Ranch Course at Genoa Lakes Golf Club
About
Ranch Course at Genoa Lakes Golf Club is a Johnny Miller co-design that's a short drive from its sister Lakes Course. The two courses will never be mistaken for each other though. Ranch Course is a pumped up course that's big in almost every way. There are over 300 feet of elevation changes and in excess of 100 bunkers around the course.
Miller and his design partner John Harbottle III put together a course that plays as bold and showy as Las Vegas. Only it's located in Carson Valley, halfway in-between the more nature resort towns of Reno and Lake Tahoe.
The bunkering can be severe on Genoa Lakes' Ranch Course and the mountain scenery can be even more striking. Even though it's not far from the Lakes Course, the Ranch Course is definitely set up in its own world.
Miller gives golfers a fighting chance though and often the latitude to decide their own fate. Ranch Course at Genoa Lakes is full of risk-reward holes. Most notable might be No. 18. This 561-yard par 5 gives you not one, but two shots (minimum) where you must decide how much lake you want to try and cut.
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Golfer Photos
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Photo submitted by u000003425804 on 10/04/2026
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Photo submitted by u000003425804 on 10/04/2026
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Photo submitted by u000003425804 on 10/04/2026
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Photo submitted by djrobertsonnv on 10/30/2020
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Photo submitted by vandy0523 on 09/09/2020
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Back nine Photo submitted by u000003302779 on 08/27/2020
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Back nine Photo submitted by u000003302779 on 08/27/2020
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Photo submitted by Chris6503685 on 05/31/2020
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Photo submitted by Chris6503685 on 05/31/2020
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Photo submitted by Chris6503685 on 05/31/2020
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Photo submitted by Midnight0982 on 09/11/2019
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Great views! Photo submitted by kahanu on 08/29/2019
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Photo submitted by antofd on 07/28/2017
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Photo submitted by roguedog8 on 09/28/2016
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Only scenic hole for this out of the way course. Photo submitted by sawboston on 09/07/2016
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Genoa Lakes Golf Course Photo submitted by Tobin9907509 on 09/28/2013
Golfer Reviews
Great course, winter golf
Good round of golf. Course would be very nice during the summer I imagine. Good shape for winter golf, but still winter golf
Not a lot of thought design
No club or starter house sign, so you kind of wander around initially.
Good luck trying to find the first tee too..
None of the teas had visible markers so you have to walk up to individual ones to see which color they are. Speaking of color, they have blue and purple. Like you can distinguish between the two of those?
Very few yardage markers on the actual fairways.
Golf carts are all gas so forget trying to have a conversation with somebody in a different cart.
But the employees are great
Genoa Ranch course
Love this course, but they have out way yoo much water on the course. Very soggy fairways & spongy greens. Good thing for Hot Deals!
If you sand your greens, discount your round.
Course layout and fairways are great, This course requires you to be extremely accurate off the tee with the fescue surrounding the holes with strong desert wind. Finding your balls Unlikely, so if you can’t keep it in the fairway this is not the course for you. Other than that it was fun if you kept it in play shot selection was great got to use quite a bit of clubs and went for a lot of pins. Extremely disappointed in the bunkers they ruined my round, their bunkers are mud holes, and the greens are over sanded at the moment and roll Inconsistent and bumpier than heck. Could be a great course when the conditions are up to par but if you ask me you can manicure your greens a little better or charge less because I drove three hours for a champions course.