Pros:
• Easy to find
• Nice baskets
• Two warm-up baskets with a decent sized area to practice
• Restrooms in a couple spots
• Pretty good signage with some issues in spots (more on that below)
• Great tee boxes
• Tests every shot in the bag
Cons:
• Confusing navigation in spots
• A little debris clearing is needed in a few areas
Other Thoughts:
Tips
• Use the map but do look around for tee box and basket movement
• You don't really need the cart. You can't even use it for 6 holes (#8-#13).
• It was devil's sriracha crotch hot out there when I went. Bring water.
Random Thoughts:
This is a course that, as you drive up, you're going to think you're lost because you're turning into a shopping center, but fear not, and keep going. Then you're going to think you're at the wrong spot because all you see is a driving range center, but fear not, and keep going. Once you arrive in the new clubhouse, you're good to go, on what, on the surface, looks like the crummiest ball golf course in the area, but ends up being one of the funnest disc golf challenges in the area. You can tell a lot of thought went into the design of this course. From the shape of the shots, to the varying lengths, to the basket placements, you will use every shot in the bag and then some. This is the ultimate risk/reward course. You can certainly go after the basket, or pursue aggressive lines on this course, but there will be a penalty if you miss. This penalty will be in the form of rough or OB or a sloping cliff or even a riverbed. Of course, if you play it safe, you wont be penalized but par will likely be just out of reach. So every hole presents this decision: do you go for it or not? And what's nice is it's done in a multitude of ways: long, short, left to right, right to left, tunnel shots, etc... It's all out there, and it's different from each hole to the next, which keeps it interesting. Even though I'd argue that some of the par 3s should be 4s (424 ft.?), I get it. I need to improve my drives. But even with my piddly 325' drives, I managed to leave +7 on my first attempt and left at least 2 shots out there on errant putts. So all in all, a really nice challenge that I thoroughly enjoyed.
As far as the course itself, the tee boxes are a fantastic mix of synthetic grass for most and concrete for the others. The concrete ones were a little slick in spots but that might have been my shoes. Not totally sure. The conditions are pretty good although there does need to be a little care and feeding in the rough and on the holes that leave the main course (#8-#13). Some of those back holes are clean and some are pretty rough with a touch of poison oak in one spot. The only real frustration with the course came with the navigation. For starters, the course manager suggested I start on #17 because you'll finish at your car. This makes a lot of sense and I wonder why it's not that way to begin with. It may be the designers want those 2 holes at the finish? In any event, the main issue is that on about 4-5 holes the tee and/or basket is not quite where it is on the map or the number on the tee box will be wrong (#9). In most cases, it's usually on the other side of the ball golf fairway. I suspect the maps were done and then there was a reconfiguration. This was a fairly minor annoyance although on #7 I absolutely threw the wrong direction (towards the green) before I noticed the basket on the right, followed by discovering the double-mando tunnel shot. Ouch! I made it through the trees though and left with par, which I was personally thrilled with. But stepping back, my main concern is this course has clearly fallen on hard times and while I find $6 to be very reasonable, I wonder if this course might be closed soon. That would be a bummer.
Bottom Line:
This is a very challenging course, which I would call tough but forgiving if you play it safe and smart. Yes, the course itself is not terribly scenic and could use some care and feeding here and there, but hopefully that doesn't hide the brain(s) that went into the design. If you give it a chance, I think you'll discover something special here, and with a little more love and attention, it could end up being a destination course. Thank you to the course designers and good luck.