ADDRESS:
1468 Upper Park Rd, Santa Cruz, CA 95065
Directions to the course
HOURS OF OPERATION:
Park Hours - sunrise to sunset
DOG REGULATIONS:
Dogs must be on leash at all times. Dogs are prohibited on athletic fields.
PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES: Fires, camping, littering, wood gathering, collection of plants or animals, hunting, archery except within the designated archery range. No amplified music. Excessive noise prohibited. No alcohol, except in reservable picnic areas designated and approved by the Director of the Parks and Recreation Department.
EQUIPMENT: Equipment is not available to rent but can be purchased at the nearby Golf Pro Shop.
FEES: Course use is free. Daily parking permits are $2.00 and annual passes are $40.00.
Disc Golf Annual Parking Pass Application - download the form here to apply for an annual $40 pass for the Disc Golf Course parking lot. Open with restrictions, please visit the website for details.
The World's Top 100 Disc Golf Courses 2021 - DeLaveaga Disc Golf Course #15
The 5 Best Disc Golf Courses In Each U.S. State: 2021 - DeLaveaga Disc Golf Course #1
UDisc wrote an article going through the Top 100 courses in the World, and our little slice of paradise was featured as one of the Top 10 courses in the World. Today, we received a little mail from UDisc, and we wanted to share it with you all. Below you will see the letter they sent us, along with a framed certificate commemorating our courses achievement.
The city of Santa Cruz requires a $2 daily use fee for those using the parking lot in Upper DeLaveaga Wilderness Park. Please pay at the iron ranger in the parking lot to avoid a ticket. Free parking is also available around the (ball) golf course for those wishing to walk in and avoid a fee (e.g., above the pond to the right, just before the disc golf course).
If you plan to play the course regularly, an annual parking pass is available from the Parks and Recreation department.
Disc Golf Annual Parking Pass Application - download the form here to apply for an annual $40 pass for the Disc Golf Course parking lot. Open with restrictions, please visit the website for details.
Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation
323 Church Street (across the parking lot from the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium)
Santa Cruz CA 95060
Hours: Monday-Thursday 8AM-5PM
Phone: 831-420-5270
E-mail: parksandrec@cityofsantacruz.com
All Holes: The 2 meter rule is in effect. If your disc comes to rest in a tree or any other kind of object, such that its lowermost edge is more than 2 meters above the ground (measured along a vertical line, parallel to gravity), then the disc is considered OB. A penalty throw is added to the score on a hole for each 2 meter rule violation. The lie for the subsequent throw shall be marked directly below the disc (following procedures as if the disc were projected onto the ground).
All Holes: Inner edge of all bounding road and beyond is OB, except on holes 20&22. OB edge may be defined by rope during tournament play; if no rope, edge of pavement is OB.
Hole 1: Double mandatory, must pass between 2 large Monterey pine tree (red arrows are fixed to the trunks). Drop zone is located just left (about 10′ downhill) of the mando tree on the right.
Hole 6: The ditch to the right just before the road is OB. The edge of the OB is defined by a rope.
Hole 20&22: Surrounded by pavement is OB, but it is OK to throw across the road. The road plays like a river.
Hole 24: Mandatory, must pass to the right of the small oak (an arrow is fixed to the tree). The drop zone for a missed mando is behind a line drawn to the right of the mando (perpendicular to the line between the basket and the mando tree).
Hole 26a: Rope along the left edge of the fairway defines OB. This OB line applies only to 26a, and is not in effect on hole 26. There is no drop zone.
Hole 27: For a lost disc, use the drop zone located beneath the olive tree at the corner of the tree stand behind tee 25. If a disc goes OB, the player has the option to throw from this DZ or from where the disc went OB.
Every course has a set of local customs, including regular rules of play and etiquette, and DeLaveaga is no different. Following is a partial list of customs observed at DeLaveaga:
Please limit your group size to 4 or less. Overly large groups cause traffic jams on the course, and negatively impact upon the rounds of dozens of other people on the course.
Please allow smaller and faster groups to play through at the earliest opportunity. This benefits everybody, and prevents traffic jams from forming on the course. Don’t wait for them to catch up to you on the tee pad, instead anticipate when a group behind your group has to wait for more than a few minutes at the tee while your group is finishing a hole…wait for them on the next tee and allow them to play through.
When throwing from top of the world, hole 27, please be sure to call out “fore” loudly when the disc is heading toward other holes. Even better, call “fore” plus the relevant hole number so that people who can’t see the tee of 27 know where the disc is flying. Getting hit by a high speed disc from top of the world is no fun for anyone.
Please call out "fore" on any throws that could be heading towards other players on the course, call out out hole and area if possible.