS R 4 A straightaway hole, sloping to the left, and downhill the final 150 yards, it plays easier than the yardage would indicate. The fairway narrows about 225 yards out with bunker on the left. A relatively small green is protected by bunkers fronting the green. #6 535 YARDS R 5 Although a severe dog-leg right, with the wind usually helping, most pros get home or nearly in two. Canyon borders along the right. There is a fairway bunker on the left. Bunkers also right and left in front of green. Cutting the corner is no sure thing. Trees on left and right, but the fairway is wide. An easy par. #7 453 YARDS R 4 A long, dog-leg right with canyon the full length of the hole on the right. The final 200 yards are dead into the wind. Two bunkers greenside both left and right,but the 84-foot-deep green is relatively shallow for a demanding approach. There is rough and canyon justbeyond the green. One of San Diego's most difficult golf holes. #8 171 YARDS R 3 Not long, but uphill it plays more than the card, and the pin location on a deep green cannot be seen from the tee. Prevailing wind is at the golfer's back. Easiest three on the course. #9 536 YARDS R 5 A long par five that plays every inch of its length. Heavy rough borders the fairway, which has just one bunker, on the right 260 yards from the tee. The not-too-large green is undulating and guarded by two bunkers, one 10 yards in front. #10 373 YARDS R 4 Slight dog-leg left, heavy rough left with large well placed fairway bunker left and right about 230 yards out. An easy four par hole that will give its share of birdies. #11 207 YARDS R 3 Requiring a carry of 180 yards over a deep, unforgiving and unplayable drainage ditch, this hole is the most difficult of Torrey's par 3s. Wind, usually in the afternoon, lengthens the hole. The green is large, flanked at left. Little margin for error with trees and rough left of the green and a descending bank at right. #12 468 YARDS R 4 The most difficult four par at Torrey Pines, this long,into-the-wind hole requires two strong, well hit shots. Difficult rough left and right, and tree lined nearly allthe way. A good sized unsloping green that holds well, but is bunkered on the left side. And besides all that,the hole is uphill most all the way. #13 535 YARDS R 5 This down-wind hole can be reached by most pros in two, but a short second shot leaves a blind third approach up a severe incline to a large triangular-shaped green, fronted left and right by fairly deep bunkers. A 30 ft. channel hinders approach to green. Rolling fairway that plunges deeply 90 yards short of the hole and narrows perceptibly at this point with the canyon on the left. An alternative Championship Tee has been added which provides a carry of 170 yards over a canyon to reach the fairway. #14 398 YARDS R 4 One of the most understated holes at Torrey Pines. There is rough and canyon on the left, and trees on the right that will block an approach from that side of the fairway. A medium-sized fairway bunker, about 240 yards out on the left, also poses a problem. And the green is small. Scene of the Craig Stadler "towel" infraction. #15 356 YARDS R 4 This hole became a slight dog-leg in 1973 when a new tee left of the regular one lengthened the hole by 28 yards. There are trees at left 50 yards short of the green that force players to favor the right side of the narrow fairway. A large bunker greenside comes into play on the approach. #16 203 YARDS R 3 The second hardest three par, 16 is an into-the-wind hole with canyon left. The large deep green is bracketed by two bunkers left and another on the right. Againstthe wind it plays every inch of the card. #17 425 YARDS R 4 A long four par downwind with bordering canyon on the left, a large bunker on right hand side is 250 off the tee. It does not play full length with favoring wind. A drive and seven iron for the pros at most. #18 498 YARDS R 5 Unless the wind is against them, this is an easy finishing hole for the pros, complicated by Devlin's Billabong* . . . an elongated pond almost directly in front of the green. There are two fairway bunkers, one on the- right about 215 yards out, another in the fair way left about 230 yards from the tee. Most pros go for the green in two, but a surprising number lay up short of the water. A birdie, and sometimes an eagle hole.