A Golf Course Is Not A Park.

The natural beauty of McLaren Park is under threat of being taken over by a sports club with token community input and no environmental review. An area larger than 20 football fields now comfortably shared by nature lovers and runners, dog walkers, children, and wildlife could soon be turned into an 18-hole disc golf course.

If this happens, McLaren's natural environment will be steadily diminished: Trees will be damaged and ground-cover trampled by players scrambling for discs. Bird nesting areas and animal habitats will be reduced or eliminated. Concrete tee pads will be poured and wood chips spread far and wide to surround the cement-anchored chain-metal baskets that are the course's "holes". This has already happened at the Golden Gate Park disc golf course.

Though hikers and other current users of this unique natural area will technically still be able to use the park, over time the course will come to be used exclusively by players. Non-players just do not feel safe or comfortable with discs flying past them at highway speeds.

Please, explore McLaren Park's history. Read about disc golf in other places. Review concerns of other local groups. Catch the latest news about McLaren Park and our efforts.

Learn more about us, and help us keep the wild wonder of McLaren Park available for all, not just a few gamers.

Save McLaren Park!