The Lakes Course at Red Hawk
About
The Lakes Course at the Resort at Red Hawk is a Robert Trent Jones masterpiece that has helped vault Reno and the High Sierra into the upper echelon of West Coast golf destinations. Named the best daily fee golf experience by readers of the <em>Reno-Gazette Journal</em>, the Hills Course is a challenge not to be missed.
Playing to more than 7,100 yards from the tips, the Lakes Course is a haven for big hitters who love dangerous risk-reward opportunities, as well as for players who thrive on accuracy in their golf game. More than 100 bunkers challenge golfers, as do a plethora of trees and water hazards that both add to the aesthetics of the course, and the difficulty.
Along with its sister, the Hills Course, the Lakes Course has helped the Resort at Red Hawk become synonymous with stellar golf action and excellent service.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 72 | 7140 yards | 73.6 | 133 |
| Black | 72 | 6679 yards | 71.5 | 130 |
| Blue | 72 | 6278 yards | 69.4 | 127 |
| White | 72 | 5863 yards | 67.0 | 114 |
| White (W) | 72 | 5863 yards | 72.4 | 134 |
| Combo (W) | 72 | 5562 yards | 70.3 | 128 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 5089 yards | 67.6 | 120 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold M: 73.3/131 | 400 | 573 | 422 | 220 | 436 | 557 | 402 | 224 | 430 | 3664 | 529 | 411 | 174 | 345 | 382 | 431 | 529 | 241 | 434 | 3476 | 7140 |
| Black M: 71.0/127 | 360 | 545 | 399 | 201 | 421 | 505 | 389 | 190 | 417 | 3427 | 502 | 392 | 171 | 300 | 359 | 394 | 506 | 221 | 407 | 3252 | 6679 |
| Blue M: 69.1/124 | 329 | 534 | 373 | 190 | 410 | 467 | 370 | 171 | 387 | 3231 | 478 | 363 | 164 | 289 | 322 | 367 | 492 | 178 | 394 | 3047 | 6278 |
| Blue/White M: 67.8/119 | 329 | 503 | 349 | 160 | 387 | 467 | 370 | 142 | 359 | 3066 | 478 | 363 | 129 | 289 | 322 | 367 | 492 | 155 | 368 | 2963 | 6029 |
| White M: 66.9/115 W: 72.8/131 | 312 | 503 | 349 | 160 | 387 | 440 | 360 | 142 | 359 | 3012 | 461 | 346 | 129 | 265 | 298 | 358 | 471 | 155 | 368 | 2851 | 5863 |
| White/Green M: 65.5/112 W: 69.7/125 | 312 | 456 | 349 | 113 | 307 | 440 | 264 | 118 | 306 | 2665 | 461 | 346 | 129 | 265 | 298 | 358 | 471 | 124 | 368 | 2820 | 5485 |
| Green M: 63.6/105 W: 67.9/120 | 290 | 456 | 327 | 113 | 307 | 382 | 264 | 118 | 306 | 2563 | 431 | 322 | 106 | 228 | 247 | 305 | 442 | 124 | 321 | 2526 | 5089 |
| Handicap | 11 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | |||
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 8 |
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Beautiful Layout
The Lakes course is a beautiful layout and was in great condition when we played. Depending on your choice of tees, the course can be easy to very challenging.
The frustration in our day (other than our golf abilities) was the slow play (5:15). Three groups on one tee box is excessive. Turns out there was a tournament in front of us and some of the players were drunk (9:00am tee time).
Great value for the reasonable green fees.
Course lay-out was very fun to play, fairways and greens are in excellent condition. If you are in the Sparks area, you must play at this course. We played the Lake course, booked online at GolfNow and received a discounted rate.
Enjoyed the round very much.
Carts were nice and clean with GPS.
Course condition was very good.
Only downside is hitting off mats on driving range.
The course and staff were great. Will play this course whenever I am back in this area.
The tone for the day was set when we met Malcolm at the bag drop. Staff was very helpful and a pleasure to work with. The course was in excellent condition. I consider myself to be a hacker and therefore found this course challenging and fun to play. I would strongly recommend this course to anyone traveling to the Reno/Sparks, NV area.
