The Genesis Invitational

Torrey Pines Golf Course (South Course)



    Overview

    Like a football team searching for the right coach, the resort could never settle on the right identity for the No. 4 course despite a series of major alterations by different architects. It found its match when it hired Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner to carry out a full-scale blow-up and rebuild in 2018 that brought back the sweeping sand-and-pine character we identify with Pinehurst, while initiating a style of shaping in the greens and bunkers that’s confident and distinctly its own.

    About

    Holes 18
    Length 7227
    Slope 138
    Price $360
    Facility Type Public
    Designer Donald J. Ross/(R) Robert Trent Jones/(R) Rees Jones/(R) Thomas Fazio/(R) Gil Hanse

    Awards

    100 Greatest the Second 100
    100 Greatest Public
    Best Courses in Every State

    Ranking history:

    Second 100 Greatest: Ranked from 2013-2014.
    2023-'24 ranking: 171st.
    Highest ranking: 162nd (2021-'22).

    100 Greatest Public: Ranked from 2003-2016 & since 2021.
    2023-'24 ranking: 28th.
    Previous ranking: 32nd.
    Highest ranking: Current.

    Best in State: Ranked Top 10 in North Carolina since 2021; Top 15 from 2013-2014; Top 20 from 2011-2012 & 2015-2016.
    Current ranking (and previously): 9th.

    Golf Digest Logo Panelists

    Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists

    4.4

    100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

    Shot Options
    7.3177
    Character
    7.4683
    Challenge
    7.2812
    Layout Variety
    7.3186
    Fun
    7.3252
    Aesthetics
    7.3166
    Conditioning
    7.313

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