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The Loma Club reviews
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Drop Some Baskets, Call It a Course
Reviewed:
Played on:Dec 11, 2023
Played the course:once
Pros:
The addition of baskets to a small golf course has created what is a nice enough disc golf track that clearly shows the zero effort put into it.
-Views: Tees (5) and (7) have spectacular views of the bay, downtown, and Coronado. I can't think of a place with a better urban overlook. Think of Kenneth Hahn or Chavez Ridge in LA, or Roy G in Austin, but better.
-Maintenance (of Turf): by golf course standards, the Loma Club is hardly immaculate. By disc golf standards, it's some of the nicer grass you'll play on. The most rough around is a prickly bush here and there.
-Flow: Easy navigation and good routing. Some next tee signs help. It also forms a complete loop.
-"Friendly": Easy to play and hard to lose discs. There are some longer holes, but this may be a decent place to take newer players who can throw distance but not accuracy yet. Anyone with good upshots can score under par here.
-Shot Shaping/Gameplay: Nine adequate if uninteresting holes. It should be easy to avoid touching a single tree out here, but there are some factors on every hole providing mild interest. (An overhanging branch here, a hill there, prickly gardens on one side, abandoned buildings to the other.) Two holes in the 300' range and three holes in the 500' range, with some pitch and putt as well. It is undeniably pleasant to watch a good drive sail down the middle of a very wide, green fairway, and equally pleasant to have ace chances on <250' holes.
-Views: Tees (5) and (7) have spectacular views of the bay, downtown, and Coronado. I can't think of a place with a better urban overlook. Think of Kenneth Hahn or Chavez Ridge in LA, or Roy G in Austin, but better.
-Maintenance (of Turf): by golf course standards, the Loma Club is hardly immaculate. By disc golf standards, it's some of the nicer grass you'll play on. The most rough around is a prickly bush here and there.
-Flow: Easy navigation and good routing. Some next tee signs help. It also forms a complete loop.
-"Friendly": Easy to play and hard to lose discs. There are some longer holes, but this may be a decent place to take newer players who can throw distance but not accuracy yet. Anyone with good upshots can score under par here.
-Shot Shaping/Gameplay: Nine adequate if uninteresting holes. It should be easy to avoid touching a single tree out here, but there are some factors on every hole providing mild interest. (An overhanging branch here, a hill there, prickly gardens on one side, abandoned buildings to the other.) Two holes in the 300' range and three holes in the 500' range, with some pitch and putt as well. It is undeniably pleasant to watch a good drive sail down the middle of a very wide, green fairway, and equally pleasant to have ace chances on <250' holes.
Cons:
The course is clearly an afterthought. The only change to the base golf course was planting 9 cheap baskets in the ground near the golf greens.
-Amenities: One missing basket, one broken basket, and two more badly leaning baskets. Speaking of, these are Yaheetech baskets, which actually catch alright for portable baskets, but don't have durability. All of them are rusty, and I suspect more will get uneven as the months go by. Tees are a mix of grass, dirt, and artificial turf, but most of the bits of turf are too short for any kind of runup. No tee signs for disc golf - the golf has number and distance signs which can help with guessing the disc golf distance after you have spotted the basket.
-Lack of Obstacles: A classic golf course with baskets that isn't able to summon any challenges for disc shaping. Not that it's impossible to create a frolf course on a bolf course, but on some properties, there's not anything to work with. This is one of them. The most interesting hole out here is (2), which forces a gentle right turn of 300', hardly a technician-needed spot.
-Fee: Same as for golf, which is advertised at $18. Due to the broken baskets and off-hours time, I was able to get a rate of $9. Definitely not the most satisfying bang for your buck.
-Toxic Chemicals: I put this on half-jokingly. Two shacks located off the fairway of hole (7) are labeled as toxic chemical storage. There is a very real risk of getting your disc stuck on top of one. Are there chemicals waiting the poor soul who climbs one? I don't know.
-Amenities: One missing basket, one broken basket, and two more badly leaning baskets. Speaking of, these are Yaheetech baskets, which actually catch alright for portable baskets, but don't have durability. All of them are rusty, and I suspect more will get uneven as the months go by. Tees are a mix of grass, dirt, and artificial turf, but most of the bits of turf are too short for any kind of runup. No tee signs for disc golf - the golf has number and distance signs which can help with guessing the disc golf distance after you have spotted the basket.
-Lack of Obstacles: A classic golf course with baskets that isn't able to summon any challenges for disc shaping. Not that it's impossible to create a frolf course on a bolf course, but on some properties, there's not anything to work with. This is one of them. The most interesting hole out here is (2), which forces a gentle right turn of 300', hardly a technician-needed spot.
-Fee: Same as for golf, which is advertised at $18. Due to the broken baskets and off-hours time, I was able to get a rate of $9. Definitely not the most satisfying bang for your buck.
-Toxic Chemicals: I put this on half-jokingly. Two shacks located off the fairway of hole (7) are labeled as toxic chemical storage. There is a very real risk of getting your disc stuck on top of one. Are there chemicals waiting the poor soul who climbs one? I don't know.
Other Thoughts:
I avoided this course for over a year after moving to San Diego based on scathing UDisc comments, uncertainty whether it was still in the ground, and the high fee. Well, turns out none of those were as bad as I had supposed. That said, this is no destination course. You have to be committed to enjoying open shots, not having the best footing, and putting at gangly baskets. This has the feel of a Poor course, but overall I think it really deserves a Passable rating. Just mind that several holes have little or no basket catching ability.
-Reservations: I called and a clubhouse helper was very kind and let me know the condition of the baskets to the best of her knowledge. She mentioned that you can book times in person, over phone, or online, and that when booking online it's preferable to reserve for 4 players. I ended up just walking on since it was 7:00am on a weekday, with no problems.
-Airplanes: A parade of planes taking off from San Diego Int'l is the norm here. Personally, I loved it. Some would probably dislike the noise interruption of jet engines.
~Similar Courses: Mission Bay Golf Course and Colina de Sol had a baby and abandoned it at the hospital. That's the Loma Club. There is also some passing similarity UNG Gainesville (Oakwood, GA).
-Reservations: I called and a clubhouse helper was very kind and let me know the condition of the baskets to the best of her knowledge. She mentioned that you can book times in person, over phone, or online, and that when booking online it's preferable to reserve for 4 players. I ended up just walking on since it was 7:00am on a weekday, with no problems.
-Airplanes: A parade of planes taking off from San Diego Int'l is the norm here. Personally, I loved it. Some would probably dislike the noise interruption of jet engines.
~Similar Courses: Mission Bay Golf Course and Colina de Sol had a baby and abandoned it at the hospital. That's the Loma Club. There is also some passing similarity UNG Gainesville (Oakwood, GA).
