The Colina Park Golf Course is located just about three miles from the world famous Morley Field Disc Golf Course. The Colina Park course is a very lovely little pitch and putt golf course with rolling hills, majestic palm trees and a couple of water features. The course is immaculately maintained and beautiful, as well. It cost a very reasonable $7 for one round or $10 to play all day. Compared to other golf courses with disc golf, this is a bargain. The nearby Mission Bay Golf Course charges $18 a round.

The course plays from the same tees as the regular golfers (there are only tee pad per hole). The pads are square carpet like and are great for us disc golfers. There is a rock like tee marker at each hole showing the hole number. Most holes have benches, as well. The baskets are Discatchers complete with yellow bands and numbers. The baskets are placed all around the greens. Some are closer, some placed behind the green and others placed on the sides. All of them are straight throws, most in the 230'-275' range. Only # 3 is over 300' and five player under 200'. To me, this classifies this as a recreational level course. Advanced players could play here with mid-ranges and putters only.

When you play both the greens and the sand traps as OB's, the challenge here grows exponentially.

A signature hole? I liked the long hole, # 3, mostly because it was lined with palm trees. # 9 was a nice little 192' downhill Ace run, always a favorite of mine.

Playing on a public golf course, you never know what kind of golfer or disc golfer you might have to deal with. I got stuck behind a foursome of high school aged boys. First, they were terrible golfers routinely driving 75' grounders. Second, they had no clue about golf etiquette. Instead of letting me play through, they hurried up to try and stay ahead. One guy always lagged behind staying in the green to record his 6's. I finally played out of turn and was able to sneak past them.

With 17 holes playing under 300' and open, this is definitely a rec course. Not recommended for better players.

Even though $7 a round is a bargain, it might prevent some players from playing here.

When I consider all the disc golf courses on regular golf courses I've played, this ranks right at the top with Sunset which was not far from here and unfortunately has closed. That's a shame. However, Colina is hilly and lovely and pretty inviting for us rec golfers. If I lived in San Diego and got tired of the hordes who play Morley, Colina would be an excellent change of pace. Get it a chance, you'll probably be glad you did.

Extremely clean and well-tended lawn. The course has partial shade on most holes and is just generally pleasant to play.

Every tee has a stone marker. The holes are short but challenging if you play with the usual golf course OB rules (greens and sand traps are OB). The basket placement and changes in elevation meant an ever-present threat of an easy birdie rolling away.

The course is busy with both ball and disc golfers but I never had to wait more than a minute or two to throw. The course is not long which is a pro if you want a quick game. You could easily make it through all 18 holes twice in the time it would take you to play a more intense course such as Morley.

Again, it's short. For the $10 all-day pass, I would argue a little too short. But... you do get all day to get your money's worth.

If you are somewhat experienced with disc golf you will find the holes challenging with their OB but not overly so. Most of the course can be completed with a midrange and putter.

There are no maps but the tees are easy enough to find. The only reason why I list this as a con is because there were a few holes that had multiple baskets in view (due to the tight course layout). This led to one or two instances of confusion.

As I mentioned earlier, it is a busy course. So while the waits aren't bad you do have to constantly watch out for people when you throw, especially when it's so easy to throw past the basket.

I think it's important to understand that this course is a very established "young professional-in-training" ball golf course with disc golf only recently added. As in, there is definitely a ball golf vibe. Ball golfers are wearing polo shirts and slacks and there are lots of kids/teens working on their game.

This plus the well-groomed grounds gives the course a very upscale feel compared to the normally laid back energy on most disc golf courses. Alcohol and smoking are not allowed on this course.