5001 Northstar Drive, Truckee, California 96161, US
(530) 562-2267
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About Northstar California Resort

Although known as a ski resort first and foremost, golfers will love life in the summer on the mountain. Northstar's Robert Muir Graves course is a tale of two nines with the front in a meadow in Martis Valley and the back nine climbing into the trees. The ski village rocks with live concerts on weekends, multiple restaurants and a kids zone. No matter your age, there's plenty to discover: arts and crafts for the kids or yoga, mountain biking, hiking and spa for the adults.

Facts

Price Range$$$$, $$$
Property Class★★★
Acres3170
Year Opened1972
Number of Units100-300

Amenities

RestaurantsBar, Casual
Room TypesRoom, Suite, Fractional Ownership
TennisYes
Fitness CenterYes
Practice FacilityYes
Golf School/AcademyYes
SpaYes

Services

Kids ProgramYes
ConciergeYes

Rules

Is the resort pet friendly?Yes
Is resort stay required for a tee time?No

Golf courses at Northstar California Resort

Reviews

3.9 out of 5 stars
318 Reviews (318)
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
Recommended
Played

Great course, reviews are old and wrong

Played the course first time, will go back for sure. Course is pretty and front 9 in the valley and open. and back 9 is through trees and tight. Both are totally different and challenging. Course was in good shape.

First Time Playing
4.0
4.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 3.0
Value 4.0
Layout 4.0
Friendliness 4.0
Pace 5.0
Amenities 3.0
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
Recommended
Played
First Time Playing
4.0
4.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 4.0
Value 5.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 5.0
Amenities 5.0
Review 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
Recommended
Played
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
5.0
5.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 5.0
Value 5.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 5.0
Amenities 5.0
Reviews 2
Played
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
1.0
1.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 1.0
Value 1.0
Layout 1.0
Friendliness 4.0
Pace 3.0
Amenities 2.0
Review 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
Recommended
Played
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
2.0
2.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 2.0
Value 3.0
Layout 4.0
Friendliness 4.0
Pace 4.0
Amenities 2.0
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
Recommended
Played
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
4.0
4.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 4.0
Value 4.0
Layout 4.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 4.0
Amenities 5.0
Review 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
Recommended
Played
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
5.0
5.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 5.0
Value 5.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 5.0
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
Recommended
Played

Beautiful setting

Rough too long for resort course. Sometimes lost a ball 3 feet off fairway. Greens okay. Back 9 is a completely different course from front. Target golf on the back with a lot of elevation change. Fun course if you don’t care too much about score

Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
3.0
3.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 3.0
Value 2.0
Layout 2.0
Friendliness 4.0
Pace 3.0
Amenities 2.0
Reviews 7
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
Recommended
Played
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
4.0
4.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 4.0
Value 4.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 5.0
Amenities 4.0
Difficulty 5.0
Review 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
Played

Not a good value

Unfortunately, the golf courses in pretty shoddy condition. I see weeds growing in their bent grass greens. Bunkers are awful, a lot of the rough hasn’t been mowed as you can see dandelion heads growing.

For an additional $70 you can go play Coyote Moon and it’s in fantastic shape. You amortize that over 18 holes you’re talking about three dollars or so more per hole for a greater playing experience.

The worst part about it is I drove two hours to get there, and was very disappointed.

The best thing about playing yesterday, the two guys I played with were fun, and the Smashburger was delicious.

Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
2.0
2.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 2.0
Value 1.0
Layout 2.0
Friendliness 4.0
Pace 1.0
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
Recommended
Played
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
4.0
4.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 3.0
Value 4.0
Layout 4.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 2.0
Amenities 4.0
Reviews 9
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
Played

Not worth the money

We were excited to play Northstar for the first time - well not impressed at all - course is not in good shape for the cost to play - it is not a forgiving golf course at all - course knowledge is a must on this course. We were given a very poor photo copy of a score card with recommendations on where to hit listed on the edge of the card - most of the recommendations were cut off and could not read. For the cost to play as well as high cost of food/drink, this course should be much better.

Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
2.0
2.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 1.0
Value 1.0
Layout 1.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 4.0
Amenities 1.0
Difficulty 5.0
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
Played

Tale of two nines

The back nine can ruin your day. Target golf on the back to be sure but if you have never played there you'll have no idea where your targets should be. Even then, you'll need to be on your game to score. If you're just out to kill some time in a nice setting? Maybe. But then there are other choices. The front nine is basically flat and wide open but you still need to hit fairways to score. The two nines couldn't be more different! But hey, it's golf. And who said it should be fair? ;') (I won't return, however.)

Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
2.0
2.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 2.0
Value 2.0
Layout 1.0
Friendliness 4.0
Pace 4.0
Amenities 2.0
Difficulty 4.0
Review 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
Played

Course was not a great value.

Northstar has a great layout, but is not maintained well. The greens had a lot of weeds in them, the bunkers were not maintained at all. The scorecard was a paper copy. For $140, the experience was extremely disappointing.

Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
1.0
1.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 1.0
Value 1.0
Layout 4.0
Friendliness 4.0
Pace 5.0
Amenities 3.0
Review 1
Recommended
Played
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
5.0
5.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 5.0
Value 5.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 5.0
Amenities 5.0
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
Recommended
Played

Northstar Golf Course Review

My experience at the Northstar GC was like playing two different golf courses. The front 9 is pretty straight forward. Wide open and laid out nicely. The back 9 is a different story. The lay out is a lot different from most courses I play. I had a great deal of difficulty with the design. For me…it just didn’t flow well. That’s just my personal opinion. The staff are very nice. For the price this was not a great deal.

Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
4.0
4.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 4.0
Value 4.0
Layout 3.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 5.0
Amenities 3.0
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
Played

Disapponted

Front nine is like a cow pasture. Fairways and greens in poor condition. Back nine is much better. Won’t go baxk

Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
3.0
3.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 3.0
Value 3.0
Layout 1.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 5.0
Review 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
Played

Rough long around greens. Greens spongy and slow. Good family value with kids or grand kids.

Use golf moose deals for best price.

Currently not in best shape. Surprised because it’s July and not May/June after thaw. It was fun once. Probably wouldn’t go back.

Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
3.0
3.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 3.0
Value 4.0
Layout 3.0
Friendliness 4.0
Pace 3.0
Amenities 2.0
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
Recommended
Played

Looking good Star!

I am so impressed with the condition of the course!! It was a big wet winter and Northstar did a great job putting together the best conditions I've seen in years. The greens look great and play true! Great atmosphere all around! Nice job Northstar team. If you haven't played the area I would recommend Northstar, they have really good online rates and in my opinion the best views.

Previously Played
5.0
5.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 5.0
Value 4.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 5.0
Amenities 4.0
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
Recommended
Played

Management and Maintenance Win

Best conditions I've ever seen in the 15 years ive lived and played in Tahoe. Hats off to the maintenance team for doing such a great job, especially after this winter. Greens rolling true. Staff in pro shop is vey friendly and starters are helpful. Pace of play is a little slow but its Tahoe golf so its slow everywhere. Wish the outdoor bar styed open a little later to accomodate the turn if you start after 330 but i get it, syaffing is tough right now.

Previously Played
4.0
4.0 out of 5 stars
Conditions 5.0
Value 4.0
Layout 5.0
Friendliness 5.0
Pace 4.0
Amenities 4.0
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