Golden Gate Park

For starters, theres something magical about having a dense tree lined fairway, with a SF City street just 20 feet outside of that. Play it on a foggy day (which is the majority), and it's like only ... show more ›

For starters, theres something magical about having a dense tree lined fairway, with a SF City street just 20 feet outside of that. Play it on a foggy day (which is the majority), and it's like only this place exists inside the fog. It's playable for multiple levels of disc golfers... tad bit difficult for beginners, parking can be tough, and depending on time of play can get backed up, but it's worth it! My all time #1.

The course holes are laid out nicely on the front 9 but it gets tricky on the latter holes on the back nine. It gets congested with people at times and there are plenty of street people walking around ... show more ›

The course holes are laid out nicely on the front 9 but it gets tricky on the latter holes on the back nine. It gets congested with people at times and there are plenty of street people walking around. Some fun holes on the back nine. Lots of trees on most holes. I was slightly disappointed with the overall setting of the course. The tees, markers and baskets were all excellent and the course nicely kept.

Absolutely fantastic course. If you like disc and you're in the city proper, it's a 100% must play. Local Pro keeps improving and maintaining the best big-city course in the country. Great mix of h ... show more ›

Absolutely fantastic course. If you like disc and you're in the city proper, it's a 100% must play. Local Pro keeps improving and maintaining the best big-city course in the country. Great mix of holes for both right and left-handed shots, a few big pulls and some hit-that-one-gap holes. Is extremely crowded on nice days and hosts a Sunday league that's open to everyone and starts rolling about 8am until about 10am - bring $5, find a group, and wait to tee off with 60-120 of the nicest Disc Golf Club members in the country.

What an amazing experience this course was. First of all, The course is amazingly beautiful, clean and well maintained. As well as, well designed tee pads and signs. Secondly,I liked how the holes ... show more ›

What an amazing experience this course was. First of all, The course is amazingly beautiful, clean and well maintained. As well as, well designed tee pads and signs. Secondly,I liked how the holes got progressively harder. Making the back nine a real challenge. This park has really old and mature giant trees scattered over the entire course. The only thing I found odd was the sequence of holes 15 thru 18. (I recommend playing hole 17 and 18 after 14, then 16 and finish on 15. This would save you a long uphill walk from 16 to 17.)

Course is awesome, challenging, technical, long, short, hyzer, anhyzer... But course plays on top of itself, way too crammed into a very busy park. People walking up the fairways with faces buried in ... show more ›

Course is awesome, challenging, technical, long, short, hyzer, anhyzer... But course plays on top of itself, way too crammed into a very busy park. People walking up the fairways with faces buried in phones. A lot of holes play and then backtrack to the next tee making holes congested in already busy park.

Take this course and put it 30 miles out of SF and it would be an A course. Spread out the tees and baskets.

Without question the best course I have played, challenging pin locations, pins on wood built obstacles and the variety of shots you need are incredible. The bad parts are the holes 2,3 and I think 4 ... show more ›

Without question the best course I have played, challenging pin locations, pins on wood built obstacles and the variety of shots you need are incredible. The bad parts are the holes 2,3 and I think 4 are next to a busy road, and the course is always packed with slow people. I love the course and wished I lived in SF, also has the mando I have ever seen.

Great course! Lots of challenging terrain and the baskets for each hole change frequently. Most holes have 3 different possible basket locations while some have four (a "D" will be written in). Be car ... show more ›

Great course! Lots of challenging terrain and the baskets for each hole change frequently. Most holes have 3 different possible basket locations while some have four (a "D" will be written in). Be careful for holes 6 & 11 if they're high up. Those are more difficult. And Hole #12 can be difficult if it's in position C.

Also, watch the tree/bushes for Holes 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, and 17. I've spent quite a fair amount of time looking for discs on those holes.

I've wanted to play this course for about a year and finally got to it on 1/14/2015. It was good, but not as good as I was expecting. It is a very pretty course, but it is not an "A" in my opinion. ... show more ›

I've wanted to play this course for about a year and finally got to it on 1/14/2015. It was good, but not as good as I was expecting. It is a very pretty course, but it is not an "A" in my opinion. Hole 6 was set for the "D" position, but there was no info for a "D" position. Weird hole positioning for Hole 17, where you have to walk back almost to the 16 tee pad. Also, we played from 11 am to 1 PM and it was very hard to see the baskets, (and it was a sunny day). The baskets kind of blend into the trees and the dirt. I recommend that more color be put on the baskets so that they show up better. I didn't see any poison oak, which was good, but there are a lot of bushes and ground cover and, because of it, my brother lost his driver around Hole 4 or 5. Also, there had not been any rain for over 2 weeks, but the course was pretty wet in some areas. Heavy dew, I guess. I recommend that players bring a towel to wipe down their disks when they play this course. I will play this course again someday ...

