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Auburn Regional Park

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timothyasteele
Experience: 18.2 years 43 played 4 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Solid course in a nice park 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jan 23, 2011 Played the course:once

Pros:

Nice course setting in a large community park with lots going on all around. Tennis courts, basketball court, people fishing in the pond, etc.

Good variety of shots with uphill and downhill, ace runs and long narrow tunnel shots, water hazards, etc.

Teepads are level, grippy, and in good condition, baskets are in good condition (although a few had missing numbers on top), and tee signs were easy to read for the ones that were there.

I bumped into several groups of locals (small and large) and they all seemed friendly and there was a good vibe on the course with respect and courtesy where some holes overlap a bit.

Fun and mildly challenging, but not too difficult for anyone to play, and with a good mix of basket locations makes this course a good spot for anyone in the general northern California area to visit.



Cons:

Some of the holes are a little tight to one another, resulting in having to really watch for flying discs and sometimes waiting to throw.

Most of the signs are in good shape, but a few are completely missing which makes it rather tough if you've never played there before.

I didn't see any large sign at the beginning with a map of the course. Thankfully, I went to the local DG club page and downloaded the course map. Without it, I would have been lost several times as there is no signage for where the next teepad is.

A few missing basket numbers on the baskets, which isn't a huge deal, but a few are close together and it would be nice to easily make sure you're throwing at the right one.

Other Thoughts:

Overall, I think this is a really solid course with potential of being even better with some better signage and a few basket numbers.

The people were friendly, the park is family friendly with lots of activities all around, the course was clean and in good shape.

I'll be going back again pretty soon to play it again!
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June
Experience: 16.8 years 17 played 1 reviews
3.50 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 13, 2010 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

-Easy park and entry
-Technical skinny and nice open fairways
-Good teepads, baskets and signs
-Great area to spend a day after discing

Cons:

-Hard to navigate if you havn't played before
-Easy to lose a disc or two if unexpierienced
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ChainZombie
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
5.00 star(s)

Sick! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 31, 2010 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Great course, great people, great DG club. The all around best DG course in Nor Cal. New tee pads, new tee signs.Great selection of difficult shots, tight wooded fairways to open grass. Did i mention grass?? Spotless clean.

Cons:

Out of towners ! Really... no cons, other than the people who don't know what disc golf is that walk in the park with their dogs.

Other Thoughts:

Keep up the good job on taking care of the course, and allways' looking forward to the Auburn Am. and Auburn Open every year. Lookin good Auburn!
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Apothecary
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 26.9 years 66 played 36 reviews
4.00 star(s)

What more can one ask for? 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 22, 2010 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

-Beautiful setting for a disc golf course. Plenty of trees on most holes with a few wide open fairways peppered in. Uphill and downhill.
-One of the cleanest busy parks I have visited. No trash to be found. I don't know who is maintaining this park/course, but they're doing a hell of a good job.
-Nether lefty nor righty friendly. Everyone has to work at Auburn.
-Danger. A stream teases the basket on hole 4 and 7. 14 is a tricky lake shot (trickiness compounded by the fence erected to the right of the walking path). Bring your retriever.
-Grippy, clean concrete tees.
-Free parking, and plenty of it.
-Practice basket, for your putting pleasure.
-Most tee areas have a bench.
-Regularly rotated baskets, which are in great condition.
-FREE!:)

Cons:

-Absent tee signs on a few holes.
-Navigation is a pain. Bring a map and/or a guide.
-Hole 14 uses the same space as a LOT of walkers. The good news is they're incredibly friendly and aware of the course. The bad news is there are a lot of them. Plan on a long wait to tee off. (Oh, to have the tee for 14 be on that little peninsula that jets off into the lake....)

