Torrey Pines Golf Course in La Jolla

La Jolla's benign year-round climate and spectacular natural setting make it a sportsman's paradise. Since its earliest days, La Jolla has been a spawning ground for athletes of virtually every sport some of whom have achieved accomplishments of national acclaim.

Records indicate that early La Jolla residents were putting the green as far back as 1899 on a course running along Prospect. Today the eighteen-hole championship course on the cliffs overlooking the ocean that has been ranked among the best public courses in the country and the equal of Carmel's famed Pebble Beach. Torrey Pines is host to the annual Andy Williams Open, which dates back to 1952 and has attracted such world champions as Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson and Johnny Miller. The exacting four-day Open attracts not only the world's top golfers, but thousands of enthusiastic spectators and hundreds of members of the international press. The prestigious sporting event is nationally telecast bringing La Jolla and its mild February weather to everyone's attention.

Many giants of the game have been born and nurtured here, often teeing off as toddlers with their dads at the picturesque La Jolla Country Club course.