Greens looked like they were aerated last week. They played very slow, but the sand covering the green was pretty even, so they weren't as bumpy as I expected. Still, it's no fun to see a puff of du... Continue »

Greens looked like they were aerated last week. They played very slow, but the sand covering the green was pretty even, so they weren't as bumpy as I expected. Still, it's no fun to see a puff of dust come up when you hit the green. I also saw plenty of ball marks on the greens, as if people didn't care about damaging the sandy greens. Rough was probably lower than I've ever seen it at Torrey South, maybe 1-3 inches. But the ball still nestles down, and you can easily lose your ball in rough that's only a few yards off the fairway. I believe the South course has tee times every ten minutes (compared to every seven minutes on the North), and although we were constantly a hole behind, we weren't pushed at all with our 11:30am tee time. Maybe people heard about the greens and flocked to the North course, because that course looked packed. Prices were raised on 7/1/04. As a San Diego resident, I paid $45, but my out-of-town partner paid the weekend/holiday rate of $135. Luckily I checked Greenskeeper.org beforehand and told him about the reviews about the greens, so he was forewarned about their condition.