365 THINGS TO DO IN NAPA AND SOLANO COUNTIES-FRISBEE GOLF--BENICIA REAL ESTATE

Benicia Parks and Recreation has approved a nine-hole disc golf course in the open space between Lake Herman and Community Park. The proposal was made by the Benicia Disc Golf Club, which guaranteed funding for all equipment and provide the manpower to build and install tee boxes and the elevated baskets that are the equivalent of the holes on a regular golf course.

Disc golf, also known as Frisbee golf, resembles its older and more well-known cousin in a couple of ways.

First, players start each hole at a tee box and try to get their disc, often called a Frisbee, into a hole, in this case a basket about 4 and a half feet off the ground, with the fewest tosses. Those looking for a manicured lawn reminiscent of Pebble Beach should probably go to Monterey.

The Benicia disc golf course will occupy a space between the northern boundary of Community Park and Lake Herman but will not really alter the existing landscape other than the tee