Torrey’s Par-3 Third.

There are many things I enjoy about being a golf editor. But my favorite is being able to play tournament-ready courses before the pros tackle them. Such was the case with the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines. While the sheer beauty of the locale’s majestic views are enough to satisfy even the non-golfer, the ball-thieving rough, 30-yard-wide fairways and fast greens are enough to make the most discriminating of golfers giggle with excitement and tremble with disbelief. The rough is in a word, well, rough. You could literally stand there, drop a ball, see exactly where it entered and not be able to locate it for several minutes. No exaggeration. Imagine doing so while attempting to track your ball’s path into the nasty sheaths of no end. It’s a daunting task, no doubt. Adding yet another dimension to the test of golf the pros will face this June. While the Torrey experience was one I’ll never forget, it’s also one of the few rounds where a sense of relief sunk in on the 18^th green, and lunch at the Lodge at Torrey Pines never sounded so good. Go for the “Drugstore Style Hamburger” (their verbage, not mine) it does not disappoint.

- Nichole Brophy, Golf Editor.

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