DeLaveaga Park Disc Golf Course

Santa Cruz, California     1 course · 29 holes     Driving directions

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-  +11 votes  + Avery Jenkins › May 5, 2011
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De Laveaga Disc Golf Course has a great mixture of open & wooded holes with amazing elevations changes throughout the course. There are several baskets located on the edges of cliffs with treacherous 80+ foot drop-offs to the poison oak ravines below. A very challenging and demanding course geared toward the Top Professional Players but enjoyed by Players of all Skill Levels. Hole #27 "Top of the World" is considered to be one of the Best Disc Golf Holes on the Planet with a gorgeous view of the ...
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-  +3 votes  + Jason McGrew › April 13, 2022
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A classic destination course with world famous shots, including a smaller "top of the world" shot that provides a view of the ocean. In general, the course favors medium length, tightly lined holes over open, long bomb holes--yet it still provides good balance. As they are often in well loved CA courses, the greens surrounding the baskets are particularly worn and fast. Some of the holes have significant dropouts just beyond the 10m circle--providing extra incentive to stop your discs close t ...
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-  +1 votes  + Brody Cannon › September 10, 2012
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A legendary course! The amount of history built upon this course is unrivaled! An amazing variety of shots. Fast greens and Mach IIIs are the only downside of the course in my opinion.
-  +1 votes  + Jack W › April 13, 2022
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This is a great course. Be prepared to pay $2 for parking and bring a spotter with you.
-  +1 votes  + Mitch Booher › June 2, 2013
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Bring all your shots, your going to need them here. Wooded in sections, open on some holes, lots of elevation change on some, slippery, sloping and fast greens. A masterpiece. Thanks Tom Schott.
-  +1 votes  + Peter Ensrud › April 22, 2014
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Long, technical, beautiful, and treacherous at the same time. Not a great place for beginners to learn. It is covered in Poison Oak and many of the holes are near steep drop offs on mountains that are unforgiving. You make a bad throw and you can kiss that disc good bye. You try to find it and you will have poison oak (if allergic to it, I'm not), or risk injury. I have never been injured here searching for discs, but I am not the average player/hiker/explorer. Don't take me wrong, this is a gre ...
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-  +1 votes  + Nathaniel Heath › August 25, 2015
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What a course. Difficulty level ranges anywhere from wide open with no grass or trees to throwing blindly at a basket with numerous trees and terrain standing in your way -- oh, and the basket is on top of a small, grassless hill.

