Prewett Park reviews
4
0
Zacksherman
Experience:
6.2 years
14 played
3 reviews
Nice for locals 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Nov 30, 2020
Played the course:5+ times
Pros:
It is great for locals, not worth a long drive to get there. It has some challenging shots where if you miss the basket the disc can travel 30-40 yards down a hill.
Cons:
The course is not maintained as much as it should be, leaving long tall grass making fairways only as wide as a walking path on some shots.
Other Thoughts:
Only 9 holes, but there are alternate tee locations for a back 9. However, they are not clearly marked and it can have you throwing blindly right at some other players.
2
0
Ptrain51
Experience:
3.7 years
11 played
2 reviews
Better than expected 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Updated:
Played on:Sep 4, 2020
Played the course:once
Pros:
This course was way better than I expected it to be. There's plenty of parking. From the lot, just take the steps up and you'll see the basket for hole 9 on the left and the #1 tee ahead. I didn't see a warm up basket, but you could use the one at 9 since it's a ghost town lol the landscape is clear of stickerbushes by my standards and the course was easy to navigate. I liked the challenge of the wind and hillside baskets. The baskets are new and nice. There are bag holders at each tee.
Cons:
There aren't any trees. The wind howls and the hills are unforgiving. You will have discs sail and roll away ... the landscape is not for everyone. You'll hike up, down, and across a mildly loose dirt hillside in the sun.
Other Thoughts:
I really liked it and am going to play here all of the time since it's nearby
5
0
The Prewett Park DGC Plays Up On A Large Windswept Hill! 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Jan 26, 2019
Played the course:once
Pros:
High up above the Prewett Park Community Center, which incidentally looks to be the biggest fanciest rec center anywhere, is the newly constructed Prewett Park Disc Golf Course. From the top, you are looking down across the street at a high school with views of Mt. Diablo.
This course plays up and then down this bare, windswept hillside. This is not a tree anywhere. I played in January when the sticky bushes and grasses were mostly dormant and also, the hard working locals might have removed many of those.
The baskets are new Discatchers with numbers and a big clear arrow pointing to the next hole. These were very helpful! Tee pads are a combo between sidewalks and rubber mats. The rubber mats are nice and level. The first few holes play up the hillside. # 1 plays up two switchbacks. The # 2 basket is perched on the edge of the hill. You don't want to drift right on this hole. It's quite a ways down. The # 3 basket is barely visible over a slight rise. # 4 is 327' and sits on a steep, sloping hillside. Once again, you don't want to hyser downhill. The # 5 basket is pretty off the tee. The basket is silhouetted against the skyline but is also right on the edge of the slope. So it's both beautiful and deadly at the same time. # 6 has an interesting fence on your right. It's a barbwire fence without any barb wire.
#7 is a 585' Top of the World shot. It's an epic fun throw. I felt it made the course enjoyable and slightly removable. # 8 was a 327' hole playing back to where I parked my car. And then there is # 9. It's a 271' uphill hole that I looked at and then determined that I was closer to my car from the # 8 basket and it wasn't worth the exertion to actually play it. I'd rather just tell you all about it. You can climb the hill.
This course plays up and then down this bare, windswept hillside. This is not a tree anywhere. I played in January when the sticky bushes and grasses were mostly dormant and also, the hard working locals might have removed many of those.
The baskets are new Discatchers with numbers and a big clear arrow pointing to the next hole. These were very helpful! Tee pads are a combo between sidewalks and rubber mats. The rubber mats are nice and level. The first few holes play up the hillside. # 1 plays up two switchbacks. The # 2 basket is perched on the edge of the hill. You don't want to drift right on this hole. It's quite a ways down. The # 3 basket is barely visible over a slight rise. # 4 is 327' and sits on a steep, sloping hillside. Once again, you don't want to hyser downhill. The # 5 basket is pretty off the tee. The basket is silhouetted against the skyline but is also right on the edge of the slope. So it's both beautiful and deadly at the same time. # 6 has an interesting fence on your right. It's a barbwire fence without any barb wire.
#7 is a 585' Top of the World shot. It's an epic fun throw. I felt it made the course enjoyable and slightly removable. # 8 was a 327' hole playing back to where I parked my car. And then there is # 9. It's a 271' uphill hole that I looked at and then determined that I was closer to my car from the # 8 basket and it wasn't worth the exertion to actually play it. I'd rather just tell you all about it. You can climb the hill.
