Walnut Creek, CA

Walden Park

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sillybizz
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Experience: 22.3 years 426 played 406 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Criss cross will make you, jump! jump! 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 27, 2016 Played the course:once

Pros:

Located in a small park in the middle of town Walden Creek DGC is located. Luckily being smaller, navigation is simple although a few baskets are hard to see from the tee pad. Tee pads and baskets are in great shape, so no worries there. Not a whole lot of variety/variance in line shaping but nothing crazy as far as righty/lefty preference; probably the usual slightly to moderately righty favored. Early in the morning you may get to play it in under 20 minutes or you could even play some crazy safari route but the course is crowded most of the time or so I'm told by locals.

Cons:

The biggest issue with the course are all of the crossing fairways, combined with a crowded course which make you look over your shoulder at all times or have to duck or jump out of the way. All of this in an area that is also used by lots of dog walkers and I would be surprised if people aren't getting nailed multiple times on a daily basis. It's also a shorter, 'chucker' course so lots of high speed drivers and errant throws and throwers.

Not a ton of challenge though not really a pitch and putt length, there are a few holes out here closer to 300 especially some of the alternate pin positions. That being said trees and limited to the few around the baskets and some shading you at the tee pad on sunny days. Most holes are open with a tree in play but not something you have to worry about much if you are an accurate player using slow discs. A few holes though require you to throw over or through bushes.

Other Thoughts:

Although the crossing fairways are highly annoying and very dangerous it makes for the best course available and without it would be a very short course or possibly a 5-6 hole "practice" course. If you're a local it's a decent option but not worth a special trip unless you're a course bagger.
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swatso
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Experience: 15.8 years 755 played 414 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Henry David Thoreau 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 23, 2014 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Hitting moderately-difficult windows will lead to many birdy opportunities for intermediate+ players, as the average distance is ~260', with only two holes (barely) over 300'.

Good teesigns, indicating current pin position (for those holes which have multiple positions). Use the online map for navigation.

Safari opportunities.

Cons:

To say this course is a little bit jammed is akin to saying Shaq is a bit big - many chances to land in the wrong fairway. And, of course, number-8 is the definition of a crossing fairway, as it crosses three others (6,7,9)!

In addition to other players, pedestrians on the walking paths need to be avoided, too.

Most visible basket may not be the proper basket (basket-6 more visible from tee-4, basket-8 more visible from tee-5).

Other Thoughts:

Course Is located on a small parcel of extremely flat, undeveloped land, set behind a small section of developed park land. This undeveloped land contains a smattering of mid-sized trees - tall enough to form portions of canopy, eliminating most up-n-over options, but small enough that their branches also come into play, creating windows to throw through / dense areas to throw around. Lefts > straights > rights, but all three are required from the tee.

The tee are roughly 4'x8', brick(?) "lattice" filled with concrete - a bit small for anything more than a single x-step, but for the distances, not much more is needed,

There's a nice variety of shot-shaping needed on these holes, but if the course was ever crowded, there could be some real carnage! A bunch of decent short holes, trying to share the same space ...
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