Other Thoughts:

Great course. Plenty of shade to keep golfers cool on those warm norcal days. Plenty of signature holes. I think hole 1 would have to be my fave. A controlled, long downhill shot past a few layers of trees to a basket nestled into a rock and dirt bowl. Auburn has an excellent balance of all design elements.
We did, however, have to wait upwards of 10 minutes to tee off on 14 on more than one occasion. That hole is pretty cool, but it is a safety/course congestion issue that is pretty glaring. I dinged Auburn a disc mainly for that, and because it lacked signage on a few holes. Auburn could also help us out-of- towners out with "next tee ----->" signs. I had a guide and am VERY glad I did.
If you're in the area, Auburn is a must-play course. Hell if you aren't it's a solid option as a destination course. Either way, get out there and enjoy one of the most serene, mellow courses California has to offer!
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Joe_Maumy
Experience: 14.1 years 36 played 26 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Must Play 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 24, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

Great course in a city park. All kinds of different holes from woods to wide open fields. All well taken care of. Great locals who let me play through since I was running solo. Cool vibe. Parking right near hole 1 by the tennis courts. 18 also ends near here as well. If your in the area stop and play this course, I cant wait to go back

Cons:

few tee signs missing due to vandals I am sure. Some of the tee pads had the hole number painted on them, this would be great on all pads. Also arrows or something indicating where the next tee is would also be helpful. I got off track and missed a hole but was lucky some locals pointed me in the right direction.

Other Thoughts:

Good course, good parking (FREE) Shade, tables, benches, BBQ's and everything you would expect in a nice city park.
Cant wait to return.
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trevorchreid
Experience: 13 played 13 reviews
3.50 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:May 6, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Has some of the best variety of holes I've ever played. I love how this course takes from playing in thick forest with dirt fairways to wide open holes over well manicured grass.
-Has holes that throw downhill and uphill
-Mix of technical and wide open holes
-Nice setting
-Fairly well maintained
-free to play
-dogs allowed

Cons:

first couple holes were too technical with little to no fairway. Might as well just close your eyes, chuck your disc and hope for the best.
-Very long walk around the lake to a not so great hole on the back nine. I understand this this probably was unavoidable for the designers however

Other Thoughts:

Overall a great coarse. Definitely woth checking out when in the area
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SuperSac916
Experience: 14.6 years 8 played 4 reviews
5.00 star(s)

Best course in the area! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Feb 3, 2010 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

This is a must play disc golf course. It is in a huge regional park and has 18 distinctly different holes. Good for long throws and technical tosses alike. Also they move the basket placement weekly so the holes always play different.

Cons:

4 or 5 holes play with water on either side of fairways. Also lots of trees and branches mean if you throw to high you might be throwing rocks for a while.

Other Thoughts:

I love playing this course. Playing here makes my game better everywhere else I play. I played my best round of all time, a plus three so maybe I am a little bias. Keep throwing.
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JMONEY
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 14.9 years 227 played 41 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Hidden Treasure 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jan 13, 2010 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

-Parking is in front of practice basket.
-Practice basket near tennis courts.
-Large concrete pads at all holes.
-Very friendly locals are helpful.
-Not crowded!
-Beautiful scenery.
-Clean throughout the course

Cons:

-Course flow could be better.
-Could use better signage.

Other Thoughts:

If you can follow a local group great if not here is the scoop.
-Hole#1 starts against the tennis courts and heads down the hill towards the rocks.
-Hole#2 tee pad is directcly to the left of #1 basket and you throw down the hill or over the trees.
-Hole#3 is starts atthe bottom of the hill and the basket is a short toss towards the picnic area.
-Hole#4 the basket is down hill towards the rock and wooded bridge area.
-Hole#5 is across. the wood bridge and up the path.
-Hole #6 is thrown back towards the wood bridge.
-Hole#7-teepad is located just across the wood bridge left of the path.
-Hole#8-13 are zig zagged.
-Hole#14 is around the pond and teepad is just past the courts you drive towards the corner of the pond just over the path.
-Hole #15-18 are tucked to the right of the pond.
Overall this course is far better than lets say the other courses that are 13.6 and 18.9 miles away.
he dog walkers are privy to the game and courteous to DGr's.
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Gribb
Experience: 32.9 years 1 played 1 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Lost and found 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 18, 2009 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Clean, visually stimulating, above the smog line

Cons:

duck poop, too close to playgrounds/trails/park activity

Other Thoughts:

All in all: got lost around the middle of the course. Had to find a local to figure out a few holes. Had a good time.
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Peanut
Experience: 13.9 years 8 played 3 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Great, Fun Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 23, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

Easy to park and play.
Great mix of trees and open play.
Felt like you were not in a community park for many of the holes and the water was a nice touch!