Cons:
Wind.
Brush might be ugly during other times if the year.
Some treacherous rollaway possibilities.
Other than # 7, mostly forgettable.
Brush might be ugly during other times if the year.
Some treacherous rollaway possibilities.
Other than # 7, mostly forgettable.
Other Thoughts:
This course just doesn't seem to wow people and I think I might have been lucky enough to played here during the perfect time of the year. The views are stunning. # 7 is just about a deeply religious experience but the other holes are just so so. I will be generous and award it a 2.5, but I'm only being so kind because of # 7.
7
0
Windy McStickerOuch 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Aug 20, 2017
Played the course:once
Pros:
• Easy to find
• Pretty easy to navigate - Map on #1 tee
• Nice new baskets
• I suppose you can use #8 as a warm-up basket
• Pretty easy to navigate - Map on #1 tee
• Nice new baskets
• I suppose you can use #8 as a warm-up basket
Cons:
• Tees are currently just cleared dirt
• I didn't see a restroom or water but I also didn't walk all the way over to the community center nearby.
• Wind
• Sticker bushes
• Wind
• Sticker bushes
• Wind and sticker bushes
• I didn't see a restroom or water but I also didn't walk all the way over to the community center nearby.
• Wind
• Sticker bushes
• Wind
• Sticker bushes
• Wind and sticker bushes
Other Thoughts:
Tips:
• When you come into the parking lot, go all the way left and you'll see #8 basket. Park anywhere around there and head up the walkway to a set of stairs. Go up the stairs and walk a bit and you'll see a trail info sign on the right. Look left and you should see #1 and the map on a stick. Take a picture of it.
• Tees are currently marked with ~4 ft. sticks in the ground
• Bring a spotter
• For #7, aim just right and below of the Wolverines sign across the street and let fly.
Random Thoughts:
It's always tough to review courses that aren't done yet. It's also tough to be critical when I fully understand and appreciate the work that goes into these courses. With that said...here are my thoughts.
Prewett Park is a 9-hole course built on the side of a decent-sized hill. Only 1 hole (#7) is what I would call long and by the pictures on this site, you might be thinking that this is an easy chip and putt style course, but alas, the pictures will not prepare you for the two main challenges of this course. The first challenge you'll note is the wind. I can't say for sure if the wind always blows out here but having lived in the area for 20+ years, that would not shock me at all, particularly late in the day. When I was there, it was gusting at a good 15-20 MPH clip, and because you are criss-crossing the hill a bit, it will demand a few different shots to land where you want and land safely. Now it's that last word ("safely") where this course falls flat for me. I don't mind wind as a challenge. It's not my favorite thing about the sport, but I like a challenge. The challenge at this course, and I would venture to say 'problem', are the immense amount of sticker bushes all over the course. I believe my first thought when I walked up and looked around was 'Holy sh!t, this is going to be painful'. I cannot overstate how dense and voluminous these buggers are. Now, I did see and GREATLY appreciate that some clearing has occurred around the baskets and in the 'fairways' just in front of the baskets, but if you don't land there, pain. Very quickly my approach to this course went from 'try to put the disc in the basket' to 'try to land the disc where I can see it and not bleed getting it'. Again, this is not that difficult if the wind isn't blowing, but the wind be blowing, so good luck trying to hit those clear spots. I hit maybe 50% of them and was just thrilled that I could find my disc. I highly recommend a spotter. Even #7, which is a very nice 'top of the world' style shot, I thought I could relax a little and not worry about where my disc landed because it seems fairly open and you're so high up. Wrong. My disc still disappeared into the brush it landed in. Fortunately, I had some environmental markers nearby to assist. But again, do not just fire and forget. Be smart and park your disc where you can see and find it.
Bottom Line:
This is still a new course so there's still hope for improvement. I'm thrilled that a course is in the area and if the wind isn't blowing too hard, a good time can probably be had out here, but for me, I'm not coming back until the sticker bushes are considerably more cleared out than they are now. Maybe a gofundme for a combine harvester is in order. You'd certainly get some $ out of me. Good luck.