Beautiful, and surrounded with friendly people. Long technical shots, with also a few ace runs, it will bring out every shot in your bag. They rotate pin placements (not sure how often) from 3 (4 spot ... show more ›

Beautiful, and surrounded with friendly people. Long technical shots, with also a few ace runs, it will bring out every shot in your bag. They rotate pin placements (not sure how often) from 3 (4 spots on hole 6, which had the one of the coolest basket placements I've ever seen) spots. The tee signs tell you which pin your shooting at, very helpful.

Only negative was trying to find hole 17. You gotta walk across some holes way uphill to find it.

If your looking for somewhere to BUY DISCS in the area like I was (I'm from Michigan), theres a skate shop on 6th ave and fulton that has a small, but nice innova selection. There is Purple Skunk Skate shop that will have stamped Cali discs, but they are CLOSED on Mondays, and they open at noon and close at 5-6, so you gotta plan around them. The hidden disc shop in San Francisco, and the one that saved my life, was Sports Basement. They don't have stamped Cali plastic, but they had a great selection of innova and discraft (no prodigy or anything though), I couldnt find a disc over 16$. This is the place to go unless you want a unique stamp.

Pros: Amazing course! Extremely clean and well maintained. Great for beginners and pro's. Good mix of technical shot, long shots, and technical long shots (HOLE #5). Also has a couple great short hole ... show more ›

Pros: Amazing course! Extremely clean and well maintained. Great for beginners and pro's. Good mix of technical shot, long shots, and technical long shots (HOLE #5). Also has a couple great short holes (#2 and #9). Great alternative pin placements.

Cons: Lots of traffic on the course, from groups of 6,7,8+ sometimes. Random runners, bikers, and other pedestrians. New players with bad etiquette (fore??)

Overall: I play the course almost everyday and I seem to never get bored with it. Always challenging in different ways.

The course is great, though it was better years ago when it was first built. Not as many people knew about it and it was still full of long grass, and smaller branches and trees. These have since been ... show more ›

The course is great, though it was better years ago when it was first built. Not as many people knew about it and it was still full of long grass, and smaller branches and trees. These have since been trampled and broken down or removed. Now green grass covers the fairways, which is nice, but not the same Safari feel it had before being rebuilt and improved upon. Anyone that played here in its early years will know what I mean.

As for the course. Signage is great. Pin locations are great, and easy to find. Pins rotate often between A,B,C locations. Really nice. There are some really technical shots through trees. Some long shots requiring strength and precision (again through trees), and there are shots with elevation changes. Really fun course.

Bummer is the amount of people that play here. It can get really crowded. I like to get here really early, and when living nearby, was often the first person on the course. More peaceful and waits are less. But, expect waits of 2,3,4 groups if really busy. For this I would almost deduct from the score, but the course itself, the signage, improvements made to it, and locals make it a great course to play. Highly recommend. Stafford Lake (Novato) and this course, followed by De La Veaga (Santa Cruz) were my favorite while living in the area.

Tee pads, baskets, signs. Many fairways overlap or cross. No practice basket. Overall a course to definitely check out, right in the city, but doesnt feel like it. Some nice elevation change. Cou ... show more ›

Tee pads, baskets, signs. Many fairways overlap or cross. No practice basket. Overall a course to definitely check out, right in the city, but doesnt feel like it. Some nice elevation change. Could be a better rating, but a B because it feels cramped and could easily be expanded to make some of the shots more than a roc.

Great course! Very technical and plays further than it is. Let no hole go without some sort of elevation change!!! Not windy at all, surprisingly for being in SF,and so close to the ocean. Mando's a ... show more ›

Great course! Very technical and plays further than it is. Let no hole go without some sort of elevation change!!! Not windy at all, surprisingly for being in SF,and so close to the ocean. Mando's and OB's keep some of the holes tight, and only one basket is unimpeded from the tee, and a pretty good ace run hole to boot! Locals are AWESOME, friendly and helpful! Park was very crowded when Stylez and I were there, the most perfect, no fog and 73 degrees weather, some of the locals were even commenting on how nice it was. The park itself is loaded with a ton of other activities as well, so that added to the congestion. That's probably the ONLY reason I can't give it an A+...cuz it's not my own private jewel..! VERY WELL DONE to all those involved with the creation and maintainence of this course!

Amazing course in the heart of San Frans Golden Gate Park. Total variety of holes. Elevation changes hard lefts and rights. Technical in the aspect of there is a bounty of trees but non existant under ... show more ›

Amazing course in the heart of San Frans Golden Gate Park. Total variety of holes. Elevation changes hard lefts and rights. Technical in the aspect of there is a bounty of trees but non existant underbrush makes it all managable. Well done signage at every hole and the local club keeps it maintained with fresh chip. So why not an A+.... there is a road along holes 2 and 3 thats fairly busy with walkers and noise. And there is a couple walk outs where you are crossing fairways, and that can also be confusing. All together Wow! great place to disc at!