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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 71
Length 6422 yards
Slope 125
Rating 71.9

Established in 1926, Plumas Lake Golf & Country Club has long been one of the Sacramento Valley's most treasured courses. First opened as a nine-hole layout, the course expanded to a full 18 holes in 1960. Mature oak trees line the lush fairways and small greens and there is also a canal that snakes through the entire property, coming into play on 12 holes. There are also strategically placed bunkers protecting the greens. You're in for a formidable test on this golf course but the rough is quite manageable and the layout isn't particularly long or hilly. Plumas Lake's 10th is one of the most memorable holes. This tough hole is a short par 5 that requires an accurate drive over a creek that crosses the fairway before you're faced with an elevated green.

Course Details

Year Built 1926
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Donald McKee Bob E. Baldock (1960)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Indoor Practice Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities
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3.8
315 Reviews (315)
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Reviews 9
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Bring your best putter

This is a really great course and lots of fun to play. LThe course was in really great shape. The greens have lots of character, lightning fast with lots of undulations with absolutely diabolical pin placements. I would definite recommend this course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 04/24/2018

Thank you for the recent review, I am going here for my first time this coming weekend.

I will write my own honest review when I am done.

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens a little firm, but rolled true

Quiet course in the country. Slow playing after about 5 holes with no real improvement in pace. No Marshall on course. Undulating greens can be very tricky, but rolled nicely. Firmness made it hard to stick a green also. There has been some tree removal which makes a couple of the holes considerably easier. Nice day and good price made for a good outing

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Technical fun course

Great challenging course, even for beginners. This is what golf is about. You'll love this course, worth the drive wherever you are.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 27
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

No character

Shop man was less than friendly. Group I played with said he’s been like that forever. Shop smelled like an ashtray. Course mowed like a park with no fairway cut. At least I know now what to expect. Golf Now priced it right.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Response from on 02/21/2018:
Hello, thank you for sharing your review, We truly appreciate your constructive feedback regarding the pro shop and will be sure to pass it along to our team. and that your round was a great value for you, so we hope this improved your overall experience with us. Thank you for you're choosing our course, in the Marysville, California area, and we look forward to seeing you again soon. We hope to welcome you back for an enjoyable experience on the course in the near future.
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Best course in our area

This is a great course, always in good condition. I'm not a great golfer, so the distance wears me out. No complaints. I played in a company tournament that was a fund raiser and paid 100.00

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Strange, old school layout.

Mostly not crazy about the layout. You had to bend your tee shots around trees on a few holes. And the one staff person we met acted like we were bothering him.

Good sand though. And the greens were good. Fairways average condition. Grass is thin.

Kind of middle of nowhere location. Overall average value.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Response from on 11/08/2017:
Hello, thank you for taking the time to review our course, Plumas Lake Golf & Country Club in the Sacramento area. We're sorry to hear that you may have had a negative experience with our staff and course layout, and we appreciate your feedback for future improvements. However, we're glad the course was in good shape on the day of your round and we hope this improved your overall experience with us. Thank you for choosing our course, and we look forward to seeing you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Mosquitoes

Be prepared when you play at plumas lake. If an individual doesn't have bug spray they might get carried away or sucked dry. Other than that the course was pretty nice my main complaint is how expensive it is to play here.

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Response from on 10/18/2017:
Hello, thank you for taking the time to review our course, Plumas Lakes Golf & Country Club, and for the 3-stars. We are sorry to hear that the mosquitos on the course may have been a problem and that your round was not a great value for you. Your feedback is appreciated. It looks like you had a friendly experience with our staff and that you had a smooth round, so we hope that improved your experience with us. Thank you for choosing to play our course, in the Sacramento area, and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 27
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Player Friendly

Enjoyed the round. Not much in elevation changes, but enough to get your attention. Wide landing areas and nice fairway routing. Course was in good condition, except the greens, which appeared to have been arreated a week or so ago. I'm sure they'll be nice in another week.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 34
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Overbooked and course not in great condition

