OK, they changed the course. Pete Ullibari designed it and now is a lot of fun. This is a very technical course. Mandos through trees, severe doglegs with the basket buried in trees, baskets on the other side of berms/hills. UDisc is accurate for the layout, which is currently temporary because of construction. All tees are concrete and in great shape as are the signage.

Can\'t think of any.

Bring water as no fountains are available along the course. Neither are bathrooms until finish the round at the park proper.

Great course! Lots of variety. Some tunnel shots, many holes are blind or overgrown foliage in the way.

Good mix of distance and shot difficulty. No hazards except for the road which is somewhat in play on 2-3 holes.

Plan on being there for 2-3 hours your first time there as the holes are confusing, even with a map. Plus, the course encompasses quite a large area.

Lots of trees, and albeit desert, it's not bad on discs at all.

No signs whatsoever. I asked a local where the first hole was, to which he gladly pointed out. I figured, I can just go there and it should lead me to the next hole, and so on...

I was wrong.

Luckily, I was able to find a satellite image map and that saved the day.

Like all desert courses, this one is also hot, not many shade trees to hang out under as there are insects and stickers and thorns everywhere.

did I mention stickers and thorns? bring boots perhaps... and water, as there are no fountains around.

I drove 45 min to play there. Well worth it.

Playing this course on a regular basis has made me a much better player, as compared to other Phoenix courses. Most every hole requires the player to throw a different shot from hyzer, to forehand, to annys, to a straight shot right down the middle. Great variety of tight desert holes and long open holes where trees are used just right to make you think about it. A slight misthrow from anywhere will often land you into trouble and you will have to be creative to get out of it. Then after the surprisingly fun island hole, you move into the park area where there are tight tunnel shots and a par 4, which I am very happy to par. There is a lot of variety on the course. Even the shorter park shots are fun and challenging.

Not that this is something that can be avoided when installing a desert course, but there have been rattlesnake sightings. Keep and close eye out and bring a stick or pole to poke around bushes before reaching your hand in to retrieve a disc.

The tees are a little hard to find if you do not know where you are going so print a map. There are maps on facebook and on the Emerald Club site (update) maps can be found here https://www.mesadiscgolfclub....mountain.htmland tee signs are up.

Rob Hart and crew really did a good job on designing and building this course. It is a fun desert course More courses the better, especially when they are well designed and fun to play. The North course is the harder of the two. There were a lot of different types of holes on the course that forced a variety of shots. There were a good mix of long holes and short holes, as well as a good variety of technical shots, and open drives. I had to shape lines more effectively on the north course compared to most courses in the valley. The tees are clean and you have ample room. The baskets are new and catch well. The course is in a park that has bathrooms and drinking fountains

Once again, the only problem I had was with navigation, due to the lack of the tee signs, which hopefully will be rectified soon. If you havent been, make sure you bring a copy of the course map or better yet go with someone who has been there before. Once again, there are a lot of stickers.

It is a desert course, so bring lots of water. Luckily there are water fountains around the park, but not necessarily on the DG course. I am glad that a course like this is in the valley. I can't wait to play the north and south course again.