Washoe Golf Course

Overall a good course for the money. The only problem we had was that coming around the turn, the cart girl came to ask if we could only play 5 holes on the back instead of 9. When we asked why she said because she wanted to go home early. We still had plenty of light left as it was barely past 5. When we tee'd off the 14th she came to us again and asked if this was our last hole. We asked again why and is there a time to have the carts back by as we play pretty quickly and again she said no I just want to go home early. She said she'd grab us hand carts if we wanted to play the remaining holes but she wants our cart to clean and go home early.. we gave up our cart and found she missed a group far behind us and she ended up staying well past when my group would have finished anyway. Just leaves a bad taste when we work all day to have a good time at the course after work but the cart girl can't even work her full shift.

Weather was ok for March and one of the holes under repair (par 5 turned into a par 3). It was cool and wind out of the south east creating a different challenge. Other than the one hole the course was in pretty good shape and keeping carts on path will help keep fairways in good shape even though it slows down pace of play.

Washoe, like many muni courses, gets a LOT of play. Being that it is winter also doesn't help, but for the most part, except for a few fairways or greens, it was in good condition. The front nine is mostly flat and wide and then, when you get to the back nine, it challenges you.

It is always fun to play and is on my course rotation for Reno.

Always hard to do a fair rating during the Winter. Tough time to keep a course in good shape. You should suspend requests for ratings during the Winter in cold climates.

Good, well known older course I have been playing for more than 40 years.

It is a muni course, not a private open to the public or private member only course. As a muni, it receives a lot of traffic. However, that said, the staff keeps the players moving, the conditions are good enough and there are several challenging holes to test even scratch golfers, which I am not!

If you walk, which I have done in the past, be warned that the nearly flat front 9 is deceiving and the back 9 is much more up and down small hills and gullies.

It is a good course that I play often and so should you!

Washoe GC has been unfortunately and lately, to put it simply, over priced, over hyped and over rated, compared to other courses in the Reno, Sparks, Carson City areas. This course has been in a steady state of decline for several years now and I don’t see any substantial positive changes anytime soon. I go there occasionally only because it’s closer to my home but mostly of the occasional online deals.

Staff are typically very helpful and courteous but the course is in a constant state of needing maintenance and TLC.

I had an exceptional day of golf until about hole 18. I was about to write our final score down and noticed my phone had fallen out of my cart. It was getting dark quick. I ran home and got my iPad to be able to use find my iPhone. Showing back up well passed closing time. The staff on deck let me use a golf cart to track down my phone. I would highly recommended this place!

It is not well marked and course conditions are such that there are a lot of uneven surfaces making for very bumpy rides throughout.

One reason I very seldom play Washoe is it is very long for Women. It’s about 400-500 yards longer than most of the courses I play here and in Florida. I don’t know why they don’t get with the times. For that reason I would not recommend it to any women I know.