Many course names are the name of the park because the city naming committee (yes they have those) approved that name. If the players want a different name, that usually has to go thru the committee and it's helpful if a donor was involved in building the course. Despite the Park Dept continuing to call the course North Valley in my community even though several holes are now in South Valley after the redesign, we just bypassed them and called it The Valley DGC on this website and PDGA site. Plus the players ahve always called it The Valley even before the change.
At Highbridge, the plan was always to have a different color basket on each course so the courses had a color theme name. Each course also has a theme for the hole names. Blueberry Hill has blue DGA Mach 3s, Granite Ridge has natural galvanized color, Highbridge Gold originally had Hunter Gold (orange) baskets until Worlds when they were switched to Innova gold. Woodland Greens now has green targets. The Bear was originally planned to be black targets with the orange center pipe for visibility. White Tail Trails eventually white and Chestnut Grove eventually brown baskets.
Bulldog Run was named for the mascot of the local high school even though it's on the Piper Hills ball golf course. All three IDGC courses are named for the big donors for building the courses. Hippodrome four courses are thematic based on the different terrain. Old Glory (original layout), Headrick Hills, Moody Woods, Hogback Pine Forest.
