Thunderbird-Paseo
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Rating:
(5 votes)
Location:
59th Avenue and Thunderbird Rd.
Phoenix (Glendale), Arizona 85304
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Lat/Lon: (33.606, -112.184)
Phoenix (Glendale), Arizona 85304
Google Maps | MapQuest
Lat/Lon: (33.606, -112.184)
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First Tee: (33.606,-112.184)
Course Details:
# Holes: 18
Target Type: Mach3
Tee Type: Mixed
Course Length: 5300
Alternate Length: 0
Hole Length:
Under 300ft: 4
300 – 400ft: 11
Over 400ft: 3
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Course Description:
In a drainage canal with mostly side hill pins. Starts and ends at playground/restroom area. A range of difficulty - with some length and uphill approaches. Pack water. Some tees are on blacktop trail north of the canal. Can be difficult to find discs if the grass is long.
Course Established: 1996
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Directions:
Exit I-17 onto Thunderbird Rd., west to a left on 59th Ave. Go past Eugie and take a right before the bridge into the park. 1st tee is down the hill.
Good course to test your arm! Very forgiving for those lacking accuracy as there are few trees and obstacles, but most holes are 350+ feet. This course will also do you well for practicing your elevation putting, lots of ups and downs. Usually, this is accompanied by a slight wind to increase putting difficulties. Overall a very lengthy coures to test your "D". Takes about 2 hrs to play at a decent pace.
easy but fun bring lots of water you are in the sun for 90% of the round
Nearly all of the holes criss-cross a retention area with knee high grass and a stinky creek running down the center - not a great deal of variety here. Also, very little shade makes it brutal during the summer. Bring water. Seriously.
Pros:
Location is convenient for West Valley golfers.
There's a little elevation involved since it's basically played back and forth across a wash.
Cons:
Very monotonous, borderline boring. Then again, before going here I'd only disc golfed at DeLaveaga.
Other:
Some of the holes are a lot longer than they seem for some reason. A few times I threw short because I misjudged the actual distance to the hole.
I personally won't bother going here again.
Played this course a week or so after rain and ground was pretty mushy and muddy. (Rained hard a day later and this area became a river!) Probably usually not a problem. A little boring and not very scenic but defineatly better than no course. Good course for beginners due to big wide open area. Kudos to those who decide to use this area for something. Decent tee boxes and baskets.