Northstar California Golf Course

There were VERY few yardage markers throughout the course. And we couldn't find a gold tee box for hole #12.

Aubrey was da bomb!

Having played almost all courses in the Sacramento and Auburn area, we were excited to be spending the weekend in Tahoe with a tee time at Northstar. We have previously played Incline and South Lake Tahoe courses. The course was not crowded but the pro shop staff insulted using Golf Now to book the time and was overall pretentious and unwelcoming. The food and cart staff were nice. The course itself has strong potential but honestly wasn’t anything fabulous compared to many in Sac or Auburn especially for the $115 cost. Some of the bunkers were totally taken over by weeds. There is one beautiful hole with elevated box for those playing the Blues. We still enjoyed our round because we love golf but really disappointed and won’t be back.

We played in the afternoon and it was a wonderful time. The staff was very friendly. The Marshall even helped us look for a stray tee shot. The course and surrounding areas were beautiful

Very good course and even better value. Fairways and tee boxes are excellent. Greens are a good speed for a public course; however, some have some broadleaf weeds. Staff are extremely friendly and helpful. My round took a little over 4.5 hours. Had to wait on every shot.

Course is in very good condition. Greens are running at a good speed and true. Only issue are weeds in some of the greens. Pace of play was great until running into a foursome of beginner players that would not let us (twosome) play through. Not sure they understood what to do. No marshal on the course to help out. Biggest distraction we non-players sitting on the edge of hole 10 and a non-player walking on the cart path talking loudly on their phone. I have not had this issue before, but staff said it is a problem on the back nine.

Greens bad, course conditions poor. I wouldn’t play again.

Northstar has had some challenges with the Covid pandemic and then the back to back extremely bad winters. These winters saw snow, followed by a lot of rain and then extremely cold temps for the rest of the winter which caused a Loy of ice to form on the greens(which we all now will kill the greens).

2022 is so much better than the previous couple of years. Most of the greens now are very good. There are still some problems on a couple of greens but it looks like those greens are growing in. The greens are still a bit on the slow side but I am told the greens will be cut down again after the July 4th holiday.

The fairways are excellent. The staff are all great.

Probably the best course for the money in Tahoe! It would be nice if the restaurant would open again but right now the snack bar will do, sandwiches, brats, hot dogs and salads are good.

Front 9 is like playing in a flat field. Greens pretty rough. Fine for beginner golfers. Back 9 is where they do the maintenance and upkeep. Holes climb the mountain then scale back down for fun, narrow nice fairways to nicely kept greens. Starter old us these back 9 holes were the original golf holes ever built in Truckee.

This course should be embarrassed by the overall condition. The front nine was like a cow pasture, mostly dandelions. Greens were dry, pitted and general unplayable, like a bad aeration from six weeks past..

$70 per round would be reasonable based on the course I played years ago, not worth $20 now.

Not only overrated & overpriced but the staff was rude & unprepared and unwilling....

The Truckee region is difficult for golf courses because of the winters harsh weather so when courses struggle, its usually all of them in the area. Heavy frost for example.

All in al the tee boxes were horrific, some greens were still not good and there was plenty of weed growth throughout the course playing areas. Since the back 9 has a lot of trees, its expected to take longer to mature as there is a lot of shade.

The front nine layout is similar to a muni course in the flat lands. Less shade but still not looking good.

The back nine is corky and short because there isn't enough room for a full length golf course. Some hoes on the back nine are tight with trees and doglegs causing your to iron to this spot then turn and iron to that spot. You'll be using irons on almost every tee on the back 9.

It's like playing two very very different 9 hole courses. I've played here for years because we live in the area and my spouse likes the short length. For the golf in this area, Northstar is the lowest rates in my opinion.