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Nowadays, it seems that Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego is less crowded for early morning rounds. I have found that the weekday pre-6:30 a.m. tee time is the best. However, even though it is less crowded it still takes about 5 hours to play because of the time it takes to look for your golf ball in the thick rough.
The North Course at Torrey Pines is a lot more golfer friendly and playable. Golfers can enjoy themselves and have a similar challenge around the greens.
Below are some recent early morning photos that I took at Torrey Pines Golf Course.
Early Morning at Torrey Pines Golf Course
Ocean Mist at Torrey Pines Golf Course San Diego
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Tiger Woods was back today on the grounds at Torrey Pines, home of his epic U.S. Open win in June. Not as a player. As a caddie.
Woods, still rehabbing from knee surgery the week after the Open, appeared on the South Course at Torrey Pines to film a promotional video for Buick. Wearing a green bib and black slacks, the world’s top golfer caddied for 59-year-old New Jersey native John Abel, who won Buick’s “Tee It Up with Tiger” sweepstakes contest.
Woods arrived in San Diego on Sunday night, stayed at the Lodge at Torrey Pines and opened the curtains in his room that overlooked the South Course’s 18th green. It was on that green where Woods rolled in birdies on Sunday and Monday to stay alive in the Open, which he won on the 19th hole of a dramatic playoff with Rocco Mediate.
The pin Sunday night happened to be in nearly the same spot it was on that incredible Monday.
“You know, that was pretty cool,” Woods said with a broad smile. “It was a little bit different atmosphere, because you could actually see the green without all of the grandstands. I remember that putt.”
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Showing no noticeable limp, but driving a customized cart, Woods crouched down to read the greens, offered clubs and joked frequently with Abel, a pressman for a printing company who took up golf only nine years ago, and entered the contest because he wanted to win his wife a new car. Abel played only the back nine of the South Course, and Woods left the course soon after finishing at around 10:30 a.m.
“I wouldn’t trade this for anything,” a beaming Abel said afterward. “This was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.”
Woods has not swung a golf club fully since winning his 14th major championship in the Open. He had surgery one week later to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, and he has said he will not return to tournament play until sometime next year.
“I’m able to chip and putt now, but the fuller rotational things will come next year,” Woods said. “I don’t know how I’ll be ramping up and what my surgeons will allow. I can walk and do all of this stuff. That’s easy. It’s the rotational stuff that’s going to be different.”
When Woods first said he would make his comeback in 2009, it seemed possible that his first time out might be defending his sixth Buick Invitational at Torrey Pines. And it would make for a dramatic bookend to his Open victory.
But Woods has been cautious to raise any hopes about the timing of his return. He said he would “love to come back” for the Buick, but doesn’t know if he’ll be ready.
“I just don’t know,” he said. “That’s the frustrating thing for me. I like having things planned out. I like understanding what I need to shoot for. But I don’t know. The surgeons don’t know either. They’ve never dealt with an injury like this for a person who plays golf at an elite level.”
Woods added of his left knee: “It’s stronger is some circumstances now than it was last year at this time, which is great.”
Source: SignOnSanDiego.com
