Never played Torrey. I’m sure it is beautiful. I frequent Black and for a golfer with no club affiliation, it is the closest I can get to pristine conditions. Plays hard and fast and you get some monster tee shots with greens that roll like a billiards table.
The course is long and fair in the sense that if you hit the short stuff, the greens are large enough that you have a great shot at par and stiff it 15 feet and you know you just need to put a solid stroke on it for a good birdie opportunity. I’ve had some of my longest driving days and most feet of putts made at BPB. The tricky part of the course is making sure you play the right tees because too far forward and your landing zone with a driver no longer exists. If you carry it 280-290 you are going to find some unlucky breaks on a few holes such as 7, 9, 12, and 13 if the tees are up a box.
If you can’t hit fairways and greens, completely different story. Be prepared for the toughest, longest round of physical and mental endurance.
Piggy back that with a grueling morning or getting there for your baker’s ticket to get a tee time with your group and the day just got longer. As a single you can get in easily but it’s a crapshoot who you get paired with.