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Pros: Off the 101, more like on the 101.
Different shots on every hole.
People where cool.
Not too packed.
No problem breaking.
alot of trash cans....and the Sheriff's just cruz by...

Cons: a bit windy at times...a lotta the time.
no bathrooms, but plenty of bushes.
poison ivy...just be careful.

Other Thoughts: This is a kickass 9 hole course. The Hellyer course was placed in the best little area one would squeeze in nine with enough room.

3 of 5 people found this review helpful.

Pros:
-Big elevation changes
-Good distance on most holes
-Easy freeway access
-Nice tees and pins (multiple locations)

Cons: -Often gets very windy in the afternoons
-Poison oak off some fairways (and in the isolated pockets on the course)
-Freeway does not help course aesthetics

Other Thoughts: This was the only course I played when I got into disc golf. I would later be punished for learning to drive on such a wide-open course. There are a couple holes where you can really bomb it though, which is still fun. I don't think playing the short tees to make 18 adds much to the course. The club does a good job with upkeep and changing pin locations, and have made other improvements over time, like the cement tee box on #3. If only they would eradicate the poison oak...

5 of 6 people found this review helpful.

Pros: Close to freeway
multiple tees
multiple pin placement
well maintained
friendly folks
trash cans availalable at almost every tee
bag holding stand at every hole
uphill/downill/flat and tree shots

Cons: parking is limited
No bathrooms

Other Thoughts: I am not a pro but I am not a total amateur either. I enjoyed this course and would play it often if I lived close by. I shot a 38 (+11) for 9 holes. While I was there someone showed up with a weedeater and other implements to maintain the course. (Cool) My brothers have been there pretty often and say the holes are moved often. I played both this and LaRaza and enjoyed this course more. See my LaRaza review

2 of 5 people found this review helpful.

Pros: IMO, this course is a perfect example of how 9-holers should be designed. The long tees give a very different look and feel from the shorts, so playing 2 rounds is basically equivalent to playing a full 18. Great creative design on this course! I have only 5 of 95 9-holers ranked higher.....and 3 of those no longer exist.)

What I personally like and how this course stacks up in my list of 9 hole courses:

1) Holes with good risk/reward. Fair, but harsh punishment for bad decisions or execution. == B
(Nothing too punishing (water, "early trouble", tunnel shots, etc) can be found on this course, but you can get yourself in some predicaments if you are way off line.)

2) Holes that have rewarding birdie opportunities for me. I'm a Blue level player (950ish skill) who throws 300' accurately, 360' max. == B+
(Other than a couple of the long tees and a few gimme short holes, this course is a rewarding experience to score well on.)

3) More wooded than open - lots of variety of shots required caused by hole shape and topography == B+
(Great use of terrain and obstacles to force creative shot making. Well above average for the typical 9-holer.)

4) Natural beauty (Appalachian beauty preferred) and seclusion. == B-
(Definitely not lush and green and the location being right off the 101(due to terrain and trees you don't really see it, but you do hear it) detracts from the otherwise nice inland CA beauty.)

5) Bonus points for multi-throw holes with defined landing zones, good risk/reward and multiple options to play them. == N/A

Other Thoughts: It's all about feeding the addiction, so I ranked this course subjectively based on my own "personal addiction factor". The grades above tell how well this course will draw me back to itself again and again and again. See my profile for specifics on my rating philosophy.

I fancy myself as a connoisseur of good course design and I am a competitive Blue level (950-ish rated) with mid-level power (accurate to 300' with max D of 360'). Since I have played a decent number of courses (150+ 18-hole, 90+ 9-hole as of late 2009), my hope is that players/explorers who have similar addiction tastes will find my ratings list helpful as they choose courses to play and explore.

I fully expect others with different tastes/philosophies to disagree with me…..and that's the fun of things here.

2 of 12 people found this review helpful.

Pros:
i loved the variety of shots and density of obstacles. on most holes you have to heave it pretty good to get there, and miss an obstacle or two. i threw about 50/50 backhand and forehand drives. great mix of elevation shots up, down, and flat. somewhat challenging, but not difficult.

Cons:
none. i was expecting to dislike course location being so close to hwy 101, but it never messed with my high. i had a great time there today.

okay one... as others have mentioned, its waaay easier to start on 8 and end on 7 because thats where you park...

