Ranch Course at Genoa Lakes Golf Club
About
Ranch Course at Genoa Lakes Golf Club is a Johnny Miller co-design that's a short drive from its sister Lakes Course. The two courses will never be mistaken for each other though. Ranch Course is a pumped up course that's big in almost every way. There are over 300 feet of elevation changes and in excess of 100 bunkers around the course.
Miller and his design partner John Harbottle III put together a course that plays as bold and showy as Las Vegas. Only it's located in Carson Valley, halfway in-between the more nature resort towns of Reno and Lake Tahoe.
The bunkering can be severe on Genoa Lakes' Ranch Course and the mountain scenery can be even more striking. Even though it's not far from the Lakes Course, the Ranch Course is definitely set up in its own world.
Miller gives golfers a fighting chance though and often the latitude to decide their own fate. Ranch Course at Genoa Lakes is full of risk-reward holes. Most notable might be No. 18. This 561-yard par 5 gives you not one, but two shots (minimum) where you must decide how much lake you want to try and cut.
Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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Gold | 73 | 7258 yards | 74.4 | 132 |
Green | 72 | 6801 yards | 71.9 | 130 |
Blue | 72 | 6310 yards | 69.5 | 125 |
Blue (W) | 72 | 6310 yards | 76.7 | 148 |
Purple | 72 | 5782 yards | 66.7 | 122 |
Purple (W) | 72 | 5782 yards | 73.8 | 141 |
White | 72 | 5249 yards | 64.9 | 114 |
White (W) | 72 | 5249 yards | 70.3 | 129 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Gold M: 72.6/128 | 428 | 447 | 228 | 594 | 364 | 401 | 496 | 188 | 439 | 3585 | 429 | 466 | 555 | 318 | 260 | 489 | 167 | 371 | 618 | 3673 | 7258 |
Green M: 69.8/126 | 401 | 419 | 208 | 584 | 353 | 388 | 473 | 165 | 410 | 3401 | 394 | 447 | 531 | 281 | 212 | 478 | 144 | 339 | 574 | 3400 | 6801 |
Green/Blue M: 68.2/125 | 376 | 400 | 181 | 584 | 353 | 370 | 473 | 165 | 387 | 3289 | 394 | 394 | 531 | 281 | 212 | 451 | 144 | 339 | 527 | 3273 | 6562 |
Blue M: 67.5/121 W: 74.5/144 | 376 | 400 | 181 | 573 | 301 | 370 | 469 | 149 | 387 | 3206 | 358 | 394 | 498 | 265 | 180 | 451 | 118 | 313 | 527 | 3104 | 6310 |
Purple M: 65.3/118 W: 72.1/137 | 361 | 378 | 152 | 499 | 290 | 358 | 437 | 111 | 377 | 2963 | 331 | 380 | 486 | 209 | 146 | 391 | 101 | 283 | 492 | 2819 | 5782 |
Purple/White M: 65.0/113 W: 70.4/133 | 331 | 378 | 141 | 476 | 234 | 358 | 437 | 111 | 369 | 2835 | 331 | 380 | 486 | 208 | 146 | 351 | 101 | 283 | 463 | 2749 | 5584 |
White M: 63.5/110 W: 68.6/125 | 331 | 350 | 141 | 476 | 234 | 334 | 385 | 97 | 369 | 2717 | 309 | 346 | 440 | 208 | 112 | 350 | 80 | 237 | 463 | 2545 | 5262 |
Handicap | 1 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 16 | |||
Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
Handicap (W) | 7 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 2 |
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Photo submitted by djrobertsonnv on 10/30/2020
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Photo submitted by vandy0523 on 09/09/2020
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Back nine Photo submitted by u000003302779 on 08/27/2020
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Back nine Photo submitted by u000003302779 on 08/27/2020
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Photo submitted by Chris6503685 on 05/31/2020
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Photo submitted by Chris6503685 on 05/31/2020
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Photo submitted by Chris6503685 on 05/31/2020
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Photo submitted by Midnight0982 on 09/11/2019
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Great views! Photo submitted by kahanu on 08/29/2019
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Photo submitted by antofd on 07/28/2017
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Photo submitted by roguedog8 on 09/28/2016
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Only scenic hole for this out of the way course. Photo submitted by sawboston on 09/07/2016
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Genoa Lakes Golf Course Photo submitted by Tobin9907509 on 09/28/2013
Great Course, Best Value
Great views, fun course. Will definitely play again next time I have a chance. Lots of wind though.
