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Welcome to the home of disc golf in Julian!
Located on the property of Camp Stevens in Julian, California, the Manzanita Meadow Disc Golf Course is a scramble course. It's not a traditional 9- or 18-hole linear course; instead it's designed primarily as a practice course, providing opportunities for players to experience a wide variety of golf situations. Players are encouraged to explore the facility, find new and interesting ways to approach the 6 MVP Black Hole baskets, and create their own safari golf-style "course." Let's play some disc golf! |
Manzanita Meadow is the best place in San Diego County for beginners and kids to learn about disc golf, with a resident teaching pro and a 6-basket disc golf facility. Manzanita Meadow helps get players ready for courses like Morley Field in San Diego or Kit Carson Park in Escondido.
The farthest tee shots at MMDGC are around 320 feet, with many in the 150-250 foot range. This makes it ideal for kids and adult beginners to gradually develop their distance throwing -- before long, the baskets will feel close and easy to get to in 1-2 shots. |
Learn, Play, Practice |
Challenge by Choice. |
Without variety a course becomes stale, and players aren't challenged to develop a versatile skill set. Providing variety -- in shot shape, distance, elevation, wind, difficulty, obstructions or lack thereof -- is therefore a major goal for the Manzanita Meadow Disc Golf Course.
More variety means more choice, more challenge, more practice opportunities, and ultimately a more well-rounded and complete golf game. |
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Basket 1
With an open green and gentle elevation changes, this basket is easy to approach. The only major obstacle is a large Coulter pine tree directly in front of the basket. To get around the pine tree, your approach will need to come around the side rather than coming straight at it. This makes it a great basket for practicing high hyzer shots. |
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Basket 2
This green is tough. Manzanita trees surround the basket on all sides, and the basket is placed on a ridge. These challenges combine to offer lots of uphill, guarded putts. If you wind up behind the basket, you'll be faced with a death putt -- do you go for it and risk having the disc fly down the hillside, or do you lay up? The best approaches to this basket are directly in front, with a straight-flying disc, or over the top with a spike hyzer or thumber. Be careful though, 10 feet can be the difference between a gimme birdie or a 3-putt. |
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Basket 3
The inviting, flat green is deceiving at this basket. It's placed against a wall of Coast Live Oak trees, and the branches from the tree provide a low ceiling. Get ready to sling those putts in fast and low to get into this basket. Because the oak branches protect this basket from above, you'll need to approach it from a low angle with your drive. Consider using a broad-rimmed driver to skip up to the basket, or float a putter all the way into the chains and hope the tree trunks stop the disc if you miss. |
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Basket 4
Nestled in the shade of several oaks and manzanitas, this basket has all the shots you need for a well-rounded putting practice. It's got steep uphill and downhill, flat, open, obstructed, low ceilings, and rollaway potential. The area around this basket is a great place to rest, relax in the shade, and watch people throw discs in the meadow. |
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Basket 5
Approaching this basket is straightforward, even easy. There are a couple big trees to get around, but it's totally open above the basket which gives players a lot of ways to attack the green. |
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Basket 6
Located far up on the hillside, this basket is surrounded by a mostly-open green. The only tricky part is that it's steep, and missed putts could roll away and force you to putt again at a steep uphill angle. The basket is only accessible on one side, forcing players to choose their most comfortable right-to-left shot from the tee. Also, this basket is FAR up the hill and getting there with your drive will require maximum power for most players. |