When we got there, it turned out there was a club men's tournament that we were fitted right into the middle as well as at least one, maybe two other outings. When I did not hear our name for our assigned tee time, I had to go back into pro shop and remind them we had checked in. Played with two other members, who were very nice.Took 6 hours to play!!! Sometimes 3 groups waiting on a tee box. The members we played with apologized saying that they had never seen it like this before. Course was challenging, especially the greens where they were severely undulating. Lots of dead spots on the fairways though and sometimes hard to tell what was fairway and what was rough. Probably will not play this course again. too many choices in the area.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 09/26/2017:
Hello, thank you for taking the time to review our course, Plumas Lake Golf & Country Club. We apologize that you were not notified of the outings at the course and that the pace of place was poor as a result. It also sounds like parts of the course may not have been in the best shape when you played and your feedback is appreciated so that we know where improvements can be made. It looks like you enjoyed the course layout, so we hope that made your round with us a little better. Thank you for choosing our golf course, in the Sacramento area, and we hope to earn your business again soon.
Played On
Reviews 31
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Back again

Overall good experience. Great rate but couple of things.

1. Shot link in carts doesn't work. Look good but ineffective.

2. Had 2 "blue flag" players but the carts shut off anywhere near the green. Tough on stage 4 cancer player

3. Traps not well maintained. Crabgrass and mucho foot prints

Greens good little slow but receptive

Fairways great. Ball sits up nicely. Rough 2 inches but ball goes right to the bottom. Don't mss the fairway.

Will be back

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

rough start

We had a 10:30 AM tee time, We got there at 9:30. We were ready to go by 10 AM. The course was empty and so we decided to go ahead and tee off. No one anywhere around. The man in the pro shop came out and told us in a very unfriendly way we had to wait. hmmm, No one came for 25 minutes. We could have been on hole 3 or 4 by the time he came out and said we could tee off. A sad man and needs a job that you don't deal with people. I notice a review below had a sad experience with the same man. I don't know that we will come back. I haven't been treated like that at a golf course before.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Plumas is one of our regular courses. It is in good shape this summer and is fun to play

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Surprised.....Pleasantly

We drove about 40 minutes from Rocklin, CA. Most of the nearby courses had tournaments so everything was booked. I decided to take the drive to Plumas Lake and we were pleasantly surprised. The pace was great. Course was not crowded, well maintained and very friendly. We will golf there again.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Hidden Gem

This course is in excellent shape from tee box to green on every hole and the greens are in phenomenal shape and pin placement is awesome

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Staff is not the best.

Here is the problem with booking with Golf Now. I wanted to play a practice round on my own since I just got my clubs regriped. I was paired to share a cart with a man who was new to golf, he had no golf lessons and was either his 2nd or 4th time attempting to play. He advised he wanted to play on his own as well. The problem was since I was the one who asked to have my own cart, I was charged an additional $17 cart fee and the man at the Pro shop was a complete jerk about it. He said I got a great deal through Golf Now for $20 when green fees alone are $39. But as i tried to explain, a portion of my $20 payment included a cart so why was i being charged the full $17? The rudeness of the staff here may keep me from coming back.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Nice Course

I have played Plumas over 50 times and decided to write this review. The course is in good shape, not as good when compared to others in the Lincoln and Auburn areas where we normally play. Still, it is a great place to play if you can grab a special price through Golfnow. Just not crowded, staff very friendly, new carts and the 2 guys I played with said the hamburgers they got on the turn, "were great!" I have already booked a tee time for next week. Not a lot of birdie holes because of tough pin placements, but a great selection of tee boxes for golfers of all skills.

Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course greenskeeper missing ?

Fairway rough grass at US Open height !! Miss the fairway by more then 3 feet you can't fine your ball in 4-6" grass an where they did mow to 2" the clippings hid your ball !! Then the greens on the back nine were punched n sanded. Had I known this I wouldn't played there. Give us a break. Lost strokes, balls n time as the full foursome kicked the tall grass looking four our ball.

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