Pre- big snow on the Ridge wind gusts
This links style course was delightful, despite gusts up to 40 mph!
Not a lot of thought design
No club or starter house sign, so you kind of wander around initially.
Good luck trying to find the first tee too..
None of the teas had visible markers so you have to walk up to individual ones to see which color they are. Speaking of color, they have blue and purple. Like you can distinguish between the two of those?
Very few yardage markers on the actual fairways.
Golf carts are all gas so forget trying to have a conversation with somebody in a different cart.
But the employees are great
Genoa Ranch course
Love this course, but they have out way yoo much water on the course. Very soggy fairways & spongy greens. Good thing for Hot Deals!
If you sand your greens, discount your round.
Course layout and fairways are great, This course requires you to be extremely accurate off the tee with the fescue surrounding the holes with strong desert wind. Finding your balls Unlikely, so if you can’t keep it in the fairway this is not the course for you. Other than that it was fun if you kept it in play shot selection was great got to use quite a bit of clubs and went for a lot of pins. Extremely disappointed in the bunkers they ruined my round, their bunkers are mud holes, and the greens are over sanded at the moment and roll Inconsistent and bumpier than heck. Could be a great course when the conditions are up to par but if you ask me you can manicure your greens a little better or charge less because I drove three hours for a champions course.
Fun!
Fun track, fairways on the front need water. Super friendly staff. Overall great day!
Good Course-Needs a little work
The ranch course is part of Genoa Lakes complex. It is a good course that has had some problems that are being worked on. It has a very good lay out that gives you plenty of challenge.
It is not any where near the Lakes course in beauty and design.
But fun to play.
Genoa Ranch Coursr
The course is a good value for the price through Golfnow. There are beat up fairways that are showing wear and tear. Greens are in ok shape and are fast.
Great track
Great views, good fairways and very challenging greens. Will definitely play again next time I'm in town.
Back Nine was Great!
I guess they took out 4-5 holes on the front nine and built houses. The new 4-5 holes are no where near as nice as the other holes. All of the original holes were great and that made up for the 4-5 bad holes.
Fun desert course. But with small hick up
First time here, friendly Staff. Driving range is included, that's a plus. First that I have noticed is that the tee box marking the color is not that obvious. The tee box and fair way is under good maintenance But to my surprise that the green is under par. It looks like the abused municipal course's green. The layout is good.
Overall: I enjoy and like the course , just hope they can make the greens better
a smokey day on the links
The practice facility is great, big putting green, need a few more holes, grass driving range that is very big. Over all the course is in ok shape. There is no sand in the bunkers so free relief is a must. Staying on the fairways is a a must, no looking for errant shots in the sage brush. Now to the greens. Haven't putted on greens that bumpy all summer. I pride myself on being a very good putter, but these greens made me look bad. They need to spend a lot time on their greens before I would come back.
wet and smokey
very calm and smokey day...played as a single and moved along very quickly.....course was very wet mostly, balls plugged and fairways and greens were not very good. loved the layout but was mostly too soggy on greens and fairways. wind came up and blew heavy late afternoon.
Genoa Ranch Course
This is a fun and challenging course. Greens are fast but fair.. I would recommend this course as part of the hot deals.
This course has great length from green and yellow tee boxes.
Front nine requires work on both fairways and greens.
Back nine fairways ok. 3 greens on back nine require work .
Great practice facility.
Good potential but course needs work
Staff and practice area was very good as were the first several holes. Not sure of the problem, but there were large areas of the fairway that were dead and other burned areas on the greens. Also, a number of spots seemed to be over watered and actually muddy. Good layout but needs some TLC