- Good quality baskets
- great new tee signs with basket placement marker
- multiple basket placements
- for the most part good tee pads, mostly concrete/pavers and some turf
- simple navigation, easy to find your way around
- hole 1 and 18 are both very close to the parking lot
- tons of trees to make you throw lots of different shots to make birdies

- a couple of the turf tee pads are not the best
- 2 or 3 holes I would consider poke and hope
- other than one or two holes, every hole in under 300 feet, so it just lacks long distance variety

Very fun shorter technical course. This was my first time playing it but from looking at previous reviews, it seems like there was some big improvements to the course. Definitely the best course in the immediate area.

A simple sign pointing you to the start would be welcomed here. The course starts at the end of the Little basketball courts. The tee pads are a work in progress, some are finished concrete, others have the forms built and some are still natural. The signs are just basic little fiberglass ones with a number. There is a handwritten sign at the start asking someone to quit cutting/breaking down the vegetation. Be on the lookout for a disc golfer looking frustrated and carrying clippers and a machete.

The brand new # 1 basket has been totally smooched by a fallen tree. The baskets are new Mach V models. Such a tragedy to see a basket die so young.

The course is recreational in length (lots of 100-200' holes) but plays a little more challenging due to it's technical nature. There are lots of tight lines here and being able to place your drive accurately is the key to your success here. A couple of holes require a little S curve.

A few holes stood out for me. The water carry hole, # 11, is about a 260' hole with maybe a 220' carry over the pond needed. You're teeing off from a slightly higher tee so it looks make-able but with irregular shape of the pond, I think more than a few rec golfers are going to end with drown discs. Also, the baskets here is raised on a stump. Definitely, the signature hole here at RCRC.

The next hole, # 12' is kinda interesting, too. It's a very short carry over the corner of the pond, probably not much more than a 100', but there is one branch right in the way which could and will knock your disc down and into the pond. Maybe the phantom pruner should have at this branch? This role probably only rates a 2 on the pucker factor for most players but beginners with one disc might give it a an 8.

I liked # 13's basket placement with it's 7-8 guardian trees. Kind of a pretty hole.

# 15 was the most challenging for me as a player who's been having issues hitting a line. It plays about 300' down a long narrow fairway maybe 25' wide. If you get off this fairway at any point, you are probably saying hello to Mr. Bogey and possibly, Mr. Double Bogey.

Signage is lacking.

Tee pads are a work in progress.

Recreational lengths. No place to really let loose.

Basket # 1 is mortally wounded by big tree.

Some random dude is cutting down the forest.

Tight, technical nature will frustrate some.

Lots of stacks of cut up woods. Could these be donated to someone who has a fireplace or something. Or has the state of California banned burning any wood now? Except of course, their forests.

What does RCRC mean anyway? This course is an enjoyable little throw in the pretty woods. Better players will enjoy shooting low scores here. Average rec players who struggle with accuracy will shoot well over par and the phantom vegetation killer will probably continue his vengeful quest to thin said vegetation so that he too, can shoot under par.

The course is wooded but not overtly technical except for a few holes. The course requires precision and an errant shot can bring danger. The pond comes into play on a few holes. Long throwers can bring a smaller bag and throw mid ranges and putters honing their accuracy. I still used my drivers but not on every hole. . I asked an elderly lady taking a stroll through the park where the disc golf course was and she escorted me to the first tee. The park is pretty and it was an enjoyable round. The parking lot had enough space. As you face the park walk left about 50 yards to the first tee.

A few too many holes were more or less straight with a window or obstacle and not too many required either a lefty or righty to bend a shot. This is a shorter course that does not have any holes over 400 ft That is not certain as there are no posted hole lengths. I have little distance in my game so this course was a nice fit for me. This is a newer course that has hole numbers on each pad and basket but no directions to find the next tee. Most are not difficult to find but it took a while to find 10 and 11. I played them out of sequence after 12. A few markings will make this a pleasant course.

A solid course! Parking is easy in Bower park. They have worked on the course since the last review was posted. Good news: There are now 18 marked tee boxes (several are concrete) and 18 marked baskets. NOTE - The next tee box is never very far from the previous basket. It is short, technical, and fun. Lots of midrange holes. A cool pond. Lots of redwood trees. Hats off to the locals.

It is rustic for sure. It could use a few signs. But in general the next tee box is nearby. Just look around.

