Northstar California Golf Course

The course is a wonderful layout. However, due to freezing temperatures during the winter, the greens are not in good shape. That did not deter the fun we had playing it.

I have played Northstar many times and love the course. However it is in terrible shape. The greens especially are unplayable with weeds on some and sand on others making it impossible to enjoy.
They claim that it was a severe winter that damaged them - this is July!!!!!! What have they been doing since the end of winter, which by the way has not impacted other golf courses in the area anything like this.
I believe the reason things are so bad is poor maintenance not severe winter weather. I shall not book another tee time here without examining the greens first. Shame to let such a good course get into this condition

We were told the the group of 5 people in front of us was a 3 some and that two were just riding along. They had 3 carts, There were 4 sets of clubs and All 5 played - Marshall drove by numerous times. And did t so anything about it. It was an “oh well” type of attitude about the place of play. 2 groups ahead of us had more than a hole and a half wide open in front of them but nothing was done. 5 hour 10 minute round - waited on every single shot on every single hole. . 3 groups waiting while the group in front of us teed off on par 3 hole way down hill (#13 I think it was). Marshall was there telling us how far the yardage was - bot sure what the purpose of having marshals serves if they don’t mange pace of play.

The course was in poor shape. Weeds everywhere with dandelions growing in the putting greens. No water in the ball-washers. They must not have a superintendent. Northstar should put some money and time into it's golf course. Definitely too much money for the way it presents today.

Very disappointed due to the poor greens conditions
Had we been forewarned then it’s acceptable cause it would be our choice . Did talk with staff after our round and they were understanding and thought an alert was posted and that green fees reflected the fact that greens were not up to par. I can’t agree that fees were in sync to conditions. As I said , staff was understanding

I called the course to check on playing condition’s. I was told that due to severe ice damage in the Truckee area from winter weather a couple of greens were recom ended for 2 putt only. After playing the course IMO over half of the greens were not playable! . The tee boxes were full of weeds and the fairways were played with preferred lies. We played three other courses in the area last week, this was by far in the worse condition! I do not recommend this course!

The course is normally great, I love this place. I normally don’t even mind paying 90 bucks to play here except this summer the greens are in terrible shape. They should cut the price on half and also put temporary greens in the fairways while they work on the greens - the grass there is in much better shape.

Not a bad course, but the greens were awful. They need a few more weeks of healing after a rough winter. It didn't seem like they were doing much to improve anything. The price is too high for the conditions.

It’s a beautiful course and a challenging layout. The views are wonderful of the mountains. The fairways are ok, the tees are a little bumpy and the greens are a total disaster. We gave up putting because they were so bad. We enjoyed the day since we decided not to worry about the greens, but I can’t recommend it because of the greens. We talked to a starter at a different course and he said they had problems too. Really all the courses may be in the same condition due to poor growing conditions. Considering the prices, of the courses in the area they really aren’t a good value.

I know the ice/snow caused a lot of problems with the greens. They were pretty bouncy. Hopefully you can fix the greens and tee boxes as this is a fun course.

This is a challenging course. The fairways are good condition and the bunkers are missing sand and full of weeds. The greens are in terrible condition and on three there are signs that say take 2 putts.

I have played this course for many years and this is by far the most miserable shape in the month of July I can remember….five greens were ruled “under repair” but most of them should have been labeled as such. The rough is in US Open condition making a difficult course ridiculous if you rolled six inches off the fairway. Pretty brutal.

Not sure why but the greens were the worst I’ve ever seen. They were half sand half grass. I’ve played there a hand full of times over the last couple years and love the course but today was the worst greens I’ve ever seen by far!

Course is greatly overpriced for conditions. Greens suffered damage from winter ice and has not recovered. Hold off playing until at least August. We won’t be back soon.

Overall ok. Greens are very bad for only being able to play 9 holes.