Cons:

Still in a community park so you have to be careful about the people around you. Some of the holes are next to or cross pathways that are frequently used.

Other Thoughts:

I liked this course very much and will be back to play.
I took my dog and played with him on a leash and had a great time!
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gmoney
Experience: 8 played 8 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Fall Auburn Trip 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 31, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

Nice mix of open shots and obstructed; slight elevation changes; and water hazards. Traffic was minimal on a gorgeous Saturday. Not nearly as busy as other local courses in Grass Valley and Penn Valley. Clean park; easy parking near first tee. I'll be back!

Cons:

Tough to navigate; especially the final few holes. Following a local group is highly recommended for your initial round. Forget about rollers in the grass, it's thick!

Other Thoughts:

Teenagers being teenagers on the course, playing hackysack; hanging out; and leaving a pungent aroma in their wake! Mormons could be shocked, but disc golfers won't!
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unitypunk
Experience: 18.3 years 6 played 4 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Must Play! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 15, 2009 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Plenty of tunnels through the trees, wonderful creeks, well maintained. full 18 holes, lots of shade, benches at 10 of the 18 teepads. uptodate signs at most pins now, construction is done. visualy pleasing the whole way through.

Cons:

Trickey to navigate the first time, some blackberrys that can eat your disc on 7,15-17 fairways cross main pedestrian traffic

Other Thoughts:

Find a map, or bring a friend that has played it... or dont forget that AFTER hole 4, go left and cross the bridge up to the hill, after 7 double back acrost the bridge. to a teepad on the left of the path. last tricky one is hole 14, which is acrost the pond, walk around the lake counter clockwise, youll come to a tee on the left near the soccer field/basketball court.
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springy101
Experience: 5 played 5 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Great course! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 29, 2009 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Lots of hole variation, mix of wide open fairways and forest tunnels, large course, concrete tees, Not usually as crowded.

Cons:

Right in middle of a busy park, and a continuation school, lots of pregnant teens, hard to find holes when you have to walk halfway across the park to get there, easy to lose discs.

Other Thoughts:

It's really annoying when all the high school kids get out and go to the course to smoke cigarettes and don't mind getting in your way, on 2 occasions you have to walk halfway across the park to find the next set of tees.
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russ
Experience: 27.9 years 5 played 2 reviews
4.00 star(s)

2 over the water 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 26, 2009 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

nice park - well maintained - nicely wooded - technical course for most holes. cool atmosphere, lots of different animals around the park. looks like some holes have been moved around, hole 18 is now 13.

Cons:

a couple tees only have squares on the pavement - hard to navigate first couple times - not all holes have a sign telling you which hole they are or where the pins are. maybe walk the course first or bring someone who has played this course before.

Other Thoughts:

i really enjoy playing this course. i would almost rather make the drive a few more miles to play auburn over other local courses. watch out for out of bounds left on hole 14!
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ianjamess
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Home course offers wonderful times! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 12, 2009 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

This course is biking distance from my house and i have been playing for not a super long time. myself and my friend jake are out here nearly everyday. it is wooded which is the main challenge. sometimes the trees are in better moods than others haha. it is well spread out. estimated two mile walk around. you do have some company but it is not usually to busy. the locals are quite-*ahem* high on life......... but people are helpful and quite friendly. you really should never have any issues with us. haha. people are not pushy either which is a good thing i think as i just come for the fun and golf...not the extracurricular "activities" this is my home course, the only one i have ever played and it is a fantastic way to have a great time with friends and get excercise in a beautiful spread out green challenging, differentiating, course,

Cons:

holes can be somewhat difficult to find and move around some which can be a positive. some of the activities around the area extend "beyond the legal realm..."

Other Thoughts:

my home course, only one i have ever played on, tournaments twice a week, a great time highly reccomended and will probably see you guys out there!
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916er
Experience: 24.1 years 23 played 11 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Auburn 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Feb 2, 2009 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Concrete tee pads, signs with pin placements, and bathrooms. A lot of different shots needed to have a good round. Very friendly locals.

Cons:

It can be a little tricky to find your way around, if you don't have a map.

