Pinto Lake Championship Disc Golf Course
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I like this course. It was the first course I played on. The bottom 9 are fun and have a good spread of trees to make it interesting. As said in the recent comments BEWARE OF POSION OAK. The recently added top 9 are unimaginative and a hike from the rest of the course. 9 baskets placed in a wide open field. The 11th is 1288ft. Good if you want to practice driving or that new disc.
Lots of OB; most of which is poison oak. Lots of trees/shrubs and some buildings and water as hazzards. Vary likely to loose a disk, but also likely to find someone else's disk while looking for your own - if you dare to enter the poison oak. Very beautiful course, interesting design. PDGA lists as 18 hole, we could only find 9. Certainly not a course for first timers, beginners to pros will find this course fun, but first- timers might find this too challenging and therefore loose interest in disc golfing. I will definately return, after a bit of practice.
Original 9 are happening (tight with trouble). Added holes (5 -13) lack diversity. Poison Oak can get you when you ding off the trees into the rough. Great scenery - good variety (I like both tight and long...). Probably a 3.5 (not a 5 - but few courses are).
I give this 5 links because of the challenging play at pinto. Great views and trails, with many o.b.s and places to get lost this place will teach you to keep a disc in the middle of the fairway.
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Pinto Lake is a hidden gem! This course is tough but excellent place to condition your skills! Lower holes are wooded and some technical while the top meadow holes are open and bomber holes. There is also OB everywhere. 2 extra holes were added as well for 2019 year and 2021 year. The course is well taken care of by the club, volunteers, and the county. A championship course at its finest.