• When you come into the parking lot, go all the way left and you'll see #8 basket. Park anywhere around there and head up the walkway to a set of stairs. Go up the stairs and walk a bit and you'll see a trail info sign on the right. Look left and you should see #1 and the map on a stick. Take a picture of it.
• Tees are currently marked with ~4 ft. sticks in the ground
• Bring a spotter
• For #7, aim just right and below of the Wolverines sign across the street and let fly.
Random Thoughts:
It's always tough to review courses that aren't done yet. It's also tough to be critical when I fully understand and appreciate the work that goes into these courses. With that said...here are my thoughts.
Prewett Park is a 9-hole course built on the side of a decent-sized hill. Only 1 hole (#7) is what I would call long and by the pictures on this site, you might be thinking that this is an easy chip and putt style course, but alas, the pictures will not prepare you for the two main challenges of this course. The first challenge you'll note is the wind. I can't say for sure if the wind always blows out here but having lived in the area for 20+ years, that would not shock me at all, particularly late in the day. When I was there, it was gusting at a good 15-20 MPH clip, and because you are criss-crossing the hill a bit, it will demand a few different shots to land where you want and land safely. Now it's that last word ("safely") where this course falls flat for me. I don't mind wind as a challenge. It's not my favorite thing about the sport, but I like a challenge. The challenge at this course, and I would venture to say 'problem', are the immense amount of sticker bushes all over the course. I believe my first thought when I walked up and looked around was 'Holy sh!t, this is going to be painful'. I cannot overstate how dense and voluminous these buggers are. Now, I did see and GREATLY appreciate that some clearing has occurred around the baskets and in the 'fairways' just in front of the baskets, but if you don't land there, pain. Very quickly my approach to this course went from 'try to put the disc in the basket' to 'try to land the disc where I can see it and not bleed getting it'. Again, this is not that difficult if the wind isn't blowing, but the wind be blowing, so good luck trying to hit those clear spots. I hit maybe 50% of them and was just thrilled that I could find my disc. I highly recommend a spotter. Even #7, which is a very nice 'top of the world' style shot, I thought I could relax a little and not worry about where my disc landed because it seems fairly open and you're so high up. Wrong. My disc still disappeared into the brush it landed in. Fortunately, I had some environmental markers nearby to assist. But again, do not just fire and forget. Be smart and park your disc where you can see and find it.
Bottom Line:
This is still a new course so there's still hope for improvement. I'm thrilled that a course is in the area and if the wind isn't blowing too hard, a good time can probably be had out here, but for me, I'm not coming back until the sticker bushes are considerably more cleared out than they are now. Maybe a gofundme for a combine harvester is in order. You'd certainly get some $ out of me. Good luck.
5
0
Skoti
Experience:
1 played
1 reviews
Prewett Park 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Aug 16, 2017
Played the course:2-4 times
Pros:
Great location and plenty of parking
Course is easy to find from parking lot and visible as you drive in.
A course map is located at Tee 1 and pretty easy to figure out as you go along.
Still in the early stages of development but, playable and has the potential to be a very great course in the future. Layout of course is nice, with the hike around course being moderate and gradual.
The Top of World shot on hole 7 is will be a great attraction for big arm throwers with amazing views of the surrounding hillsides and Mt. Diablo.
Thursdays Nights they have Food Trucks that gather in the parking lot there too.
Course is easy to find from parking lot and visible as you drive in.
A course map is located at Tee 1 and pretty easy to figure out as you go along.
Still in the early stages of development but, playable and has the potential to be a very great course in the future. Layout of course is nice, with the hike around course being moderate and gradual.
The Top of World shot on hole 7 is will be a great attraction for big arm throwers with amazing views of the surrounding hillsides and Mt. Diablo.
Thursdays Nights they have Food Trucks that gather in the parking lot there too.
Cons:
-Still in early stages of development
clearing of stickers and roughage is ongoing
-NO SHADE - BRING YOUR SUNCREEN
-currently a lot of stickers, deep patches around most holes - recommend hiking boots and pants
-The orange colored roughage by basket 7 is wicked and will swallow a disc. Looks flat, but it isn't.
-recommend using BRIGHT colored discs to contrast against the golden color of the hillside.
