# 1---Mackensie State Park in Pahoa, Hawaii is by far the prettiest. As I sat under the palms of hole # 5 recently waiting patiently for my turn to tee off, I looked all around me and saw nothing but sheer beauty. The Pacific Ocean to your east and Palms all surrounding you and your teeing up a gentle rolling hill hill of lava rock. The whole park reeks of eligance and beauty and the Hawaiian Disc Golfers are very nice and helpfull to have your stay on their island to be a memorable one.
# 2---- Humboldt State University. This course is nestled in a REDWOOD Forrest. You even have the opportunity to throw a drive off a old redwood tree stump. It doesn't get much better than this folks. Throwing a disc through REDWOOD trees and other ferns and climbing the hills with each shot is onew of the best feelings your ever going to witness. GOd sure is GREAT and I see why they (the local DG scene) wants to keep this place a secret as you know some DG is going to come here and get stupid. PleaSE PDGA, try to keep this course at all costs. The way it is or better yet. Purchase baskets for the remaing holes that have the poles on em.
# 3--- Whitcombe Farm in Beamister, England. The Green Family has extended their all organic farm in Western England where the hills are so steep that cows have a hard time grazing on the land to allow the DG world an opportunity to graze this fantastic property to both walk and play. and to top all that, The Green family even built a house to house DGer's when they stay on the farm for a small fee compared to anything remotely close to the farm.
#4--- Stafford Lake County Park in Navato, California. People you have to go here and play a round. You'll feel so blessed. If LA or SF was a few feet closer this land would be dotted with million dollar homes, but it's just far enough out of reach of these cities to give you a taste of of what the kind of land you would tend to be walking on had there been a city in these hills. Throwing from the top of the hill downwards on hole # 6 is spectacular and is a really good feeling.
# 5---- Centennial Park in (Etobicoke) Toronto, Canada. This well groomed park was like playing when I played it in the the early 90's like playing in a garden. The Canadian parks seem to be very clean unlike the American parks. you'll find no trash at Centennial only flower beds and winding creek meandering through the park and a few hills, even one used as a former ski hill.
i guess my buds and i are pretty spoiled. im just a country boy so the raw beauty of oregon is pretty sweet.
