The South Valley Regional Sports Complex is a large park situated between Wedge Parkway and the 395 freeway. The complex features two picnic pavilions, a lighted Little League four-plex, three soccer fields, horseshoe pits, playgrounds, volleyball courts, and restrooms. And off to one side in a very rough corner they have added a disc golf course. This new 9 hole course on the south side of Reno is more beginner and recreational player friendly than most of the other courses in the area that play as long bombers. This course will hopefully bring newer players to the game.

There are 9 new Innova Disccatchers and Reno Disc Golf is working on the tee pads and signs. When I was there in early august they had framed all the tees but only a few had gravel laid. I don't know if they intend to leave it crushed gravel or eventually add a rubber mat like they have for most of their courses, but RDG does a good job with amenities.

The course is all par 3 with most of the holes being under 400 feet, which is good as most of the other courses in Reno are designed for the tournament level player. Good chance for aces for more advanced players.

The terrain for this course is really rough. The course is designed in a drainage area along the freeway and is very rocky and it's tough to get footing. The course is in the Nevada desert so it's very scrub brushy, rocky, and sandy. It's also the ugliest part of the park, the rest of the park is grass and groomed, with paved parking lots: the course is straight scrub with a gravel parking lot tucked to the side and back.

It's short and designed for the beginner/rec player. I know I listed that as a pro, and for the Reno area it is a pro, but for the course as a standalone it's not.

Most holes play flat, straight, and open. Despite the fact that you are going to be walking quite a bit of elevation here the course itself has very little. You play over hills and dales and walk up to tees but the tees and baskets are all located at about the same level, no real downhill or uphill throws, unless of course you get in trouble then you might have an uphill or downhill recovery. There is some slight elevation change on throws but not much.

There is no signage yet and navigation is a bit rough, I won't hold that against the course as I know it is being worked on by Reno Disc Golf. The course is very much in its infancy and will break in and improve as time goes on.

This should fill a need in the Carson Valley for players as the other courses in the area are all north of Reno or south of Carson or way up at Tom's which is an adventure in itself. I do have to wonder if the very rough terrain here is going to limit the amount of exposure to beginners. This is a very hard course to walk around on, think hiking boots territory, and I wonder if too many people are going to brave that kind of terrain. Time will tell.

Update: So it looks like the tees will be getting rubber mats, also RDG has purchased 3 benches for the course and our cutting in trails for navigation, like I said before RDG is good with amenities.