Course Reviews
Edgewood Tahoe: Tee off in one of golf's most spectacular natural settings
It's difficult to imagine a more stunning, natural backdrop for a golf course than what the Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course throws at you. It's like playing golf in a travel brochure.
... full article »Genoa Lakes Golf Club is all Carson and all right - cows and all
Genoa Lakes is both typical and unique. Its housing approach can be found on a 100 other courses easy. Yet its setting is still special enough that there are dashes of magic left. Like a deer cutting you off in traffic. Or the moos of the neighbor cows serving as background noise to a putt.
... full article »At LakeRidge Golf Course in Reno, amazing 15th hole seals deal
LakeRidge Golf Course is a Reno must-play, with a great Robert Trent Jones Sr. design. No. 15, with its 145-foot-high tee looking out on the mountains and down on a natural island green, is one of the most spectacular holes you'll ever play.
... full article »Wolf Run Golf Club worth the old college try in golf-rich Reno
Still shy of its 10th birthday, Wolf Run Golf Club, home of the University of Nevada-Reno team, has already become a vital element of the booming Reno course scene, offering golfers a stern but fair test.
... full article »ArrowCreek Country Club's Legend a worthy Reno challenge
With narrow fairways and a ton of forced carries, ArrowCreek Country Club's Legend course is a challenge to any golfer. But with amazing service, you'll get the full private-club feel at this great Reno run.
... full article »Nicklaus plays nice: Tahoe's Old Greenwood Golf Course not the same old Jack
Ornery Jack is nowhere to be found at Old Greenwood Golf Course. The Majors collector accused of designing golf courses for tour pros is not slapping any 15-handicappers here. This Nicklaus fusses over his guests like the most charming of dinner-party hosts.
... full article »Plumas Pines Golf Resort squeezes that driver in Reno/Tahoe shadow
Is that a fairway, or an alley with grass on it? That is the question that springs to mind when you see the landing lane at Plumas Pines Golf Resort's narrow second hole. This course is another of the unexpected delights of the High Sierras, an underrated golf area that includes Lake Tahoe and Reno. Drop it anywhere, though, and this course would still be a surprise punisher.
... full article »From buffalo gnats to humbling trees, Reno-area's Golf Club at Whitehawk Ranch delivers
Once you get into a round at the Golf Club at Whitehawk Ranch, time takes a back seat. Stash that expensive watch in your bag and turn off the cell phone. Using a cell on this course would be like walking into the Academy Awards in Bermuda shorts. It just wouldn't fit. Unless it's to snap a picture of the baby geese.
... full article »Reno golf courses: Eye-candy bully ArrowCreek C.C. intimidates on every look
You thought the boys in Las Vegas held a stranglehold on showy, over-the-top golf courses? ArrowCreek Country Club is Reno's rebuttal. This wicked two-course complex in the place self-dubbed "The Biggest Little City in The World" is part of a largely underrated Sierra golf scene that includes Reno, Lake Tahoe and tons of wonderfully little towns along the mountain way.
... full article »Dayton Valley Golf Club brings winds of change to Reno - Lake Tahoe area
Dayton Valley Golf Club in Dayton, Nev. is a great change-of-pace High Sierras golf course. Its look are very distinctive for the area and it is greener than you'd expect given how fiercely the sun seems to beat down in the valley. One of the mid-priced courses in the area, Dayton Valley provides old-school strategy rather than eye-popping wows.
... full article »Prehistoric golf theater: Coyote Moon Golf Course's ancient granite a Sierra blast
Believe it: Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course challenges sacred Pebble Beach
By sea or by hills: pick your poison at Red Hawk
Saddle Creek Resort: Gold Country haven leaps into national prominence
DarkHorse: Sierra Foothills gem golden for golfers
Old Greenwood: New Nicklaus design proves player-friendly
DarkHorse runs away with the prize in the Gold Country
Wildhorse Golf Course
Shadow Lakes Golf Club
Review from Haggin Oaks: Alister MacKenzie Golf Course
Course Review: Bing Maloney Golf Course
Course Review: Bartley Cavanaugh Golf Course
Diamond Oaks Golf Course: A Fun Layout that Won't Beat You Up
Rolling Hillside Terrain at Castle Oaks Golf Club
Saddle Creek Golf Club
KCourse Review: Greenhorn Creek
Coyote Moon Golf Course: A Piece of Magic near Tahoe
Northstar at Tahoe: A Full Gamut of Activities for the Family
Chargers owner scores with The Reserve at Spanos Park
Granite Bay Golf Club: A Contemporary Classic
