Dayton Valley GC
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3.6
452 Reviews (452)
5 Stars
182
4 Stars
185
3 Stars
54
2 Stars
14
1 Stars
17
Conditions
3.1
Value
3.7
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.9
69.8%
Recommend this course
392 out of 452 reviews
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Average Rating
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3.5
20 Reviews (20)
5 Stars
3
4 Stars
9
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.0
Value
3.5
Layout
4.2
Pace
4.2
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.6
65.0%
Recommend this course
13 out of 20 reviews
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Average Rating
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3.3
29 Reviews (29)
5 Stars
4
4 Stars
13
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
5
Conditions
2.9
Value
3.4
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.2
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.6
62.1%
Recommend this course
18 out of 29 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 7218 yards
Slope 131
Rating 74.0

Dayton Valley Golf Club is an Arnold Palmer Signature design that has been a PGA Tour Qualifier course since 1995, making it the longest standing site in the country. The course is surrounded by the Sierra Nevada Mountains and stretches across the valley below. The rolling, links-style layout features sculpted fairways and large, undulating greens. You may find yourself faced with a tough lie even after a good shot. It's a challenging test with plenty of water and strategically placed bunkers coming into play throughout. Careful shot placement is especially important on the water holes at Dayton Valley G.C. The most difficult hole on the golf course is the par-4 ninth. It's a lengthy dogleg left with water down along the entire left side of the fairway and short and right of the green. On your approach, hitting left of the green you'll find heavy rough or pot bunkers.

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Course Details

Year Built 1991
Golf Season Year round
Architect Arnold Palmer (1991) Ed Seay (1991)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Bar

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

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3.6
452 Reviews (452)
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5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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3.0
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Hot weather
Used cart

Ehhh

Tough course but fun. Used to be a PGA qualifier course but the condition is not great anymore. Greens, fairways and teeboxes were good but outside of that there was a LOT of dirt/weed patches where grass should be. Priced a little high for the condition.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Reviews 1
1.0
First Time Playing

Not for me

Course has many whoop dee dos . Lots of little hills which I can deal with but the MANY dead smelly floating fish in the ponds I just can’t do. I went to the edge of the pond to get my ball and I almost stepped on a dead fish. The smell was so bad we left after 9. With that being said all the people that we encountered that work there were all very very nice.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
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Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
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1.0
First Time Playing

Save your money.

The course is in bad condition. Not worth the hour drive.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 18
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3.0
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Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

She need some TLC

Apparently there is a water issue and they’re having a hard time keeping water on a lot of the course. It’s an Arnold Palmer course and it is a fun and challenging course but there are a lot of dry spots on the course. I hope they can get this figured out before it gets any worse. Greens were good!

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Avoid until course is remediated

Super disappointed in the condition of this golf course. Saw some reviews in 2024 that were bad, but as of recently there were positive ones... Unfortunately they must have some staff or friends trying to bolster up sales. Really a mistake because we drove out from Reno to play, and will likely will never play here again due to them not being upfront with the conditions.

Zero information on the website, or posted on social media about the current state of the course. Course conditions were horrendous, dead areas everywhere, hard pan, weeds, etc.

There were signs on the doors asking to observe a 90 degree rule becasue of a water pump issue that they "have no control over". Almost every golf course in the region has onsite wells to utilize groundwater for irrigation and water features... And if they are using a off-site well, then they should be working out a solution to replace the well pump. It's going to cost vastly more money to revive the course than to fix a well pump.

On top of all this, our round was over 5 hours because there was no Marshall running the course to help with pace of play. Just a starter at the 1st tee.

The only plus side was very friendly staff, but unfortunately that doesn't make up for all the issues.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 42
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Needs water

Dayton was a nice course, it looks like the cost of water is way up. The fairways and rough are brown and spotty. I have always liked this course. I've been playing it since it opened. It was a beautiful course in it's splendor.We played it last year and it was bad, it's getting better than it was but still hasn't came back.The sand traps are pretty barren, and the fairways spots of brown.Needs maintenance kind of sad it's a beautiful lay-out.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 77
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Good layout

Overall great course. The carts needed to be cleaned and the range balls we’re very old and not cleaned as well.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Beautiful Course

We love playing this course. Very challenging and beautiful. We will definitely visit again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great value with $55 morning tee-time.

First time to DVGC. My buddy and I enjoyed ourselves and appreciated the cart for only $55 with easy pace of play. Friendly staff and the greens are some of the best we have seen this year.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 44
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course condition

Seems like course is getting bad every year. bunker are worst seen in many year. Too much water near green. Fairway are over grown on some holes like rough.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great value

The course conditions were pretty OK for this time of year, with the greens being almost perfect. You can tell a lot of effort has gone into maintaining the course. Check-in was a bit hectic with only one person managing both the desk and pro shop, but the staff was extremely friendly and helpful in guiding us. Overall, a great experience for the cost!

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
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