SAN DIEGO -- You might call it the case of the unused U.S. Open tickets. The city council voted in April to give each council member 48 tickets to the Open. The idea was for them to give the tickets to members of the community.

But the Union-Tribune reported Monday that of 384 tickets, around 112 of them went unused.

It was one of the most anticipated, most watched and most dramatic sporting events in San Diego history. The U.S. Open at Torrey Pines was also a very hot ticket. But not all those tickets were used. So why didn't council members give away all their freebies?

Council member Tony Young's office had the most unused tickets. Of his 48 tickets, 37 didn't go to anybody. .

"I'm sure somebody wanted the tickets," Young said. "We didn't ask everyone."

He pointed out the council gets tickets to Padre games too, and they're not all given away. But this was the U.S. Open, a much bigger ticket.

Young said, "It's not the priority of my office to find people to give tickets to. Of all the issues facing my district, if this is the big issue, I'm disappointed."

Young's staff did offer tickets to the Pro Kids Golf Academy in City Heights, but they were told the academy already had tickets.

Council member Brian Mainschein had the second most unused tickets with 32. Council president Scott Peters had 23.

We tried to contact Mainschein's and Peters' offices several times but received no response.

As for Mayor Jerry Sanders, a spokesman said the mayor chose not to take tickets in the first place.