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Mendocino College DGC

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bobmcnelly
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 12.9 years 324 played 189 reviews
3.00 star(s)

2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 31, 2021 Played the course:once

Pros:

- new Veteran baskets
- good quality concrete tees
- good variety of distances ranging from 150 to over 600 feet
- the course is fairly easy to navigate
- a few fun shorter holes mixed with long bomber shots

Cons:

- handful of missing tee signs
- many blind holes and tee signs don't have an indication of where the basket is
- lots of long fairly open holes get slightly repetitive
- parking is a fairly long walk to the first tee

Other Thoughts:

Huge campus course that plays through rolling hills and some groups of trees. If you're planning on playing all 27 holes be ready for a workout.
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Chad McBallerson
Experience: 20.8 years 122 played 9 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Mendocino College Disc Golf Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Feb 18, 2018 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

this course has really turned around from a few years ago. At least during the late fall through early spring when the grass is short. They have new veteran baskets and it actually has a really fun lay out. Elevation change, different types of water hazards. short long left right open tunnel. it really has everything and once people start learning about it, it should be pretty popular

Cons:

I could see grass getting crazy if not maintained
some poison oak
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The Valkyrie Kid
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 45.9 years 1563 played 1507 reviews
1.00 star(s)

Move This Course Where The Students Might Actually Play It! 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 17, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

The Mendocino College Course sits on the left as you approach the athletic fields. There's plenty of space here with this being a large undeveloped section of hilly grassland with some wooded areas. Actually, with some major clean-up, this would be a wonderful place for a serious course.

But what we have now are some baskets randomly scattered over a large, mostly inhospitable piece of land with no signs, directions, map, tee pads, nothing that makes a course playable or enjoyable.

Cons:

The land is overgrown and rough with poison oak, blackberries and various other crazy nasty thorny bushes.

The grass is way overgrown and haven't been mowed since Dave Feldberg was a toddler.

The once natural tee pads are now just a distant memory.

The distances here are advanced level and when combined with the wind leave the course with few willing players. Example; # 17. I think I found what once was the tee pad (natural). You're throwing over a very nasty patch of rough and a grove of trees with a gale force wind to a raised basket about 325' away. There's no way the average recreational player could clear the nasty rough and grove of trees throwing into this wind. Solution - Skip this hole. Better solution - Skip this course all together!

Other Thoughts:

Take these baskets out now and design a nice little college student, friendly campus course. Somewhere where the coeds could enjoy a round after dinner playing in flip flops carrying one disc. These students have no interest in tackling this overgrown monster of a course the way it plays now, getting all sweaty and dirty and scratched up. They mostly want it to be a social occasion. A nice little campus pitch and putt would do the trick.
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Hazer
Silver level trusted reviewer
Experience: 18 years 168 played 53 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Great Terrain, Poor Design 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jan 25, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

Nice baskets with hole numbers on them. 18 ends where 1 begins. A couple holes play around water. Some nice long distance holes throughout the course, as well as some shorter technical holes in the middle of the course. Good elevation change on many holes. Excellent terrain for disc golf. Several blind shots. Most tees are pretty worn in and fairly easy to spot once you get close to them. Hole 8: nice 250' tunnel shot. Hole 11: short blind downhill with water behind the basket. Hole 17: nice 400' hole shooting over a large pond; have to throw 300'+ to clear it, and there is only a thin retaining wall between it and another body of water, so laying up is really tough.

Cons:

No signs. No map. Confusing layout; poor course design. Very tough to navigate 1st time playing. Natural tees. Lots of blackberry bushes and poison oak on the course. Needs a lot of maintenance. Several holes are completely wide open. Hole 4's basket is MIA. Only one bench (hole 7) and no trash cans on the course. Most baskets are not protected at all.

Other Thoughts:

I was very disappointed with the design of the course, especially considering the terrain of the available land. There is potential here for a great 18 hole course, or possibly even a 27, but the course needs a completely new layout. A few of the holes are great, but need different pin positions. A lot of the holes are a complete joke. I was constantly saying to myself: "are you kidding me?" when actually figuring out the hole I was playing. With new pin positions alone this course would be much better. At least create a map and maybe put up some 'next tee' signs. The way it is is sad. If it were up to me I would say completely scrap the current layout with the exception of a few holes, and start from scratch with a new course design. The terrain is fabulous, and I hope to one day play a new layout here.
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seanigan
Experience: 29 played
3.00 star(s)

Needs traffic 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 23, 2011 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Great length, lots of terrain, all baskets, never crowded.

Cons:

Need a guide, very wild, poison oak, not well marked (at all).

Other Thoughts:

This course gets little to no maintenance, so plays well in early spring and late fall when the grass is naturally short. Is very challenging, and has many elevation changes. This course needs more traffic to trample down the grass/poison oak during Summer. Very fun course if you catch it just right, otherwise it will eat discs, sometimes in the middle of a fairway.
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jtiedemann6
Experience: 14.8 years 43 played 5 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Wasn't horrible 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 14, 2010 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Decent length
Many different hole varities
Great if you're a student

Cons:

No tee signs
No signs to the next "teepad"
No teepads
Grass needs to be cut
After it rains, it stays wet awhile

Other Thoughts:

If the grass was hacked down quite a bit and some signs and teepads were added it would be a nice course.
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Innovadude
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 25.8 years 235 played 180 reviews
1.00 star(s)

not really enjoyable 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 14, 2008 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Has baskets
-Is a disc golf course? does that count?
-Has a hole that shoots over a pond
-Long

Cons:

-Signs are temporary and don't show length, fairway, some tees are hard to tell which way to throw from!
-Many blind holes
-Was not mowed..in months..tall grass growing into a basket on one hole, sharp weeds in fairway can literally cut your skin
-Poison oak runs RAMPANT on the woods holes
-Woods holes are poorly designed and require crazy luck and you will land in poison oak
-Windy
-Bad rocky tees
-Hard to find, no maps

Other Thoughts:

Needs a complete overhaul, land has some potential but this just doesn't work.
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kevin
Experience: 67 played 60 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Windy field 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 18, 2008 Played the course:never

Pros:

Nice markers and you can see the next pin.

Cons:

Not much challenge, it is in an open field with thick small but thick bushes, tall grass with plants with thorns. Not the most fun hunting your discs down, even if you are a good shot. Watch out for the wind, it comes off the ocean in large gusts which affect the discs travel greatly. Beware the lake.

Other Thoughts:

In the far back of the college, so park on the east side and walk through the school grounds to find it.
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