Sacramento, CA

McClatchy Park

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2.645(based on 11 reviews)
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Taz Michael
Experience: 34.9 years 26 played 10 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Beware of Park People 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 12, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

Trees, clean, easy to navigate.

Cons:

High volume of persons at the park that looked like gang members and/or transients

Other Thoughts:

I was there on a Wednesday = less people.
Wouldn't want to play on a weekend.
Was okay for a short course but won't play again.
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Hazer
Silver level trusted reviewer
Experience: 18.1 years 168 played 54 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Short 9 Hole City Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Oct 26, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

Decent mix of short and mid-range holes. Clean, mowed fairways with some big trees in play. Easy to navigate with bathrooms (not the cleanest) and water fountains on-site. Completely flat with no tall grass or rough areas so it is nearly impossible to lose a disk (unless you get stuck high in a tree). Grass tees throughout but many of the tees are next to the sidewalk or walking paths so you can throw from pavement on most holes (6 of the 9 I believe). Good for beginners that don't throw far but for the less accurate players that can throw for distance it could be a very dangerous course (see cons).

UPDATED 02/07/2015: The course now has 3'x'6' cement tees on all holes and the entire park went through some major renovations. Hole's 1 & 2 are completely new, the old hole 2 is now hole 3, the old hole 3 has been removed, and hole 4 has been shortened. Holes 5-9 remain as they were before the renovations with the exception of now having cement tees. The renovations of the park also included new basketball courts, a new and much larger playground, and a skate park. Although the footprint of the disc golf course is now smaller, overall the park seems much nicer and cleaner after the renovations.

Cons:

It is in a bad neighborhood and there are many groups of people that congregate in the park on a daily basis to play cards, throw dice, and loiter. The people in the park did not seem happy that there were now people throwing discs around their hangout spot. Several very young children were running all over the fairways so I had to wait to throw on a few occasions. The children seemed to be on their own with no parents around midday on a Thursday. This is a new course so I'm sure the locals will become more aware of disc golfers as time goes on but for the moment the course does not feel very welcoming for disc golfers.

UPDATED 02/07/2015: The locals now are certainly aware of the disc golf course but there still is a decent amount of foot traffic through the park so waiting to throw at times is normal.

Other Thoughts:

None of the holes are very challenging although some play very close to the road, a few are near or over 300', and hole 1 has an interesting "island" style green surrounded by out-of-bounds areas. I would get to the course early in the morning if possible as it seems to become more and more crowded with locals just hanging out around midday and in the afternoon.

UPDATED 02/07/2015: Hole 1 has been replaced with a new hole and there is no longer an "island" green.

Weekly Random Doubles on Sundays: 20 holes, the standard 9 plus "hole 10" which shoots to the practice basket, followed by 10 holes of Safari. 9:30AM sign ups, 10:00AM start. $6 to play ($5 goes to payout and $1 to the club) plus a $1 optional ace pot.

Werewolf Night Golf every Full Moon: Two rounds of the standard 9 holes. Start time varies throughout the year; currently 6:30PM sign ups, 7:00PM start. $6 to play ($5 goes to payout and $1 to the club) plus a $1 optional ace pot.

To receive text messages regarding the above money rounds please contact Remy at (916)730-3281 and request to be put on the text message list for McClatchy Park.
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