Such a great area to spend the day with family playing disc golf. Well marked course and nicely…read moremaintained.

Typed in 'disc golf' into my maps and up popped up La Raza. I was dropped off by an uber, so I…read moredidn't know where hole one was. Luckily on a busy Sunday there were enough people playing that I could ask. Once getting to hole one, I saw there was no map or markers on the course. Again, luckily for the amount of people playing, I could see where the basket was. After hole one, the course was pretty easy to follow. Maps can be found on the remaining tees. It shows the distance of each basket. However there are four possibilities for each hole and not each basket is easily seen from the tee. Def good to walk the course or play with someone your first go around. Not much for OB, only a couple mandy. Not many trash cans on the 9 hole course. Lots of trees and poison oak. Good course to sharpen your skills.

Fun course! The 12 holes is perfect length. Bits of shade which make it not too bad in the summer…read more The baskets are not as far as Kelly and la raza, and they are almost all straight shots with not too many hazards. Also relatively easy to spot your disc if you get off the path. Do not use Apple Maps for the directions--it's takes you too far down the road.

Relatively easy to navigate, short-length, 12-hole course. Definitely a confidence booster if you…read morestruggle on longer length courses. Course has more holes that reward a RHBH player than LHBH. I played when almost every hole was on its B setting, which is the longer distance. Pros 2-4 pins per hole. Cement tee boxes. 2 practice baskets, but they are not located in an ideal location. DGA Mach V baskets throughout. Decent signage. Many holes have phone holders so you could film yourself teeing off (never seen this before.). Not too crowded, even during a peak time on a holiday. Modest elevation changes. Most of the course is wooded and require shots that navigate through and around tree clusters. Well maintained and still has that newish feeling. Several tee boxes were implemented on a slope and they built them up proper; slightly elevated, with wooden borders. Many holes have comfy wooden seating areas (tons of bowl holes;) Cons Course map needed a couple times to find the next hole. Poison oak is rampant. $6 parking fee must be paid at the lower Chestnut lot closer to the entrance. Bring bug spray, a few holes the mosquitos/gnats were annoying.

Fun course, all the uphill and downhill made for a good workout…read more First time playing, we had to constantly refer to the map to find the next hole. Even doing so, we went off in the wrong direction several times. By the second visit, it was much easier to remember the layout. Note that the first hole is located down the stairs a bit away! I've been here twice and so far there were only a few others at the course, and it wasn't crowded at all. Easy street parking.

Typed in 'disc golf' into my maps and up popped up this course. I was dropped off by an uber, so I…read moredidn't know where hole one was. After wondering around I located the tee for hole one, along w/ not only one tee, but a second for a shorter distance. Each hole has a map showing where the hole is. Most are within eye show. However some are hidden behind the corner so it makes it hard to miss a disc's flight went. After hole one, the course was pretty easy to follow. The maps also show the distance of each basket. However there are several possibilities for each hole and not each basket is easily seen from the tee. Def good to walk the course or play with someone your first go around. Not much for OB. Not many trash cans on the 9 hole course. Lots of trees so plenty of possibilities of losing your disc. Good course to sharpen your skills.

Solid course! Had a little bit of a hard time figuring out where to start, but another patron led…read moreus to the promised land. I can't recall how much we paid, but it was inexpensive. My buddy brought me here, as it is supposed to be one of the best courses out there. I thought it was solid, but maybe I'm just spoiled with our local SD courses. There is a little sport shop where you can pick up some necessities, which was nice. Bring cash so you can pay the parking donation. Fun times are ahead, enjoy!

What a treat to get to visit DeLa, especially for a newbie with 4 months of playing!…read more Visiting this place was a mix of emotion and terror and all the hype about this place I've read is true. Getting to DeLa was a bit of a winding course through Santa Cruz mountains and you pass through the local golf course first. However, once you get into the wooded area, it sinks in how massive this place really is. Driving toward the parking lot we really saw how technical and complicated this course was. An important thing to note is that this course really isn't designed for the novice and that there are certain rules to follow. We were playing with monthly so we came in between tee times and we're required to let this on a tee time play through. This wasn't a big deal and it was really awesome just to experience this place. The parking lot is pretty small and I believe patience is important out here.

