- Wide open and flat. Lots of chances to air it out, and most holes have many different shot options.
- Beautiful scenery. More lush, green grass than we're accustomed to anywhere here in LA (except La Mirada). Large palm trees everywhere.
- Creative course design, managing to weave a fun 18 holes through a 9-hole ball golf course. One challenging double-mando, several legit par 4s, one raised basket (love those), and an island hole.
- Putting greens count as OB, adding an extra challenge.
- Secluded, suburban setting. You won't feel like you're in the city, but it's also not a full-blown escape into nature, either. The only other people you're likely to see are other golfers and folks at the adjacent little league baseball field.

- Many of the rubber teepads are really bumpy and slippery, so you're often better off teeing off next to the teepad.
- Several holes share fairways, or even teepads, so situational awareness is important and on a busy day you may have to wait a bit.

As always, there is room for improvement, but this is a really fun course that I look forward to revisiting soon. Pretty close to Sylmar, too, if you're looking to make a day of it!

My home course is Chavez Ridge, which is the polar opposite of this course in many regards - I'm used to steep hills and tight, wooded shots without many opportunities to air it out. With that in mind, Mission Hills was a refreshing change of pace that I really appreciated.

Bring cash for the greens fee, which is pretty insignificant when you consider what it takes to maintain a course like this.

Previous reviews griped about the signage - perhaps they are new, but the tee signs there are excellent now (thanks Brandin!). Many of the baskets also have an arrow pointing towards the next tee, which was really helpful the first time around.

Another common complaint is the quality of the course - sure, for a ball golf course this might be considered a little janky with all the gopher holes and what not, but it's perfect for disc golf! If you can't manage to have a good time here, you're doing it wrong.

The Mission Hills Golf Course Owners Don't Budget A Lot For Directional Signs!
or maintenance or grass seed or fertilizers. This is another of those courses if you're planning on playing it, you best do it soon, because I can't imagine it'll will be operational for long.

First, they make it all but impossible to find the place. You drive into the nursing home complex and weave your way through to the very back. The course doesn't really look like a golf course. It appears abandoned or maybe a rundown city park. But when I walk up and see these two old gentlemen sitting at a picnic table, one old guy reluctantly gets up and takes my $5. It's Sunday afternoon at 3 PM and there are two other golfers on the course.

The disc golf is typically golf course, lots of wide open spaces. It's almost totally flat with large scattered trees. They've tried pretty hard to accommodate us disc golfers. They actually have nice tee signs complete with a sponsor for each hole. The baskets are older, faded Discatchers with the yellow rims. They are either from Verdugo course or the Tujanga course depending on which reviewer you believe. I think they were shipped here from The Mozambique National Presidential Course. Some have numbers, some not. Some have a next arrow hanging from the catcher part. They proved very helpful. The pads are rubber mats. Some are flat and level, some not. They used to have a course map attached to the front door but it has disappeared. There are a few discs for sale in the little office. The online map I had printed off was a little hard to decipher.

Holes 1 and 6 have raised baskets. Most baskets are tucked in behind trees or fencing. Distances are mostly in 250'-350' range. There are a few clearly marked Mando signs. I really liked # 15. The tee sign says it 220' but I think it's a little longer. It has a double Mando between two large trees about 225' out and about 25' in front of the basket.

# 7 is like a real disc golf hole. It play 280' with the basket behind a large tree and then up a small hill.

The distances on the tee signs are often off or way off. # 11 says 320' or 330' and I estimated it to be an easy 500'.

Many tee signs have multiple distances listed but no way of knowing which position the basket is in. # 10 lists 280'-320'-340' but you don't really know and I'm sure they have never changed the basket positions. As I was leaving, the gentlemen who was seemingly in charge told me some baskets were missing or something but he didn't really know for sure.

Some pads are pretty uneven and lumpy.

Just a general feeling of grunge and unkemptness.

The $5 fee is easy on the budget but I'm not sure if that's per round or all day. Because there are no gates here, players can and do show up after hours for a few holes or maybe some twilight play. Mission Hills feels more like you're playing in a county park than on a manicured golf course. It probably never gets real crowded. The guys working here are beyond low key and are friendly and welcoming to us disc golfers. If you can actually locate Mission Hills, you might find it worth your time and $5.

