Vallejo, CA

Hanns Park

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jasonandsharon
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Experience: 39.9 years 498 played 66 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Golden Gate Lite drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 6, 2022 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Hanns Park is a really beautiful park with shaded Eucalyptus groves, picnic and bbq areas, an ampitheater where they perform Shakespeare in the park, restrooms, hiking trails, and open fields. Unlike most city parks there are no sports fields or playgrounds to draw activity, because of this the homeless and drug population moved in and nearly ruined this beautiful park. Enter disc golf to reclaim the park.

The disc golf course consists of 9 teepads and 18 baskets, color coated with blue and white Innova Dispatchers. The temporary signs mentioned in the other reviews have been replaced and updated with metal signs. On the temp signs it looks like they were planning on having a yellow basket but decided against. The new signs show the blue and white baskets with two possible pin positions for each per hole. They are using a unique marking system to identify which position you are throwing to. They are using blue and white magnets that look like they came out of a magnetic travel board game. They do the job but is real easy to slide them everywhere. There are huge level concrete teepads on every hole. The course plays through a beautiful Eucalyptus grove and very much reminds me of a small Golden Gate Park.

Cons:

There are a few safety nitpicks here and there but nothing major. Some of the teepads are located pretty close to baskets, but it doesn't appear to be that busy of a course.

There is some small navigation issues. When you finish hole 3 turn left and walk up the road, ignore the teepads right in front of you this is hole 8. I actually ended up playing hole 8 and was looking for hole 5 when I realized what I had done.

The course could probably use some more benches and trash cans on holes, but there are a few, and it is a very minor nitpick.

Other Thoughts:

I enjoyed my time here. Most of the holes are on the shorter side with only a few over 300, but most are technical. Hole 7 features a cool downhill island hole that is about 200 feet away but has bushes blocking the easy forehand or backhand hyzers. You really need a straight touch shot to get this one. All in all I would say this is a great park 9 holer.
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Vninja
Experience: 13.9 years 5 played 5 reviews
3.50 star(s)

drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 30, 2022 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Played it 3 times now. Love it. It's also a dog park. All 9 holes has two baskets for now. A white basket and a blue basket. It's a legit full 9 holes course. No 3 holes squeezed together to make a 9 holes course.

Cons:

The tee sign is a bit confusing at first cause the baskets on the sign are color but doesn't match. You have to match it with the colored paper clips. It would of been better if the baskets on the sign had no color. Or colored but paper clips the standard silver.

Other Thoughts:

Other than the signs. It's one of the best 9 holes courses I've played so far. Didn't want to write this review cause it will get crowded. Lol. When you done with hole 3. Go up the hill and turn left. The one above 3 is hole 8. My friend Roland played it twice. Hole 6 blue basket is 375'. He threw it 374'. It a latch of grass. Bounce straight up and into the basket for an ace.
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chaingrabber
Experience: 8 years 6 played 6 reviews
3.50 star(s)

On the right course?!:) 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 23, 2022 Played the course:once

Pros:

A new course with:
Good size in length and width cement tee pads(important to us tall folks lol)
Signage(although a bit initially confusing)
Brooms at each tee pad
Garbage cans and a few sitting spots at several tee pads
Restrooms at start

Cons:

I had to play this course a few times to finally understand how the signage directs one for their drive off the tee. There's 3 pin positions per whole, but only 2 baskets(blue and white) and there's a blue and white paper clip clipped to the corresponding basket colors on the map even though there's three colors on the map of blue, white, and orange. This makes for 18 baskets that you can either throw to both to speed up time or just go around twice. So depending on the weather or whatever else you've got going it can make for a quicker or slower game.
It's a good idea, I just wasn't aware how to initially make of it and after my first round where I missed baskets fortunately locals were around to explain things to me.
The first and last half of the course is among the Eucalyptus trees in a canyon so expect some scrambling and looking for your disc. Especially on 7 and maybe 8 too.
Wish something could be done about playing in a canyon among Eucalyptus trees as far as finding your discs, but...that's disc golf folks. Just count those throws as a probable bogie or double lol.

Other Thoughts:

The parking lot was a bit seedy, and there's bold signage so be careful of break-ins.
For baskets 4-7 wind could definitely be a factor.
Enjoyable course nonetheless and will return to it in the future.
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