The course sits on the coastal cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean, just south of Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve.

Opened in 1957, it was built on the site of Camp Callan, a U.S. Army installation during World War II.

[6] Torrey Pines has two 18-hole courses, North and South, designed by William Francis Bell.

Woods, age 32, won while playing with a stress fracture and torn ACL;[8] this was his last major title until 2019.

[10] Scott Peterson, previously on death row for the murder of his wife Laci, was arrested in the parking lot of Torrey Pines in April 2003.