-In the center of a large population that is has a very limited number of 18 hole courses.
-Enough challenge for intermediate player.
-Can complete a round at the uncongested course in about an hour.
-Looks like multiple pin positions.

-Confusing lay-out.
-Questionable Tee signs.
-Poor flow between holes.
-Plenty of gopher holes around some of the baskets.

I'm glad this course is here, since it's 5 minutes from my in-laws house when we come to visit. I found only a pair of golfers here on Friday afternoon who let me play through, no problem. The scant trees that mark the golf fairways are well used for disc golf, but provide little relief from the blazing sun in August. On Saturday afternoon there was only one pair of golfers and a three-some of disc golfers and me. No congestion here.
The flow between holes should be corrected with the long hikes that were already reported between holes. Not all the baskets have their hole number displayed that adds some confusion where pins are closely located.
The tee signs don't seem to correctly indicate the pin position or distance and a few are just missing with the tee number drawn on with a sharpie.
Things to note: Hole 16 tee pad in next to the hole 6 tee pad, the map is incorrect. Hole 9 and 18 share the same teepad but the 18 sign is missing.
I would have played a second round on Saturday except for the blazing August sun. I like it enough that I'll be back next time I visit. I also played near-by Veterans park in Sylmar. Both are worth a visit if you're in the area.

- Verdugo was closed but its baskets were installed here...it's nice to see the spirit of Verdugo live on
- Rubber Tees
- Grassy fairways
- Ample parking
- Snack shop
- Pro shop with a limited selection
- Bathrooms

- Lots of traffic (Ball & Disc golfers)
- Navigation was a chore the first time
- Ball golfers will play on top of disc golfers without regard
- P2P
- No tee signs
- No challenge for upper Ams and open players

Something really is better than nothing with this place. Management has explained the future development of the property and I look forward to seeing it come to fruition.

While playing here I was nearly hit by a golf ball. I walked over to the player and tried to talk to him but he ignored me and kept playing. He lined up his next shot while the rest of my card was on the green putting out and I had to stop the guy from hitting because he didn't care that we were on the course. I tried to explain that this was a mixed golf course and that the rules of "safe play" still applied for all of us. I don't think he understood but for all I know he may just not have cared.

If you want to try something new this is worth checking out but don't think of this as a destination course.

Lots of open space
Easy to navigate course
Long drives
Good condition

Pay $5
Playing around golfers

Bring your distance driver. You can bomb them here. One of the longer, easier courses. Lots of open space on a golf course. They have 3 baskets per hole.

18 Disc catcher baskets.
Metal signs with basket information.
Mowed grass course.

Course signs are an improvement based on previous reviews, but are still a work in progress. I never found the tee pad for 18. The tee pad for 13 is near tee pad 2 and 4, which is a long walk from basket 12. There was about 6 rubber tee pads, an improvement from past reviews.

Course map is still only available in the pro shop, so take a photo of the map prior to your round.

Grounds are not as nice at the Tajunga course that was recently closed.

This course is on a ball golf 9 hole course at the VA hospital grounds. The ball golf course is okay at best, but having a mowed DG course is nice. Don't expect a high caliber/high brow ball golf course. Cost is $5.00 per round. The signage is indicating multiple basket placement in the future, which is confusing for now and your first round.

It's nice that a small ball golf course added 18 baskets so we disc golfers have a place to go in a densely populated area.

The lawn gets mowed regularly since there are ball golfers who demand it.

There is a pro shop, mostly for ball golfers, so you can be introduced personally to the nightmare experience you're about to get yourself into.

The guy behind the counter told me, after he collected my $5, that I better take a picture of the course map on the wall since it does not match the ball course tees.

The picture on the wall is essential. Make sure you get a good picture since most of your round you'll be studying it to find out where to go next.

The guy behind the counter was kind enough to walk out to the first tee to help me locate it. He pointed down to an upside down disc and a red flag and said, "The tees should have these red flags marking the location but people keep pulling them out. So look for discs like this and follow the course map carefully."

