Hillcrest Park

Course is easy to find and good parking. Like most courses here in the East Bay it is only 9 holes. This course does offer a couple long holes and several short holes that require some precision. I like that below each basket there are some spray painted cement blocks that give a bit of direction for the following hole. Nice DGA mach V baskets! Hole one starts out with an easy RHBH Hyzer shot. Medium length hole. Probably 250ft. Avoid water on right. Easy birdie or ace hole. Almost aced th ...
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Course is easy to find and good parking. Like most courses here in the East Bay it is only 9 holes. This course does offer a couple long holes and several short holes that require some precision. I like that below each basket there are some spray painted cement blocks that give a bit of direction for the following hole. Nice DGA mach V baskets!

Hole one starts out with an easy RHBH Hyzer shot. Medium length hole. Probably 250ft. Avoid water on right. Easy birdie or ace hole. Almost aced this with arching hyzer wth a boss. Hit chains. Birdied.

2. Follow path and tee box is on the left behind bushes. Pay attention, you could easily throw at the basket for three. The basket for two is more on the left and could be kind of hidden behind a bush. No large obstacles to avoid. Easy hole. Slightly uphill

3. Wide open and you need to throw over the fairway of hole 2. Also need to be careful of pedestrians on a walking path nearby. Slightly uphill. Easy hole. No obstacles or hazards.

4. Short and good trees. Can go backhand or forehand through trees bit avoid waterbhazard on the right. Mellow and decent sized channels to throw through. I liked this hole when I approached it but after my RHFH throw I thought it was too easy. Nailed RHFH shot with a boss. Easily through and nearly aced with a skip. Birdied

5. Is a good hole. If only the entire course was like this. Slightly uphill. Watch out for pedestrians.

6. Really short. Bring out your midrange or overstable driver for an easy toss. Tight gaps and a few different ways to approach. Short but another good hole. Slightly downhill

7. Is a good RHBH hole. Need to be mindful of pedestrians. Lots of trees. Decent length hole. Like the basket placement near the log. Needed to throw around a tree and under a limb for approach. Good hole.

8. Can go left or right. Both have obstacles if you throw off your line. Need the right distance and fade to bring disc in nicely to pin. On grass. Easy to birdie if you nail your drives. I prefferred a RHBH shot on this with my destroyer. Average hole.

9. Can go forehand or back. I chose to go with a RHBH shot under the tree limbs to the right. Avoid water on the right. Was a slightly challenging through. Not hard.

in all I would say that if you have played Santa Cruz, San Francisco, or Novato, and are used to and prefer long courses with long and challenging holes. Some requiring long and straight or curving shots this course is not for you. I went and the course was nearly empty other than one other player. The holes were not very challenging but I did enjoy it and the ease of access from the freeway was nice. As was parking. The park had trash all over it and people walking their dogs that I need to wait for on more than one occasion. I went. I saw. I prefer dedicated disc off courses
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For people who like courses with a lot of trees in the way, (and short holes), this would be an "A" course. That is not my cup of tea, so per my preference, it is a C+ course. Averaging those out, it came out to a "B" course for me. This course has a great club and leaders managing it, so it will only get better and better. Currently, it doesn't have tee signs or formal tee pads, but it will eventually. It does have cement blocks at each basket showing where the next tee is and flags to mar ...
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For people who like courses with a lot of trees in the way, (and short holes), this would be an "A" course. That is not my cup of tea, so per my preference, it is a C+ course. Averaging those out, it came out to a "B" course for me. This course has a great club and leaders managing it, so it will only get better and better. Currently, it doesn't have tee signs or formal tee pads, but it will eventually. It does have cement blocks at each basket showing where the next tee is and flags to mark each tee area. There is only 1 hole, (#2), that a good player would need his big driver. Also, some people have been used to using that area for smoking and other alternative activities so, at times, you will find those people in the way of your shots. Hopefully, with time, that will change.
I have changed my rating to a A-. This course now has cement tee pads and better basket positions for Hole 3 and Hole 5. The main thing this course needs now, IMHO, is tee signs telling players how long each hole is ...
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