Pullman, WA

Sunnyside Park

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markmcc
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 12.5 years 278 played 254 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Very Nice Park Course 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 9, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

Good use of hillsides, trees and pond to create an interesting course. The course offers a nice mix of open holes and shots requiring drives or approaches into wooded areas. Rolling terrain offers several uphill, downhill and cross-hill shots, including a couple that are quite steep.

Hole 13 requires a drive across the end of a small pond. Though the carry is short a couple of willow trees on the opposite bank present the possibility of dropping a disc into the pond. Overshooting Hole 12 will also bring the pond into play.

Hole 16 is a deceptively steep uphill drive. The hand-drawn (replacement) tee sign lists it as a par 4, which may be more accurate than the par 3 listed on the site.

Smallish rubber teepads are flat and level, with adequate flat area behind them for longer run-ups.

Very nice tee signs give hole number, par, distance, direction to next tee, and a good diagram of the hole including OB areas.

Cons:

A couple of baskets are close enough together to create confusion off of the tee. The tee signs are helpful when figuring out which basket to play to.

This is a multi-use park, with a walking path that weaves through the course. I also noted benches on Holes 7,13, and 15 that would interfere with play if being used. I didn't have issues the day that I played, but can imagine that busy weekends could result in having to wait or skip some holes.

Other Thoughts:

Good sized parking lot gives easy access to Holes 1 and 18.

There has been a course modification involving the arrangement of Holes 1 - 4. I've updated the course map to show the proper hole locations and numbers.
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curlrider11
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Little Gem in the Palouse 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 1, 2014 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Great variety of shots, some through trees, 13 over water hazard, lots of Hills, easy to find next hole if you've played once before, intuitive hole locations, challenging in fun. Tee boxes are okay, gravel with brand new rubber mats. Some makers have been stolen, but doesn't really detract much from the course. Spring is the perfect time to play this course. all baskets are in pretty good condition and are straight.

Cons:

Some tee markers stolen, can be hard to find tee #9 from hole #8. Crowded during the college semester in the spring, people cross into shots on walking paths in a few holes (not bad).
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fuegoador
Experience: 11.5 years 12 played 10 reviews
3.00 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jan 26, 2014 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Lots of open shots so it's a good learning course. Local league does their best to keep tees, baskets, and signs up to par with minimal help from the city.

Cons:

Public park so it has the tendency to get a bit crowded on nice days. Pads, baskets, and signs could use some work but are good considering the city doesn't help out with that.
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idahooldguy
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 12.4 years 40 played 36 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Palouse Pleasure 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Nov 29, 2013 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

- Elevation change on most holes.
- Well-spaced trees obstacles.
- One tee shot over water and a good variety of holes lengths.
- Nice variety of shots required and accuracy is important.
- New tee signs and rubber tee pads.
- Each sign shows the direction to the next tee.

Cons:

- Some of tee pads are a little short.
- The city obviously doesn't water the course in July, so the grass was quite dry.
- I wish they would have taken advantage of the rolling terrain and made a couple of long downhill holes.

Other Thoughts:

I have played this course 2 more times since my initial review. The ground was so hard and dry both times that I had a significant problem with huge skips and rollouts. I downgraded the course from 4 to 3 because of this. If the grounds were better maintained, this course could go back up to a 4 in my mind. I really like the layout and shot variety. However, watching a disc roll 200-300' down a bare, sunbaked hillside is very frustrating (this happened to me more than once). During my last round, I watched some poor guy's disc roll 400' down the hill on #17. It's a good thing for him that I saw where it went or he might have lost that one.
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jupiter325
Experience: 11.4 years 2 played 1 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Best Course Around 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 13, 2013 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Name plates for each hole are informative and easily read. Also showing where the next hole is located is awesome.
Well maintained and Tee pads are easily played from.

Cons:

Layout can include some unnecessary walking.
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ARManiac
Experience: 14 played 3 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Fun for all levels 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 27, 2010 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Great course layout.
Easy enough that it doesn't scare off beginners, but still enjoyable for better players due to the hole placement.
Usually easy to find and retrieve wayward discs--unless it goes in the gross duck pond.

Cons:

Tee boxes need work for sure.

Other Thoughts:

Good family fun since it is in the park and kids can play.
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b-mart
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 14.3 years 66 played 61 reviews
3.00 star(s)

A fun course if you're in the area 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:May 2, 2011 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Good use of the elevation and of the land available. Free. Definitely a high fun factor. Fairly short holes so it's not too tough for recreational players, but still hard enough with the elevation, trees, and wind to challenge any level of player.