From a technical view point the course is not challenging. There is zero elevation; it is a small flat ball golf course and they added 18 baskets. There are some mature trees but not utilized much. On 15 the basket is on the other side of 2 mature trees with an M and an arrow on each side. This mando required going through that somewhat narrow line, but overall there's not much technical challenge. I finally decided to challenge myself on the course by throwing mostly rollers, which was actually going okay.

Most of the red flag tee markers were gone. I think there were 3 left today.

About 3 holes had the tee number spray painted in red on the grass.

There were maybe 4 rubber tees.

A group of three ball golfers started just after I did. Several times when I had my head down hunting for the next tee, for example on 16 and 17, they were driving into the fairway that I was walking into the middle of to find my next tee.BE CAREFUL! It is one thing to worry about getting hit by a disc, but flying golf balls are scary.

The numbers on the basket are mostly turned the wrong way. This is inexcusable on a tight course where you are usually looking at several baskets from every tee. I played Northside Park, a small 9 hole in Azusa, and the main way you can identify the next basket there is that the appropriate number is facing you.

The 4 and 13 baskets are the opposite of what the map says.

The 15 tee disc marker was almost all the way to the basket. I suppose it got loose and someone decided to throw it.

There are distances marked on the course map for each hole but I don't think they're right. I threw a perfectly straight roller on 12 that almost reached the basket, which was supposed to be 430' away. No way! I stepped off my roller since I was pretty happy with it and it was only 300' which is still pretty good for me.

The problem of locating hard to find tees while being dangerously on an active ball course caused me to rank this course as "bad" and this inherent problem will be hard to fix unless the course management makes a commitment to placing clearly marking tees, like the reviews before me say they promise to do. Until tees are clearly marked, however, this will be a BAD experience for anyone going for the first time. All that said, however, if I lived in this area then I would likely come here during times there's no ball golfers and hunting for tees would not be a problem since I would have it figured out eventually. The other reviews said it was $7, so I was happy I only got charged $5.

I think most of us will throw a second disc often. On a ball course this felt very uncomfortable with so many people watching. I stopped early on and limited myself to one throw. That just seems wrong, but in the ball golf world it does not seem the accepted thing to do.

I uploaded a picture of the course map to this site from the club house since there was no map posted here. I have never seen a disc golf course this crowded and busy.

New course similar to Whittier, long and green. Close to home, not busy and well maintained. Plenty of parking, long holes and a few short holes, open, not a lot of trees and fairly flat. Baskets are numbered and spread out. Benches are available through out the course. The office has cold drinks for sale and friendly staff.

There are no maps in the office, holes are poorly marked, most holes have small red flags marking the tee and red paint on the grass, not good. Tees need to be marked better, with matts and signs. It is difficult to figure out the course at first, but gets easier after a few rounds. Little or no shade, so bring plenty of water. There are few few holes which could be closer together, example H5 to T6 and H7 to T8.

Hopefully they mark the course off better, more black matts with hole number on Matt and or T markers. Painting the baskets red/ white/ blue similar to Veterans. Improve the layout so it is more fluid would help as well. Reduces Snickers moments....

Ace of Spades Disc Golf

New course to play in the valley
Baskets from Tujunga are back in play
Even mix of long and short distance holes
Mostly grass playing field
Holes are well spaced apart to avoid jams and bunching up
Beginner-friendly course

Not a huge challenge (e.g. little OB, few trees, and only 2 mandos)
Fee is $7 per round (not all day)
You do have to share a course with ball golfers and play around them.
Not great shade cover (but there are benches and trash cans regularly through the field).
Not a scenic venue; no signature hole (yet)

Currently the tee pads are temporary and I am not marking a point off for that because I expect that to change soon.

Parking is a little tricky the first time around but should be easy thereafter.

There are snacks/water/bathrooms at the office, but not a full-fledged pro shop if you need that sort of thing.

We were a bit shocked that you have to pay for every round played. We wanted to have a second go-through to improve our scores but were told we needed to pay $7 again. At that price, this course is not a good value (especially compared to Sylmar ($2) or Oak Grove (free)).

All in all I would give this place a go if you live nearby or there is a tournament at one of the other courses. Otherwise, this is not a destination course unfortunately.

I do hope that this is just the beginning and that they continue to evolve the course (and their policies).