The Golf Club at Genoa Lakes

Hole by hole analysis (requires flash) or check out the Genoa Lakes Pictures.

Genoa Lakes is now made up of two championship golf courses, the Lakes Course and the Resort Course. The Rseort Course is what used to be the Sierra Nevada Golf Ranch.
The Lakes Course is a classic test of golf. The greens are lightning fast, nearly unreadable, have lots of slope, but play very true. The fairways are immaculate, and now their clubhouse is something to behold too. The course has always been the centerpiece. It has consistently been ranked as one of the top four in Nevada by Golf Digest Magazine, and is a regular host to U.S. Open Qualifying events (whence they make the greens even more slippery). The Peter Jacobsen/John Harbottle III course winds through the Carson Valley with several chances to hit the ball into the Carson River. The setting is so natural I have only played once without seeing deer and have watched friends nearly unable to hit because they were being chased out by birds protecting their young. After your round head up the Sports Bar where your first draft is the price of your score in pennies. Our foursome was quite happy with that, even though our round cost over $4.00. While you enjoy your draft you can discuss why you didn't follow the advice given by their Uplinks GPS system installed in all the carts.

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