Cons:

The tee pads are abyssmal. Burying a landscape timber in the ground is fine for the first week, but once the grass behind it is worn in (which it is), it's just dangerous. I ruined a couple of drives because I was too focused on staying upright. No signage at all. If I hadn't been playing through with some locals I would have gotten lost after hole 2. Most of the baskets are unmarked too. Several teepads face up to three unmarked baskets within 25 yards of each other.

Other Thoughts:

Although I could complain about the cons of this course all day, it was just too much fun to hate. Plus I hit two putts and several drives that could be marked as "top ten personal bests" all in one day, and had a reasonable score after a poor start. Hard to complain about that. Playing here makes me wish that I'd picked up the game when I lived there. It's the perfect thing to keep a broke college student entertained.
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gmason1
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Short and open, heavy winds 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jan 15, 2011 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Nice and open with mostly short holes. good course for beginners as the the open land makes for some fun shots with plenty of room for discs to turn. it gives advanced players a chance to hone up on some mid range and fairway shots. most holes are 200 ft or under with only a few exceptions. Nice park with playground equipment, room for walking, etc. for the family.

Cons:

Lots of families on nice days.. tee pads are grass which sucks if its spring or wet..No long open holes to really bomb any long drives on.. Pond in the middle in nice but it isnt incorporated into the course.. This course could easily fit in another 9 holes if it was laid out better.. Wind is crazy down here! Bring some overstable mid-ranges :) it gets hot too in the summer!

Other Thoughts:

Not worth the trip just to play the course but worth it if passing through and have an extra hour or two.. Fun place to come with family and thrown some discs.. it has a nice view of the rolling palouse hills..
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Thomashasfun
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Premium Member
Experience: 22.8 years 496 played 494 reviews
2.50 star(s)

2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jul 3, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

This eighteen hole disc golf course was once a nine hole post course but now the course has all of the baskets in and is currently eighteen holes. This piece of land is blessed with multiple levels of terrain change and makes for holes with elevation going both up and downhill. The disc golf course starts right next to a beautiful community garden on the side of the first hill. Hole one is one of the better holes on the course with it's fairway that makes you hit the line or suffer a bogey even though it's not a terribly long hole. This is one of the most technical holes on the course as most of the other holes on this course are open but vary is length.

Cons:

Not making the most of the land available - This is one of my biggest pet peeves in disc golf as our sport doesn't have nearly enough space available to build courses so when you don't use the land correctly and make the best course with what you have been given it is annoying to me. What I mean is this course is eighteen holes but it could have been a ton better if it were nine or even twelve holes as most of the downhill throws are quite short and I feel these holes could have been lengthened to make a fabulous course and about half the course feels like filler holes.

Tee pads and baskets - The tee pads are grass and dirt mixes and the dirt ones are an eyesore though they are alright for footing. The grass pads have chunks taken out of them and are another eyesore as well as being dangerous to throw on. The baskets are the Lightning brand and these are falling apart! They need new welding at the very minimum.

Navigation - I was lucky enough to have a map and I also had a guide (Local Nate was very helpful and friendly) to help me weave my way through the course but without him it would have been extremely frustrating, in fact there was a group in front of us confused on where to go and I couldn't blame them with the walkouts. Some next tee signs are needed badly.

Other Thoughts:

I feel as though this is a nice course for the local players who have played multiple times and understand the course but until you have played it a lot it will be confusing but when you do there are some fun throws on this course. Nearby is the community garden I mentioned early on as well as tennis and basketball courts. There is also a nice large parking lot and porta potty.
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JR Stengele
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 24.5 years 255 played 191 reviews
2.50 star(s)

WSU-Go Cougs! 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:May 19, 2004 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Sunnyside Park DGC is set in a multi-use park located in the wonderful college town of Pullman, WA. The course has multi levels with tons of elevation that comes in to play. The strong Palouse winds help add to the overall challenge which in my opinion is a good thing considering the course for the most part is not all that challenging. The beginning of the course has you starting off right away throwing uphill, then continues to weave up and down the hillside with a mixture of light to drastic elevation changes the remainder of the time. The course varies with the amount of foliage on each hole, with some being tight but the majority fairly open. Holes range from 159-343 feet, with all but 4 baskets visible from the tee. The front nine is just a little shorter then the back nine, but are all par 3 making course par 54. The holes that play down toward the big toy near the baseball field, and the holes on the back nine which play around the big pond are some of the more enjoyable holes to play.
The baskets are a nice addition to what was once large wooden posts when the course was originally put in during the mid 90's.

