San Diego course questions

[mallrat]

So I'll be in San Diego next weekend and have time for an afternoon round Thurs., a morning round Friday and a morning round Saturday.

 

I'm hoping to play Torrey on Thurs and Fri, then Grand Del Mar (if my club can get me on) or Aviara Saturday morning. I'm worried about getting on at Torrey though. Any recommendations or tips? Also has anyone played The Grand Del Mar ( I love Fazio courses) or can you compare it to Aviara?

 

Thanks fo any help guys

[Clambake]

You shouldn't have any trouble getting onto Torrey if you're walking on as a single. You may have to wait a little, but probably not too much...maybe an hour max. The course is in really nice shape right now. I played two Saturday's ago and our group went around in 4 hours flat which was great.

I played the Grand about 6 weeks ago and frankly was quite disappointed. It had a strong reputation, but we found the fairways to be kind of rough shape and a number of greens had big areas of patchwork done. We never saw a beverage cart once the whole round, had problems with our cart and had to go find a replacement on our own (since we couldn't find anyone at the cart barn). Play was also pretty slow, about 5 hours on a weekday. Two of my playing companions used to play the course a lot before it went private, and they were very, very disappointed and felt the course had gone way down hill since they used to play it.

Aviara was much more nicely kept right now than the Grand. It is a little more resort-course like than Grand which makes sense since it was built with the resort whereas the Grand was built long before putting a resort there, but it is still a pleasant layout with some good challenge. I think it is overpriced on their normal daytime rate, but the twilight rate is a decent deal.

[tiger-vs-me]

have you played Coronado?
I ve been there in Oct. playing a tournament there.
Does anybody know if i can use a Laser in a tournament ?

[Jeembo]

[quote name='tiger-vs-me' timestamp='1345927689' post='5533791']
have you played Coronado?
I ve been there in Oct. playing a tournament there.
Does anybody know if i can use a Laser in a tournament ?
[/quote]
Unless the tourney is uber hardcore, I'm sure they won't have a problem with rangefinders.

[BoomerSooner214]

I played The Grand a couple months ago and I guess it was in better shape than when ClamBake played it I guess. It is really a toss-up between those two. Aviara is beautiful and always well kept. I thought The Grand was a little tougher but Aviara is better kept. Can't go wrong with either.