Excellent. Very tough.
-  +1 votes  + Rick Floyd › February 15, 2018
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As their slogan says, the Epicenter of Disc Golf since 1984. No other course in Cali is close. Truly great holes and always in perfect shape. Plus the course changes to reflect the seasons. Slower in the winter and super fast in the summer. Benches at every hole, good signage and a great pro shop. Not to mention great views and the first and best top of the world hole. This is a destination course that you will want to go back to over and over.
-  +1 votes  + Mike Giessuebel › April 13, 2022
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I know its a bit late, lol, 1994 is when my buddy and I played here, but it was absolutely amazing, we were traveling around in a van and spent 2 weeks at Dela, great memories
-  +0 votes  + Ken Sailler › April 22, 2012
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Amazing Course
-  +0 votes  + Vern Lepine › August 30, 2019
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Great course lots of fun tricky shots with fast greens high trees baskets close to edges for steep roll always, enjoyed the technical challenges. Except hole 12 we both lost one of our favorite disc. :(.
-  +0 votes  + Samuel Sherwood › August 8, 2011
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Beautiful challenging course. A must play if in Santacruz.
-  +0 votes  + Al T. Dread › June 20, 2012
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-  +0 votes  + Matt Oller › September 18, 2016
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Top class. Such a fun place to play with some fantastic golf holes and strategic hole placements. Risk/reward golf at it's finest.
-  +0 votes  + HECTOR. P.R. › December 30, 2015
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-  +0 votes  + Craig Dino › December 19, 2010
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just treeeemendous
-  +0 votes  + erik johansen › June 24, 2012
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-  +0 votes  + Justin Brown › November 27, 2011
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Beautiful course, very challenging and unforgiving. Did hit two nice birdies. Hole 27 top of the world hole is sweetest hole ive ever seen. Played with a local who was very helpful thank steve!
-  +0 votes  + Ryan Franklin › October 7, 2010
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-  +0 votes  + Edan Badajos › August 25, 2011
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-  +0 votes  + Hits Trees › January 26, 2017
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-  +0 votes  + pat duncan › January 6, 2011
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-  +0 votes  + Armando Lopez Jr › October 26, 2011
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Awesome course with plenty of variety. I know know why it is world famous. Make sure to be ready for a long trek and plenty of trees. Beware the roll away.
-  +0 votes  + Chevelle Wernsmann › August 8, 2011
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This has a lot of straight technical shots, I really thought this course was fun and look forward to going back here.
-  +0 votes  + Canyon Read › May 30, 2011
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-  +0 votes  + Billy Romhild › August 22, 2011
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-  +0 votes  + John May › January 5, 2014
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-  +0 votes  + Jason "Rooster" Bruster › August 8, 2014
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-  +0 votes  + Tyler Franklin › April 1, 2018
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-  +0 votes  + Chris Edwards › March 13, 2012
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-  +0 votes  + Patrick Mcnett › March 26, 2012
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I love DeLaveaga I have been playing this course since I first started and I am still loving this course. It has multiple pin positions on just about every hole and only a few of the holes are easy to birdie which is needed in order to feel like your a decent player. I don't know if I will ever be good enough to master DeLavega. All par threes can be frustrating with the course being so long and technical but it has made me a much better player.
-  +0 votes  + Andre St.Esprit › October 4, 2012
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WOW! What a course, much different than the Ohio & Pa. courses I've played.Extreme elevation changes, incredible views. It was an honor to play this historic course, the highlight of my young disc golf career! Can't wait to play again next year.
-  +0 votes  + Adam Klein › April 30, 2014
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-  +0 votes  + Anthony Mata › August 23, 2012
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-  +0 votes  + Dan T › August 10, 2013
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New favorite course. Simply a great time. Don't miss playing here.
-  +0 votes  + Patrick Treude › May 12, 2018
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This course lived up to all the hype. The elevation change was more severe than I expected. I had so much fun playing this course.
-  +0 votes  + Brian Vogel › January 19, 2013
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Best course I've ever played so far!
-  +0 votes  + Ron Oberst › June 17, 2013
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awesome course!!
-  +0 votes  + Luda F. › July 18, 2013
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It's all true, DeLa has it all but get there early in the day.
-  +0 votes  + Tim Becker › June 24, 2016
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Epic course. Couldn't find one con about it. One of the best courses I've ever played!! A+++
-  +0 votes  + Brandon Ammon › February 6, 2013
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This is my favorite course that I play on a regular basis.
-  +0 votes  + Travis Pugh › June 27, 2016
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-  +0 votes  + Michael Redwine › March 7, 2013
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Love this course. Always a great challenge.
-  +0 votes  + Taylor Thornton › June 13, 2013
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Sweet course! Feels like it goes on forever
-  +0 votes  + AL MUSE › August 20, 2013
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-  +0 votes  + Kristofer Professor Mickelson › December 16, 2013
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Great Course. HMBDGC made our annual pilgrimage to the fabeled lands of DeLa.
-  +0 votes  + Josh Noce › November 30, 2013
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-  +0 votes  + Gary N › January 6, 2014
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Fantastic course - best I've ever seen or played on. Twenty seven holes for the disc golf lover/junkie. When you go to Santa Cruz, you have to visit this place! The players are very nice here, like most disc golf courses. Nothing short of spectacular!
-  +0 votes  + Joe Hewlett › September 15, 2015
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Challenging, fun and beautiful. Very difficult to play under par. Bring your best game.
-  +0 votes  + Alan K › December 17, 2014
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Tough course, be prepared for ivy,,
-  +0 votes  + Rich Lang › October 23, 2015
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-  +0 votes  + Brandon Wise › April 17, 2014
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Perfect .... Anything you want....... Favorite so far
-  +0 votes  + Doug O'Dell › June 3, 2014
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-  +0 votes  + Gregg D › July 7, 2014
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Very challenging course and definitely one of the best I've played in California. Not great for beginners or people that are unwilling to layup as you will be mountaineering to get your disc back!
-  +0 votes  + Luke Olive › November 10, 2014
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-  +0 votes  + David Corbin › March 16, 2018
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This course is almighty and tons of fun to play... don't get upse if you tank it just have fun aye!!!
-  +0 votes  + Tyler Schrock › June 14, 2022
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-  +0 votes  + Matt R › May 3, 2019
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-  +0 votes  + David Lopez › September 18, 2020
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A bucket list course for any serious disc golfer! Go enjoy this sweet course and record yourself on Top of The World!
-  +0 votes  + Brandon M › June 5, 2017
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Great course and friendly people there as well.