Other Thoughts:

I really like playing this course. Definitely worth checking out on your way to Tahoe, or if you live in the area. Not as technical as Shady or Condon, but pretty tough none the less.
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JHern
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 16.8 years 82 played 50 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Fun and challenging course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jan 29, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

Auburn Regional Park is situated at the north edge of "Historic Auburn" (as the road signs testify...I was there for the DGC). This course has a good reputation in the region, and there have been some big tournaments here. so I expected a lot. Anyways, I got a lot out of the experience, and I'll definitely be back again. The facilities are pretty nice, and there are relatively clean bathrooms available. The locals we ran into were friendly, and helpful when we said it was our first time to the course.

There are some really nice creeks with swiftly running water (fed in part by the dammed lake). Not so swift that you would have to say goodbye to a disc that went in, but good enough that it is aesthetically very pleasing (also nice background noise).

This course demands a balanced game. My flick was in the shop for much needed repairs and a rebuild and I wasn't in the mood to use it much, but sure as hell I ended up throwing forehand on about 30% of the drives.

Unlike the courses further west that I play regularly, there is a fair amount of topography on this course (it is more into the Sierra foothills). Uphill, downhill, across hill fairways, etc., make this a fun place to let rip. There is a good mix of long-ish and short holes, most of them with some degree of challenge even when it isn't far from tee to basket. Some slightly downhill holes, like #2, offer dense vegetation and maybe a route over the top of the trees if you can manage it...this requires a bit of a specialty shot, and practice at this course.

My favorite holes: 1,7,11,15,16,17 (don't miss these back holes!)

Cons:

It is very difficult to navigate the course by yourself. Get a map before you play, or try to follow a group of locals on the course. We tried to keep up with a local group in this manner, but lost them after hole 4 (and after hitting every tree from 1 to 4), walked around the park awhile, and then heard some chains on the other side of the river...walking across the bridge and up the hill, we found the tee for hole 5, and thought we knew the basket, but that ended up being 7, which we discovered when we got to the basket and the group we had been trying to follow was trying to play to 7 themselves. They set us back on course. They warned us ahead of time about hole 14...you need to walk all around the lake to the duck "island" (actually, a fenced off little peninsula), and you'll is a tee pad there...the sidewalk is the fairway and the basket is below the dam (15-17 play below the dam). Anyways, the signage could be dramatically improved to make this course far easier to play. Some tees are missing markers and there are cement pads that are just hanging out here and there that actually don't belong to any hole (but how would you know?).

There is a high school across the street and at lunch time the entire student body comes into the park to hang out...maybe plan around this time if that will be a bother for you. There is not a lot of people traffic, but you'll see a lot of older ladies walking their poodles and such. Be careful not to knock them out, as the fairways play across the main walkways many times.

There are a lot of geese in the winter, with the attendant abundance in goose poo. Be resigned to the fact that you will be stepping in it if you're around during this part of the season.

Other Thoughts:

There are all sorts of fun challenges on this course that you won't see how to conquer the first time through. Play it again, and try out some of the fun routes you dream up after the first pass.

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humchris85
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 18.9 years 143 played 78 reviews
3.00 star(s)

trying to find my way around... 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 13, 2008 Played the course:never

Pros:

-Wooded holes with multiple routes to the pin
-Water comes into play on a few holes
-Concrete tee pads
-Nice baskets

Cons:

-Confusing to find your way around the first time
-Some holes are over the bridge in almost a diffrent part of the park
-Couldn't find hole 14
-Some tees are just spray painted squares on the sidewalk
-Some holes are just throwing through an open field

Other Thoughts:

I spent a good 10 minutes serching for the tee for hole 14 with no avail. There were some fun holes with an ok variety.
Dispite all the people around no one was willing to show me around.
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kevin
Experience: 67 played 61 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Playing with the ducks 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 13, 2008 Played the course:never

Pros:

Distance shots with control required, great for both pros and intermediate. A little of everything.

Cons:

You have to walk all the way behind the duck pond to find the back course which starts on the walk way, so don't miss it.

Other Thoughts:

They are doing a little rearranging, it goes from 11 to 13 and 12 is the new 18 which goes behind the tennis court. One is missing,
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