Ranch Course at Genoa Lakes Golf Club

A threesome and a foursome ahead of me and plat was snail slow. Saw the Marshall on 1st tee, but that was it. Waited 10” each hole 4-9, and 15” on 10,11,12. I quit on 13.

Greens not in great shape and #4 was shortened to a par 3? Yikes. Not a good day out there.

You can tell the crew is doing what they can to get this course back in shape. Heading in a positive direction. Great warm up facilities.

The course was in good shape, but the greens were recently punched.

Tee boxes and fairways were terrible !! Had to hunt for grass !!

Greens still have heavy punch holes....

Traps unplayable !! Par five played as a 90 yard par 3.

At least 4 fairways cart path only ...

This course just reopened today after months of work.

It should have remained closed...

Staff very friendly, but tell you the course is in good shape...

They posted cart path only holes and temporary green on the par five at the course, but booked online so it didn't help... nothing about punched greens !!

This use to be a great course.. Sierra Nevada golf ranch.

Course had some rough spots after opening due to water/drainage issues. No carts allowed on 4 holes. Also hole 4 (par 5) was temporarily reduced to a short par 3. Back 9 was a great! Beautiful views from several elevated holes!

Someone turned off the water. The majority of the course was dead grass. The greens were green and played well. There was heavy, dense, smoke coming from the Caldor fire, which was not the fault of the course. It added to the miserable conditions. Talked to the course manager after playing the course. Plans are in place to bring the course back to normal conditions. Seeding, watering, fertilizing, etc., will happen, but will take until spring 2022. I played this course before, when it was in very nice shape. Not sure how this happened, but I look forward to playing it in the spring.

We were at Lake Tahoe area for my son's wedding and family was visiting from the east coast. Decided to take them down to Genoa Lakes GC for a round. Admittedly, we got a good deal at The Ranch course booking in advance on a discount site. The Club's website made both courses look great (complete with awesome photos) so we opted for the good deal at The Ranch. What a mess the course turned out to be. All we kept saying was "well, at least we got a good price....even if not a good "deal." We were told that they had some irrigation problems this summer and yes, it has been hot and dry. But the issues we saw went WAY beyond a short (or even long!) term irrigation problem. In many areas of the fairways, grass was not dry, it was non-existent, and has been for quite some time. The bunkers were unplayable, unless you didn't care about destroying your wedges in those rock pits. Balls hit straight down the middle of the "fairways" were sometimes unfindable as they rolled across the barren landscape wandering off to who knows where. Did we have fun? Sure, because we enjoyed each other's company and didn't take the golf seriously. For anyone that DOES take their golf seriously, this would have been a miserable day. Last point: there are houses currently being built along this course. I wonder how many of those home-buyers assume they are buying "golf course homes." Based on what I saw, this club may be putting its resources into keeping The Lakes course open and letting this one just fade away. If that is the plan, they are well on their way.

Course was in absolutely horrible condition. Apparently no water for some time. Only greens watered.. In very rough shape, seems to be going back to desert. Nothing on GolfNow forewarned

mr how bad it was. I never would have driven 80 miles round trip to play this cow pasture. You should be ashamed for not telling people what horrible condition it is in.. very disappointed.

If you like playing off straight dirt and dead grass definitly go here, more dirt than grass for every fairway i would never come back

They had a water issue which created problems on fairways and traps. The managers are correcting these issues as quickly as possible. The greens are all in great shape and you can still enjoy a challenging round of golf in an absolutely picturesque setting. Worth every penny.

This was the absolute worst golf course I have ever been to in my life, it was a complete waste of money. An employee in the pro shop informed me that they are experiencing issues with the filtration system and that’s why the golf course is dry and the grass is dead. The fairways are in really bad shape, full of weeds and dirt, and each tee box is pretty much dirt with spots of grass here and there. I would rather spend my money elsewhere.

Course has gone down hill, needs a lot of attention. Half the course was dead grass.

Due to lack of water the front nine is almost unplayable. It has lots of bare spots and hole number four has been taken virtually out of play. The back nine up the mountain is in very nice condition. It is well-maintained and has evidently received plenty of water. Enjoyed playing back nine.

First time playing this course. I enjoyed playing it. It was challenging but fair.

Could be the time of the year (July) or the location. So I won’t hold that against the conditions. But unfortunately, the fairways were in really bad shape. Barren spots and completely dry ground.

The bunkers were just mud pits.

The green fees were par for the course ;)