- on Hole 7, a spotter is very helpful. Lower Spin rated discs will only go so far, stop spinning, then turn back into the hillside.
-Can get Windy
clearing of stickers and roughage is ongoing
-NO SHADE - BRING YOUR SUNCREEN
-currently a lot of stickers, deep patches around most holes - recommend hiking boots and pants
-The orange colored roughage by basket 7 is wicked and will swallow a disc. Looks flat, but it isn't.
-recommend using BRIGHT colored discs to contrast against the golden color of the hillside.
- on Hole 7, a spotter is very helpful. Lower Spin rated discs will only go so far, stop spinning, then turn back into the hillside.
-Can get Windy
Other Thoughts:
Looking forward to seeing the development of the course and hope to see it become a great course to play regularly.
I do feel at the current stage that course is in, being an accurate thrower is a benefit. Not really a beginner course. Course has nice placement for some big throws(besides Hole 7), but if your disc goes astray - it could go in some deep patches of stickers.
Play cautiously the first few times around.(Unless you like losing discs and/or foraging through stickers)
Giving it a 2.5 difficulty rating for throwing with the existing natural obstacles.
Holes 5, 6, and 8 great Ace attempt shots.
Hole 7 Top of the World shot is great if you have a spotter. Recommend using discs with higher spin rates to get your disc to travel out far enough and not land back on side of the hill.
Come out and try it, it will only keep getting better as the work continues and the word spreads.
I do feel at the current stage that course is in, being an accurate thrower is a benefit. Not really a beginner course. Course has nice placement for some big throws(besides Hole 7), but if your disc goes astray - it could go in some deep patches of stickers.
Play cautiously the first few times around.(Unless you like losing discs and/or foraging through stickers)
Giving it a 2.5 difficulty rating for throwing with the existing natural obstacles.
Holes 5, 6, and 8 great Ace attempt shots.
Hole 7 Top of the World shot is great if you have a spotter. Recommend using discs with higher spin rates to get your disc to travel out far enough and not land back on side of the hill.
Come out and try it, it will only keep getting better as the work continues and the word spreads.
4
0
MikeV
Experience:
6.9 years
29 played
8 reviews
Hopefully not finished yet 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Updated:
Played on:Aug 5, 2017
Played the course:once
Pros:
- A course in the Antioch/Oakley/Brentwood area!
- New Discatcher baskets
- Decent distances on some holes
- Close by food/drink
- Flows well back to the start
- Holes 8 & 9 are close to parking if you want quick putting practice
- New Discatcher baskets
- Decent distances on some holes
- Close by food/drink
- Flows well back to the start
- Holes 8 & 9 are close to parking if you want quick putting practice
Cons:
Updated 7/22:
So the course has seen a ton of work by some local hard working guys. There are mowed fairways now and established walking paths to lead you around. They have a bit of signage and bag holders, as well. Still, if you shank a shot and don't have a spotter, you could be spending a while looking for your disc. Tee pads see to be getting started now.
- No tee pads, loose dirt
- Tall yellow weeds right now make finding discs a chore
So the course has seen a ton of work by some local hard working guys. There are mowed fairways now and established walking paths to lead you around. They have a bit of signage and bag holders, as well. Still, if you shank a shot and don't have a spotter, you could be spending a while looking for your disc. Tee pads see to be getting started now.
- No tee pads, loose dirt
- Tall yellow weeds right now make finding discs a chore
Other Thoughts:
- Not a con but it is a mild hike to some baskets
I live nearby and will update this review if progress is made
I live nearby and will update this review if progress is made
3
0
BigCasino
Experience:
6.9 years
76 played
1 reviews
Good Potential 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Aug 5, 2017
Played the course:once
Pros:
Good varying distances
Challenging elevation changes on most holes
Amazing "Top of the World" style shot on 7
Challenging elevation changes on most holes
Amazing "Top of the World" style shot on 7
Cons:
Way way way too many weeds still
Newer course - no permanent tee pads or tee signs yet
Lots of wind!
Newer course - no permanent tee pads or tee signs yet
Lots of wind!
Other Thoughts:
Overall, once this course is established I think it has a ton of potential to be a popular course in the East Bay. Great mixed difficulty shots and awesome huge downhill shot.
