San Diego, CA

Colina Park DGC

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Nate32
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Experience: 10.8 years 75 played 60 reviews
3.50 star(s)

2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Mar 23, 2016 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Colina Park in San Diego, California is a short 18 hole disc golf course. This disc golf course plays through Colina's golf course.

-This course is maintained very well and has some challenging shots. All the holes play along the golf course layout which makes it easier to manage your way around the course. They have turf tees at Colina which are very grippy as well as very nice Discatcher baskets.
-There is a pro shop with some discs to rent and other things as well as a lost and found.(If you throw it in the lake)
- There are kids disc golf clinics as well.

Since it is a golf course you will not get much of a skip which makes you rethink your decision of a disc.
There are stone markers on every hole which also makes it easy to navigate your way around.

They have scorecards in the pro shop for players as well as a used disc rack and new disc rack. This course is fairly short but I still needed to throw driver on some of the holes.

Cons:

All of the bunkers are OB which takes out a little bit of the fun if you are a beginner. The prices to play are a little high but I can understand them because they keep this course looking very nice.
- This was my first time playing a disc golf course on a ball course and I thought it was a little more challenging than I expected. As you may know a lot of the ball courses have streams or water running through them. Well they have this at this course and it makes it hard if you are a beginner to throw across it.

- Some of the holes on the back side play by a soccer field and they were so loud.
This course is fairly busy ball golf wise and disc golf wise. I did not have issues running into a big group though.

Other Thoughts:

I think this course was a challenge and very fun to play. I enjoyed the down hill floater shots to the basket. This course kind of reminds me of Sunset Park in San Marcos, California. I would rate this course much higher just because it is longer and maintained a little bit better.

- Another course in the area is Morley Field which offers a little bit more of variety in terms of Par 3s, 4s and 5s.

If your on a road trip try to hit up Morley and this course they are the best in the area.
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Breh
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Experience: 13.9 years 191 played 189 reviews
3.50 star(s)

2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 22, 2018 Played the course:once

Pros:

Very nice located on ball golf course, and very well maintained. Even though every shot is fairly short the ob still present plenty of obstacles. Very nice tee pads, and baskets. Pro shop with scorecards, and map of course. Easy navigation and everyone there including golfers seemed aware of the disc golfers.

Cons:

It does play next to most the golf greens, and on a busy day could be an issue watching for golfers and disc golfers as long as waiting for people to finish as the tee pads are shared as well.

Other Thoughts:

This a nice technical course with no holes to air out. Could get a little crammed but a very fun expirence
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programchaos32
Experience: 7.8 years 22 played 6 reviews
3.50 star(s)

An unexpected gem. 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jan 3, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

Uphill and downhill shots.
Technical shots.
Lots of short to the left and to the right.
Some water hazards.
Lots of OB areas.
Not busy on a weekday morning.
Easy to navigate.
Friendly staff.
Pristinely kept.

Cons:

Not a lot of guardian trees.
$7 to play one round.
Not a lot of long shots.

Other Thoughts:

Colina park is a little gem of a course situated in between the El Cerrito and City Heights neighborhoods in San Diego, California. Situated on a ball golf course, you navigate up and down hills and around the park on a very easily navigable path. The pro shop was happy to provide maps and pencils, but was mostly a ball golf shop, so their gear and disc supply was pretty limited.
The course was kept really well and the staff were more than friendly when helping me out with a disc I lost in water. All the shots were pretty fun and not very challenging distance-wise, but as for the challenge that the out-of-bounds bunkers and golf green were, the course was not just easily swept away. Baskets on top of small hills and lots of OB kept this course a fun little challenge to birdie and an interesting roll-out away for an outside the circle par shot. All in all it was a very nice course to play, and although the price is a little steep for San Diego, it'd still recommend it to anyone and probably will go back just because of its fun factor.
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Pierparknut
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 10.9 years 89 played 85 reviews
3.50 star(s)

2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Sep 1, 2019 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

-Colina is an 18-hole course on a very well-maintained, par three ball golf course. It is a beautiful site with green grass, rolling hills, palm trees, and ponds.

-The routing follows the ball-golf course layout. Every tee is shared with the ball golf corresponding tee, and the basket is near the green. There are hole numbers carved into boulders next to the tee, and numbers on the basket, however, so the map isn't really necessary.

-Disc Golf scorecards with hole distances and a course map are available in the pro shop.

-The turf tees are excellent and the new Discatcher baskets catch great. Benches and trash cans are available on every tee.

-Since the course is so well maintained, you know exactly how your disc will skip/slide. This is great, but takes out some of the unpredictability factor out that disc golf is known for. On many holes you can play to stick your shot near the basket or to skip it off of the ball golf green.

-There are discs for rent in the pro shop. Most of them are 150-class discs, things to get kids started with.

Cons:

-Being on a ball golf course, it is very open, with very few holes forcing you to throw one shot or another. If technical courses are your favorite, this one won't be for you. There aren't any long throws, either (longest hole - 310ft.) Most holes are ~200ft putter shots.

-The course can get crowded on weekends, and the holes tend to be very close together. Errant golf balls and discs can easily sail two fairways over.

Other Thoughts:

-Fees are $7 weekdays, $8 weekends, and $10 for a day pass. I'd recommend the day pass. There are a lot of fun holes, but few long and challenging holes, so you may very well be tempted to play a second 18.

-Overhead throws aren't allowed so as not to make marks in the ball golf greens.

-This is a kid-friendly place, as well as a great place for beginning disc golfers of all ages to get started in the game. If you like to smoke, drink, yell, swear, or play loud music while you play, I'd look elsewhere.
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