This has been my favorite 1 rating I've ever given. The park was pretty nice, the course was kind of fun (despite obvious shortcomings I'll mention later), and it was just great.

You see some old baskets on the main road before you get there, and then by the parking lot. The park looks well-loved by the community, as even on Christmas it was pretty busy. I was however the only one slinging plastic.

The course goes halfway around a large body of water on the outside of the jogging track, with like one and half-switch backs where it goes back and forth then sideways. The holes are moderate length. None very long, some very short.

I liked the overall design around the water, the length of the holes. The baskets, well some of them looked newly painted.

Well, there are only 9 holes. Hole 10's basket is gone (from what I hear it was removed a long time ago and won't be back). No tee's, just poles to designate a generic starting area. Baskets are old DisCatcher's, single chain.

Navigation was thus a little confusing, but overall, if your attitude is "go with the flow" you can find your way around. Or look at the map. I still threw at the wrong basket one time because it get's a little crowded.

The busy walking path also keeps it crowded. The course keeps away from it most of the time, but holes 4 and 5 bring it into play, and any hole if you throw bad enough.

I really enjoyed my time on this course and in this park. The course was obviously not super great, but hey, I had a good time. I try to be objective about my ratings, and just as how I try not to under-rate a good course because I played very poorly (which is how I usually play), I don't want to over-rate a course's quality just because I had a good day (though I know I definitely did this for Oaks Park in College Station, and admitted to it in my review).

I would definitely play this course again. If there were any improvements done to the course, especially the tee's, i could see this course rating go up a whole point.

-Baskets catch really well.
-Can be played backward to make a 17 or 18 hole course fairly easily.
-Has about 3 open holes with the remaining holes having a bit of tree cover.
-Great for beginners to try.

-The course plays around a park trail around a lake.
--This wouldn't be a big deal if there was adequate room between the trail and the very busy roads that border the park, but there isn't much room at all.
--This leaves you with a narrow line on almost every hole where, if you don't hit it, it'll mean you either go OB into a road or potentially hit a trail runner.
-This 9-hole course is too short to be worth dealing with all the hazards.
--Road hazard for 7/9 holes.
--Parking lot hazard for hole 1.
--Pedestrian hazard for hole 4.
-No teepads
-No course or hole maps
-Hole 5 has no tee, so we threw from a bench but had to wait a long time for traffic to clear a window for us to throw through.

Pokemon Go: Lots of nearby stops

-Mosquitos love this place, bring some repellant and soak yourself before playing.
-Very muddy after rain.

Burke-Crenshaw Park is a good course for people just starting out at disc golf. It is a decent course (10 holes now) and none of the holes are too long, too hard or too exceptional.

In 2009 the course was redesigned due to a big softball complex taking over what used to be holes 5-9. The new course design puts disc golfers in a bad situation with a number of the holes crossing a very popular walking path around the lake. Hole ten is a nice looking hole and all, but the park has a swinging chair about 20 feet from the basket making it a very dangerous hole.

Most rounds I play at Burke-Crenshaw take twice as long as they should due to waiting on a clear shot because of the course design.

Be very careful when throwing on this course. The majority of the people in the park are not very familiar with disc golf. I've had to ask parents to get their kids out of baskets in the park and have been yelled at twice now in the park for playing the course.

The city of Pasadena should revisit the design of this course for safety issues ASAP.