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North Hills, CA

Mission Hills

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The Katana Kid
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Experience: 8.5 years 184 played 56 reviews
0.50 star(s)

Very Confusing and Frustrating 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jun 28, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

It's nice that a small ball golf course added 18 baskets so we disc golfers have a place to go in a densely populated area.

The lawn gets mowed regularly since there are ball golfers who demand it.

There is a pro shop, mostly for ball golfers, so you can be introduced personally to the nightmare experience you're about to get yourself into.

The guy behind the counter told me, after he collected my $5, that I better take a picture of the course map on the wall since it does not match the ball course tees.

The picture on the wall is essential. Make sure you get a good picture since most of your round you'll be studying it to find out where to go next.

The guy behind the counter was kind enough to walk out to the first tee to help me locate it. He pointed down to an upside down disc and a red flag and said, "The tees should have these red flags marking the location but people keep pulling them out. So look for discs like this and follow the course map carefully."

Cons:

From a technical view point the course is not challenging. There is zero elevation; it is a small flat ball golf course and they added 18 baskets. There are some mature trees but not utilized much. On 15 the basket is on the other side of 2 mature trees with an M and an arrow on each side. This mando required going through that somewhat narrow line, but overall there's not much technical challenge. I finally decided to challenge myself on the course by throwing mostly rollers, which was actually going okay.

Most of the red flag tee markers were gone. I think there were 3 left today.

About 3 holes had the tee number spray painted in red on the grass.

There were maybe 4 rubber tees.

A group of three ball golfers started just after I did. Several times when I had my head down hunting for the next tee, for example on 16 and 17, they were driving into the fairway that I was walking into the middle of to find my next tee.BE CAREFUL! It is one thing to worry about getting hit by a disc, but flying golf balls are scary.

The numbers on the basket are mostly turned the wrong way. This is inexcusable on a tight course where you are usually looking at several baskets from every tee. I played Northside Park, a small 9 hole in Azusa, and the main way you can identify the next basket there is that the appropriate number is facing you.

The 4 and 13 baskets are the opposite of what the map says.

The 15 tee disc marker was almost all the way to the basket. I suppose it got loose and someone decided to throw it.

There are distances marked on the course map for each hole but I don't think they're right. I threw a perfectly straight roller on 12 that almost reached the basket, which was supposed to be 430' away. No way! I stepped off my roller since I was pretty happy with it and it was only 300' which is still pretty good for me.

Other Thoughts:

The problem of locating hard to find tees while being dangerously on an active ball course caused me to rank this course as "bad" and this inherent problem will be hard to fix unless the course management makes a commitment to placing clearly marking tees, like the reviews before me say they promise to do. Until tees are clearly marked, however, this will be a BAD experience for anyone going for the first time. All that said, however, if I lived in this area then I would likely come here during times there's no ball golfers and hunting for tees would not be a problem since I would have it figured out eventually. The other reviews said it was $7, so I was happy I only got charged $5.

I think most of us will throw a second disc often. On a ball course this felt very uncomfortable with so many people watching. I stopped early on and limited myself to one throw. That just seems wrong, but in the ball golf world it does not seem the accepted thing to do.

I uploaded a picture of the course map to this site from the club house since there was no map posted here. I have never seen a disc golf course this crowded and busy.
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