Gualala is a beautiful town, and also a good hour or more from any disc golf, so that makes this course special. I'm visiting from Texas, so the weather is fantastic in August, and the course is fun. Thanks!

This is a dinky little short course that's been around for 4 years but looks like it was put in a couple weeks ago. No numbers on baskets, tee signs only consist of a number, the layout is crowded with fairways very close to or crossing each other, no directions like next-tee signs...

If you're going to put your course on dgcr, it should be ready for disc golf tourists to play solo without having a course guide. This course is right on Highway 1 and could potentially draw a lot of tourists, but it's not ready for random people to show up. It's a lot further along than the course in Westport, but please put some infrastructure into it before announcing it to the public on this website. Glad the locals have somewhere to play, but maybe they should keep it to themselves until the course has proper signage.

Excellent new 18 hole layout designed by Leonard Muise! Super fun short and tight, technical shots. Challenging but not particularly long although you get to air out a few. Friendly locals. Gorgeous mature redwood trees and a lovely pond. Suitable for newer players but pros will still find it fun and challenging.
Not too likely to lose a disc.

Bathrooms are only porta potties
No running water yet
A newer course so still a little rough although you can tell a ton of work has been done.
Some tees are dirt and/or mats. Work is underway to complete the cement tees.

This community is fortunate to get such a fun and beautiful course here. It's the only disc golf course within a hour and a half drive. The locals are getting into it in a major way. GROW THE SPORT!!

Gualala is a small town nestled on the northern California coast just north of Sea Ranch and south of Point Arena. It is filled with B&Bs, inns, restaurants, and gift shops and not much else. Originally a logging town it is now a coastal getaway and tourist trap. In this quasi-paradise the locals have installed a disc golf course at the Redwood Coast Recreation Center. Laid out as a 13 hole course but the locals replay holes 6-10 to make it an 18. It is a very small but beautiful piece of property about a mile up on a ridge above the coastline. There is elevation used to some effect on some of the holes, but it is slight. There is a small pond in the middle of the course but that only comes into play on hole 10, possibly on hole 5 and 12 if you were to overshoot. The course is fairly tight and technical in heavy woods with only a few holes playing out in the open clearing, but even then hole 1 has a double mando, and hole 5 and 13 play over ob. The holes are very short in length, with I don't believe any hole over 250 feet.

Odd layout. A number of hole feel misplaced somehow. After throwing hole 1 you walk past 2s basket down its entire fairway to the tee just to throw back up the path you just walked down. You then walk right past hole 4s tee over to hole 3s tee. Crossing Fairways, but not just crossing fairways, fairways doubling over fairways. Hole 4s tee is almost directly in front of hole 2s tee. There is obviously no way multiple groups could be playing without communicating with each other. There are only 9 baskets used for the 13 holes and to make it 18 you have to rethrow a number of holes. The holes are really short even the fairly wide open holes, you are not going to be ripping it here.

This course was difficult to rate. This is obviously a locals course, that just happens to be in a destination area. Despite many geographical similarities, no one is going to mistake this course for DeLa. It is not a destination course by any means, but it is a fun throw if you are in the area. Despite many cons I did enjoy my time here. Each of the holes individually were fun, even if the layout as a whole was a little odd. Obviously with the multiple crossing throw lines, and the fact that baskets are used for more than one hole, you are not going to be able to have a lot of groups playing here at any the same time. But as remote and laid back as this area is, I wouldn't expect it to be that big a problem.
On a final note, this course was extremely difficult to find. The previous visitor from DGCR left a note in course conditions that he couldn't find the course at all. I've learned from experience to do a little scouting before making a trip to a course and talked to some locals on the facebook page before coming. Even with their help it was a little difficult to find. I've updated the directions to reflect my notes on finding the course. The address listed is for Bower Park on Old Stage Rd. but the course is on the property of the Redwood Coast Recreation Center, which is an adjoining property to the south with an entrance on Ocean Ridge Dr. The gate for the RCRC on Ocean Ridge is closed however due to thieves apparently stealing water from the pond in the center of the course. So the only way to access the course most times is to walk through Bower Park. You walk south down dirt trails from the parking lot for about 1000 feet until you come to a clearing, and hole 1 is just east of the stage there. There are a number of dirt trails but as long as you go south they all seemed to come out in the clearing. If you don't know which way south is when you pull into Bower its to your left. There is a stage and a pond in Bower park as well so it gets confusing, but the course is not in Bower Park, so ignore Bower Park and walk south, through the trees, you will find the course.