Other Thoughts:
we went to play de la raza, but they close the gates and pull the baskets jan 1- mar 31. It was a beautiful holiday today and hellyer still wasn't too crowded. play it you're going by, i mean its 15 seconds off the freeway...

good layout for the lack of acreage. the holes are satisfyingly long for this size course. i would have rated it a 2.5 because it is a multi-use park, but the elevation changes and nice variety of driving situations bring it up to a 3.0

8 of 8 people found this review helpful.

Pros: Easily accessible. Plenty of parking along road. Course utilizes elevation changes and patches of trees. Decent tee boxes. Great for getting in a quick round.

Cons: Has the feeling of a course that was slammed into an available area. 9 holes with two sets of tee boxes. Some of the holes run close to each other, some chance of stray discs flying your way. Catches wind more often than not. Terrible pollen during allergy season. Many easy par 3s.

Other Thoughts: Not a bad course if you live nearby. I would just as soon get in the car in be teeing off at Dela in 30 minutes. Some good ace runs and many birdie opportunities makes Hellyer worth playing. If you have hayfever don't bother.

4 of 10 people found this review helpful.

Pros: this course will challenge your wind game. four pin locations and two tees for every hole. 2 baskets on the other side of the freeway behind hole one. you can play these holes and make 4 other holes. well maintained and very clean. awesome elevation changes and some serious distance on some holes. many holes play much longer due to the high winds.

Cons: wind sometimes. my normal round there is -2 but when the wind gets going i can see it go up to +4.

Other Thoughts: there is a nine hole course 3 miles driving distance but only 1/4 mile in a straight line. the other course is the best nine hole course i have ever played and is the best in cali. bring your force, destroyer, or boss if you have it.

some say starting at hole eight is a problem, that's because they park by it and there is a specific use parking lot on the other side of the freeway which will start you with the two practice baskets and put you by hole one.

6 of 6 people found this review helpful.

Pros: Like most of you I find myself daydreaming of what a course might look like on various pieces of land while on a road trip. I always carry that daydream onto the exit ramp dismissing the exit ramp land as a waste, after all a disc course could go there. Hellyer Park is that course come true. You never quite get the silence you might at a course that isn't five feet from the interstate, but the experience is still unique. The teeboxes here are in great shape, lots of skill effort and money went into their creation. Refer to the photo titled "#3 teebox" to see what I mean.

Two teeboxes per hole, alternative pin positions, and well signed holes make the course rank pretty solid. The elevation changes are great. For me the big selling point of Hellyer Park is that the course has a pretty high fun factor. The course plays pretty fast, so I ran through it twice and played the alternate positions, I would have had no problem playing a third round but I was pressed for time.

Cons: Playing from the whites make everything pretty short (not really much of a "con" since there are more than one box and that reds are all solid, but it was short. The parking situation is tight. Number one is in the middle of the park, I just started playing at number eight since that is where my car was parked. I also didn't feel comfortable walking through other players just to get to number one as marked. I threw my disc over the fence on #8 and had to go around to retrieve it, which was dangerous since it was only about three feet from the 101. The drainage water was so nasty that I had to go buy another pair of shoes, there was no way I was boarding a plane wearing those shoes after sinking my feet in that mess. (I know, that's not really much of a con either since, the course doesn't have you go directly through drainage water).

Other Thoughts: I find it really cool that the two nine hole courses are so close to each other, I imagine a local would just play one then the other and still get in 18. The description says, "Facilities on west side of freeway with 2 practice baskets beside the lake." I never saw facilities or a lake. I guess that's what I get for playing a course without getting my information from DGCR. I really would have liked to see the lake too.

Long story short, Hellyer Park is surprisingly well established with all the necessary disc golf amenities that is on an exit from a highway that turns out to have a high fun factor of play.

15 of 16 people found this review helpful.

Pros: i moved out of state a couple of years ago, so I havent played it in a while, but I remember great elevation shots, nice locals, quick play, not too crowded

Cons: next to major freeway so its really noisy, lots of wind, poison oak,

Other Thoughts: i would play it again if I was ever in the area. Its definitely a good course if you want to improve your wind game.

2 of 8 people found this review helpful.

Pros: signage is pretty clear - it is easy to tell from the sign what position the pin is in. there are many challenging but birdieable holes.

Cons: only nine holes, and in the afternoons it can get very crowded.

Other Thoughts: the wind makes it a challenging course. the ground foliage changes dramatically from dry and pretty clear in the summer to grassy and dense in the winter.

2 of 7 people found this review helpful.

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