This week, the world’s best can be found competing for a U.S. Open title at Torrey Pines just north of San Diego, CA. But on Tuesday and Friday nights, the hottest game in town takes place 10 miles south. Welcome to Mission Bay: the 2,700-yard, par-58 municipal executive course that’s open to all, but has attracted the area’s sharks for more than four decades.
We signed up to play and got a quick lesson on how everyone from 15-handicaps to college players to mini-tour journeymen will smile, welcome you in, and happily take your money.