Finding hole 1, for my first time, was a little trick but a sign could fix that quick. Also hole 5 and 6 intersect but that just means you need to be polite.

Had a great time at the course. Loved the elevation changes. I live 3 hours away and will go back soon.
-  +0 votes  + Drake Evans › November 22, 2022
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-  +0 votes  + Gary Vroenen › February 23, 2016
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-  +0 votes  + Matt McCracken "Crack" › May 12, 2017
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-  +0 votes  + Derek Johnson › April 20, 2021
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Cool Course, stay on the fairway.
-  +0 votes  + David Delucchi › September 20, 2017
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So blessed to have this course practically in my backyard
-  +0 votes  + Nate Wolverton › January 6, 2021
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Flawless....except for my average score.
-  +0 votes  + Rob Runnings › November 4, 2017
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-  +0 votes  + Keith Yoho › March 27, 2018
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-  +0 votes  + Marsala Discgolfer › January 7, 2019
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I think I spoiled myself. This was the very first golf course I had been to outside the 3 courses we have in Reno.
Can't imagine a nicer course ever
-  +0 votes  + Mark Fages › July 2, 2019
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Played this course in 2003. Many large thick trunked trees. Hilly! Very challenging. Glad I can say I’ve got that one notched under my belt.
-  +0 votes  + Alex Elenez › May 8, 2019
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The course is a lot of fun despite the difficulty.
-  +0 votes  + Ian Sun › November 19, 2020
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Love this course, cant get enough.
-  +0 votes  + Brad S › December 29, 2019
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Technical, varied and challenging. A couple holes (Top of World and others) were closed due to restoration. Also did not have enough time to finish (only able to play 18). Two of the holes are completely blind tee shots-one I had no idea where to throw. Signage could have been better. A great combination of tight fairways and open tee shots. While enjoyable, I really liked Skyline in Napa - and am surprised it is not higher rated!
-  +0 votes  + Dolan McElmurry › December 5, 2020
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-  +0 votes  + Mike Hill › December 27, 2020
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My Home course, tons of different shots, very rewarding.
-  +0 votes  + Jason Riviello › August 28, 2023
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-  +0 votes  + Josh Fankhauser › May 4, 2022
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-  +0 votes  + Jakob K › January 1, 2022
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-  +0 votes  + Riley McFarland › April 19, 2022
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What can I say? It's disc golf heaven.
-  +0 votes  + Rusty D › April 13, 2022
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This course is hidden high in the mountains of santa cruz, huge open fairways and great view across the mountains and across Monterey bay. Come with a spotter and keep your throws toward the left.

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-  +0 votes  + Andrew McGill › August 13, 2022
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-  +0 votes  + Elijah Gibbs › August 18, 2022
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the best course in california. love it here, locals are very welcoming. amazing variety and classic norcal golf, I still smile every time I drive up the road. use the parkmobile app to park and support the shop!!
-  -4 votes  + Steve Nolff › March 22, 2012
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-  -15 votes  + ROBO Robert › July 10, 2023
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hit every tree & bush for two days then they told me to try & get in this little steel basket way down 555 top of world hole had to yell fore in the parking lot,dam missed everbody had some luck there ???
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