Oyster Bay opens new 18-hole disc golf course with dual tees, baskets

East Bay Regional Park District says a new 18-hole disc golf course is now open at Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline, giving Bay Area players another full-length round in San Leandro with two tees and two baskets on every hole. The setup means one property can play very differently depending on the line, the pin and the tee you choose.

Whirlwind Disc Golf designed the course, and volunteers from the Oyster Bay Disc Golf Club and the broader disc golf community helped install it. The park district says the layout includes beautiful views, a detail that should matter to players deciding whether the drive is worth it for a casual round or a destination day in the East Bay.

Access is straightforward and the price is hard to beat: the course is free to play. East Bay Regional Park District says it sits on the southwest side of Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline, just beyond the rising wave sculpture, which gives players a clear landmark for finding the first tee and getting onto the course without much guesswork.

The opening also closes a long-planned loop. The district’s Board of Directors approved the Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline Land Use Plan Amendment in 2013, and that plan called for a new primary access and parking, formalization of the trail system, resource management and a bicycle skills area. A 2016 district poster listed a disc golf course among the Oyster Bay development opportunities and said, at the time, that “Disc Golf is coming soon.”

The district was already documenting the buildout years ago, too: a video titled “Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline: Disc Golf” is dated Oct. 10, 2021. Disc Golf Scene now lists Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline Park in San Leandro as having one 18-hole course, and the latest opening gives local players another varied, public-park option on a site built to handle both casual rounds and more demanding tests.