How You Can Get a Tee Time to Play at Torrey
Pines
(without having to pay a $200 broker fee)
1. Phone the automated reservation system, (858) 571-1234, seven days in
advance starting at 7 PM. You will need to pay greens fees in advance if
you don't have a valid six digit city reservation number. You will find that
on most all days, all you get is a busy signal until about 7:30. When you
finally get through, the only times left for Torrey Pines North or South
are late in the afternoon for foursomes or maybe earlier if all you need
is a single or twosome.
2. Phone the same reservation system between 8 PM and midnight the night
before you can play and try to find a time that someone had to cancel.
This is chancy at best and does not allow for planning ahead. Weekends are
still nearly impossible and rarely do you find a foursome even on the weekdays.
3. Go to the course and put your name on the waiting list kept by the starter.
The wait can be anywhere between 5 minutes and 4 hours. Singles and twosomes
have a better chance of getting on than foursomes. You can't find out what
the wait time is without going to the course.
4. Now it starts getting expensive. You may call the City Golf Office at
(858) 522-1786. They have a limited number of times to book up to 90 days in
advance. The current charge for this service is $25/player for residents,
$35/player for visitors. As this is a new service being run by the City of San
Diego as of August 1, 2006, contact them for more details.
5. Tee time brokers who I don't care to advertise will take orders more than
seven days in advance. They call the same automated reservation system as
you can beginning at 7 PM one week before you want to play. However, they
have lots of people dialing and probably know tricks that aid them in getting
through to get the best tee times while everyone else is still getting busy
signals. They charge at least $150 per person for their tee times, they charge
you up front and don't refund your money if they get the time you asked for.
You don't get a time guaranteed more than 7 days in advance and you don't
get a pro to help you for three holes as in #4 above.
If you'd like to play at Torrey Pines and would like help navigating the
reservation system, send me a quick email using the link below. Let me know
who you are and when you'd like to play and I'll see if I can help you out.
We offer this service for a very nominal fee.