After the Santa Cruz course was too busy, we drove a little extra to visit Pinto Lake, and we were…read morenot disappointed! This is an eighteen-basket course that wraps around a large area. Many of the holes have A/B/C baskets depending on your desired challenge level. The Course: Overall, the courses are pretty long. Most of the shorter holes come in at 300ft (A), but there is a long one with 500ftA/1000ftB/1200ftC. Early and late baskets are in the nice shaded woods. The middle baskets (8-12, including the 1200ft hole) are in a big open field, so you will want sun protection. The course wraps around near the lake so that you can have a great view of the water and kayakers, but not so close that there's any risk of tossing your disk into the lake. The course is well-marked with signs pointing toward the next area. Mostly well groomed, some of the field needed mowing. Be careful of stickers/burrs in tall grass. Amenities: There were bathrooms, but they were closed when we visited, likely covid-related closure. Parking lot for Pinto Lake was decently sized and no fees for parking.

The first quarter of the course is pretty technical but then opens up to just throwing bombs for…read morethe about a third of the course. The final part of the course is pretty easy and not too technical but still fun. One thing to watch out for is the poison oak, a week later and I'm just getting over it. There are a couple of holes that you'll have to search for because it's not too clear where they are at but if you have a disk golf app on your smart phone it will lead you to the next hole. Most of the course is around 300 plus feet but there are some holes that are over 500 feet or longer. All open and nothing but a strong arm. The other players on the course are friendly and will direct you in the directions you'll need to go. They'll even help find the disk if thrown into the rough. What is nice about this course is it isn't as busy as the other courses around the area.

More difficult than the Oaks course, surely, with many more opportunities to lose discs or toss bad…read moreholes. That's mostly offset by creative holes, with varying altitudes and obstacles, that are better for developing your overall game and can be a lot of fun. You'll throw through wooded areas that demand precision but also need to be able to just launch from a clifftop and cover the distance to a pin. Way more susceptible to wind causing trouble and occasionally the difficulty slows people down and bottlenecks occur, and some of these holes continually killed me. I found it to be an acquired taste, as familiarity with the course pays off.

They recently made some updates to this location since I last tossed discs here (maybe 2 years);…read morethey've created new B tee and A to B tee to basket tosses. They also stopped the river from going through so no more lost discs to the water gods, even when my brother and I went a round in the rain, it was still WAY less water than the last winter I golfed there. Lots of parking and a good variety of holes for a 9 hole, but on the 4th hole you better pick the disc that doesn't veer to the left or you better have your fence climbing shoes on because if it hooks/cuts to the left then it may end up in the infield of the little league field on the other side of a 10' tall fence. It's a quick hop over, but it can be annoying when you put too little spin on it to make the corner. With three holes that are nice and open (with a tree in the way on them) you can feel that you're being challenged enough without thinking it's a cake walk in the park tossing your way through this course.

I had a chance to stop by and play this course yesterday after work. Each basket is marked with…read moreit's hole number on an orange sticker. For those of you who have not been to the facility the course is located at the Ernie Rodrigues softball complex. The first tee box was well marked and you are going to be throwing from dirt tee boxes. Make sure to bring your dirt shoes with some decent sole as you will have to climb up and down a bit. Each hole is marked with a clay tile (with the exception of hole number 6...broken by kids?) that gives you some idea of where the basket is and occasional distance in feet. The holes are not real long but are a definite challenge. Several holes go through trees and really make you have to think about your throws. The baseball fences provide a slight challenge. If your disc goes over a fence, you'll have to walk around to get it as you are not allowed to climb over. No worries because you always throw great, right? All of baskets are brand spankin' new and in great shape. You can see most of them straight from the tee box (i.e. no blind throws). The most challenging holes are #7 and #8. If you have someone playing with you, you will want a spotter on the left side of the hole as right handers will tend to land over there. On #7, I spent about 25 minutes looking for my disc in the berry bushes which have tons of thorns. I was able to find the disc after shredding my legs on the thorns. On #8, there's a creek on the left which caught my driver disc. Luckily, there were people looking for their disc that saw mine dive under some weeds in the water. The course is brand new and will only get better over time. I'm looking forward to going out and trying the course again this weekend. For now I give the course 3 stars. Pros: - Conveniently located for you Livermore Valley wine tasters who like to chuck a disc on the same day - Brand new baskets - Great mix of challenging holes Cons: - Gotta search around a little to find the tee boxes with the pink markers in the dirt and the floor tiles with tee box number. - Some holes (i.e. #3) are a little close to the baseball fences although if you're careful you won't have to walk around. - Nasty thorn/berry bushes on #7 will shred you if you go left There's lots of good info on the Tri Valley Disc Golf Club Facebook site at www.facebook.com/groups/TVDGC/