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Paloma Del Sol DGC reviews
7
1
Major Safety Issues Abound! 2+ years
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Updated:
Played on:Apr 2, 2014
Played the course:once
Pros:
Paloma Del Sol is a lovely little community park featuring basketball courts, two children's play areas and a walking path which meanders the perimimter of the park. This path and it's countless pedestrians is probably one of the main problems concerning the disc golf course. There seems to be a never ending stream of people walking their dogs and stopping to chat, usually near the baskets.
The tees are marked on the sidewalks with a star with the hole number in the center. The # 1 star is faded and impossible to read. Even with the map, I had a difficult time navigating this course. The baskets are new, single chain models. I liked # 3. It's an anhyser throw, maybe 225', around some trees to a basket kinda set in the corner of a grassy area. # 5 was a longer anhyser throw. I chose to roll here as a group of ladies were chatting near the basket and I did't want to risk hitting them. After 5, a lightly painted arrow directs you to # 6. See more about this hole in the CONS.
The park is well lit making it suitable for night play.
The tees are marked on the sidewalks with a star with the hole number in the center. The # 1 star is faded and impossible to read. Even with the map, I had a difficult time navigating this course. The baskets are new, single chain models. I liked # 3. It's an anhyser throw, maybe 225', around some trees to a basket kinda set in the corner of a grassy area. # 5 was a longer anhyser throw. I chose to roll here as a group of ladies were chatting near the basket and I did't want to risk hitting them. After 5, a lightly painted arrow directs you to # 6. See more about this hole in the CONS.
The park is well lit making it suitable for night play.
Cons:
I'm agreeing with mashnut here that # 6 is truly one terribly designed hole. It's a blind hyser throw down a sidewalk with neighbors yards on both sides. So first you have the chance of hitting someone walking or running up this sidewalk and secondly, if would be easy for any inexperienced player to launch his disc over into someone's backyard.
There are too many other opportunities for discs to end up in neighbors yards.
The course is difficult to navigate.
There are too many other opportunities for discs to end up in neighbors yards.
The course is difficult to navigate.
Other Thoughts:
I would have shortened this course considerably, made it a true pitch and putt. This would have greatly reduced the risk of anyone getting hit. It would have made it easier to navigate and would have made it easier to design holes where discs were not flying into the neighbors property.
Experienced players aren't coming here anyway so why not make it a true beginners course?
UPDATE: All the recent reviews have stated that there is now signs and some problematic holes have been redesigned. With this is mind, I'll upgrade my score to a 2.0. If given the chance to play the course again (very doubtful) I'd consider an even higher rating.
Experienced players aren't coming here anyway so why not make it a true beginners course?
UPDATE: All the recent reviews have stated that there is now signs and some problematic holes have been redesigned. With this is mind, I'll upgrade my score to a 2.0. If given the chance to play the course again (very doubtful) I'd consider an even higher rating.