Challenging course from the black tees
Course is in excellent condition. I got a great deal through golfnow.com. The course plays long if played from the black tees. It brings a lot more trouble into play. The par 5's are reachable in two and they provide excellent birdie opportunities. Great course, I have played it a handful of times over the years and it is always well maintained and staffed.
GPS in the golf carts is awesome!!
The GPS in the golf carts is the best I've seen and the course is fun and very well maintained. The fairways, bunkers, and greens are in great shape. The water on most of the holes demands well executed shots! Great value.
Loved the course
Great course, with great facilities - love the GPS in the cart!
Starter put me on the Hill course, course has few hazards thus is some what is easy.
Hills course is nice, has some long holes, sand traps were okay.
Its still May.....
Overall, the course was in good shape. It's May and springtime in the Reno area. It still gets cold at night, so the greens aren't cut down like they are in the summer. They're a bit slow.
Fun but challenging layout
Course was in very good shape for this time of year. Also impressed with the quality of the bunkers. Numerous water hazards but landing areas are pretty generous. Several very strong par 3's that played long and difficult into the wind. Staff was very friendly and helpful.
The only negative was practice range was limited to hitting off mats.
Red Hawk Resort
The Hills is a great resort courses with great views of the valley. Course was in good shape and was moderately difficult. The staff was great made our visit well worth the price for play. Thank you Red Hawk Resorts!
Excellent course with 14 water holes - that is why it is the Lakes Coursee
Fun course to play. Greens in good shape after aerification. The rough around the greens will force you to practice these shots. The tougher holes seem to be the shorter ones requiring placement off the tee and smaller greens. Took a few holes to get used to the winds we had to contend with. Friendly staff made us feel right at home. Will definitely play again.
Red hawk lakes
1st time playing red hawk lakes. Loved it!!!! Super friendly staff!! Good course
Pleasantly surprised
You never know what you're going to get when you play on vacation but this "resort" was definitely above par. If the conditons are this good early spring I'm eager to come back and play the Hills course since the Lakes was awesome. Very challenging round from the blue tees in solid 10-20 winds, lots of water and decision making but the GPS was perfect and course amenities were great. Hit a backup on the back 9 but I'm pleased all the way around.
Challenging course, but fair.
Course was in great shape for this early in the season. Can't wait to play again.
A lot of water
Was an interesting course. Long par threes. Course was in great shape for this time of year.
good design on lakes course but too early in season.
unable to cart on course due to grass grow?? rates should be discounted for seasonal play, otherwise good stay at villas.
amazing corse. Horrible customer service at check in!!
I always love this corse. It is in better shape than other corses in this area.
We reserved 2 spots on golfnow.com and then realized that we had 2 more friends that wanted to play. I went back on golfnow.com and there was only 1 spot available for the same tee time so i bought it. I then called in the morning to add our fourth player and the guy on the phone was very nice and accomadated or needs.
When I checked in the guy proceeded to tell me that we made it very difficult by making reservations with golfnow.com and that it was a real pain the way we made reservations.
If they are going to do business with golfnow.com they shouldnt get mad when people use this service.
I will continue to use golfnow.com and I will continue to golf at Red Hawk I just don't think that we were treated the same way that he would have treated a member or someone that paid full price.
Hole placements only drawback
The Greenskeeper must have been having a bad day. Not only were most of the pin placements in the most difficult position on the greens(very undulating greens) but the color coded flags were wrong almost every time. I've never played the course before and you can just imagine how getting deeked on how deep the pin is on the green will affect you. Doesn't help when both of us in our group do not have the best depth perception.
Nice Round
Havn't played Red Hawk in 7 years, had a great day! Course is in 8/10 condition, greens are nice, few spots on fairways need some work. One theme though playing the Lakes ...BUNKERS!! Never played a course with more bunkers. I was in 6 times, my playing partner hit the sand 15 times ! They seemed to be placed right at his drive range. Good cart with GPS, although the cart had a mind of its own if you violated the cart path only rule on 3 holes, or too close to green. (cart would slow to a crawl till you cleared forbidden area). Nice amenities, ordered food from cart. No drink carts that day, off season I guess. Some VERY challenging holes. 17 is 200 yds over water with nowhere to lay up. Fed the fishes on that one. Overall good value at $50/round through golfnow.com