Northstar California Golf Course

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.

Course may be decent the end of August, its not worth playing now

Course was just opening after a frozen winter. Tough on the fairways and especially on the greens. Wait until mid July to play here.

Nice layout and setting. Course really needs attention. Particularly, the greens need significant attention.

Greens are horrible, Only front 9 open, played twice for 18. Should have been $40 not $70 for the condition it was in

They just opened June 9th but probably should have waited until next year. Continuing problem growing grass. Only front meadow 9 holes open and grass on tee boxes, greens, & fairways has too many weeds & dirt!!!

My wife and I signed up to play Northstar on Golfnow.com at $50 per only to find that only nine holes of the course had only been open less than a week.. We discovered that only the front nine holes were open and the greens on most of those holes were sanded and in quite poor condition. Neither Golfnow nor anyone at the golf desk mentioned that only nine holes were open. We discovered this when we finished the first nine and made the turn to start the back nine--only to find it closed! We played part of the first nine again but were disappointed in the overall experience. We've played Northstar a number of times in previous visits to the Tahoe area and had good experiences but it was way to early in the season this year.

I like that 9 holes in the meadow and nine holes in the pines. Course was not in great condtion, dont know if it was the time of year or due to the corona virus. We played this course in years past and it was one of our favorites in the Truckee area. We will try again the next time we are there.

Front 9 relatively open and plays through the meadow, back 9 tightens up through the mountainside and into the woodlands. Course is short & rough is relatively forgiving, so a good opportunity for those who hit a long drive to get some swings in with their long irons. The scorecard has a helpful little tip for each hole, which I found to be a nice touch. Will definitely get back out on this course soon.

Easy booking through GN and we got a really good rate. We were greeted by friendly staff who made us feel welcomed. Very courteous, and introduced us to the new normal re the COVID compliance regulations for the course. The fairways and greens were in great shape. We played under smoky conditions given the CA fires, which, under the circumstances, on this day we lucked out and for this area didn’t seem as bad as around the Lake. The front nine has wider fairways and more like links style, open with some trees, but gotta keep it out of the rough. The back nine is a narrow, forest mountain course, keep it accurate and straight. We finished in under four hours. Bathrooms and water fountains not available out on the course, but inside the clubhouse, and prepackaged food (could use some improvement), and beverages at the turn only. All in all, it was a really fun day for this husband/wife twosome.

First time playing this course. Fun and challenging layout. Great course to walk.

One of the staffers who was operating the beverage cart stopped and gave a quick swing lesson to a young boy who appeared to be pretty new to the game. Thought that was pretty cool.

Had some pace of play and etiquette issues on the back nine with others golfers but those things come with a holiday weekend.