The course for the most part is always well maintianed thanks to the parks department, and trash cans are emptied regularly. When the weather is bad, which happens quite often in the Palouse, the course is completely empty. During harvest time, the wheat fields along the side of the course are breathtaking, as well as during the spring when all the fields are green and full of life!

Cons:

When I went to school at WSU, Sunnyside DGC was a 9 hole tone course which had players throwing over and around the ponds. I really wish they would have incorporated those holes in the new layout, but was told that they were tired of kids going in to the pond to get discs out.
The new layout I feel would have been a lot better if they didn't turn it in to an 18 hole layout. A long 9 hole or 12 hole course would have served the area much better, and could have included a few par 4's or even a par 5.

Since it is a multi-use park, there are usually students lying around the pond sunning or studying. Near the ballfields and playground, there are kids practicing as well as adults walking along the path the meanders through the entire course so be on the lookout!

Lack of tee signs and very poor tee pads continue to be an issue.

Other Thoughts:

It is really nice to see a course like this in a college town like Pullman. Even though it is not the most challenging course out there, it is perfect for those first learning the game or those looking to work on their game and get better. Hopefully over time the course will continue to improve, including signs, better tee pads, and perhaps even alternate pins. For the time being, it serves a purpose to the community like it originally was intended to do!

*Print off a map if you're a first timer*
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jcbnxll
Silver level trusted reviewer
Experience: 16.5 years 76 played 25 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Sunnyside 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 3, 2009 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

--Variety: There are some good elevation changes here, variety of distances and some changes in difficulty. With the variety, players of different skill levels can enjoy the course. Beginners can learn a lot, especially playing with more advanced players, and for advanced players you can push yourself to birdie all the easy ones and work on distance throws, good anhyzers and helixes.
--Cream of the crap! Considering the other courses available in the immediate area--Lewiston and Moscow--this is the best of the lot!
--Family-oriented: There's a playground, tennis courts and a nice hangout area in the park so you can easily bring your family along and they can have a nice time using the facilities while you rattle some chains.

Cons:

--Baskets: Some of the baskets are okay but most are simply hater baskets.
--Tee pads: The grass is worn away so that they're pretty much silt boxes. Some of them are gravel. This is probably my #1 beef with the course as it's dangerous to throw when you can't be 100% sure of your footing!
--Temperature: Make sure you bring water as this course can be a scorcher! A lot of people don't know that eastern Washington is a desert and the way the park is set up, you spend most of the round right in the sun.
--Traffic: It can be pretty busy so you have to be careful that you don't hit evening strollers and afternoon picnickers.

Other Thoughts:

This course could definitely be nicer with a little TLC: signs to navigate, real tee pads would be a huge bonus, alternate pin locations and somebody to take the course under his/her wing to set up regular get-togethers and make sure the course is properly treated.

Also, because there's a fair amount of space, this is an easy course to mix and match holes. My group always plays hole 19: tee 17 to hole 9. Fun hole!

#11: Hit the tree, get a birdie!

Watch out for that Palouse wind!
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The Valkyrie Kid
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 46.4 years 1562 played 1507 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Hilly Pullman Course! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 4, 2008 Played the course:never

Pros:

It's a lovely, little park with some great elevation to work with. The baskets are fine. Like Joe Public said there seems to be a variety of long and short throws.

Cons:

Course is about impossible to follow without a map. There were no maps available at the start by the stairs. The teepads are just grass and are hard to find. The wind was hellacious on the morning that I tried to play. There are no numbers on the baskets.

Other Thoughts:

This is such a sweet little park for a course. It could really benefit from some simple signage. Welded on numbers on the baskets would really help but if that's too much trouble, how about duct tape and write the hole number on the inner tube of the basket. With just a little work on the signs, I'd love to give this course a higher rating.
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JoePublic
Experience: 27 played 17 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Sunnyside 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 12, 2007 Played the course:never

Pros:

Great use of terrain with fast greens. Great views of the Palouse and Moscow Mountain in the distance. Variety of longer and shorter shots, all challenging with hills and winds a big factor.

Cons:

9 baskets are Mach 3 other 9 are Mach 14 chain.
Look out for the kids on some holes and plenty of walkers not quite sure what we are doing out there.

Other Thoughts:

Working on getting another course in the area to incorporate some wooded areas in this very grassy part of the country.
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