Played 8/11/2014 in a tournament. 80°, no wind, somewhat humid.

Course is OK. Lots of green grass, but damp from overnight rain. Course played quite long because of wetness and humidity. If you are old enough to play the senior tees, course is still 5700+ which is quite long for those golfers.

Greens were smooth but otherwise disappointing. Very slow. Maybe 8.
Fairways and rough were also smooth, but little roll in fairway, and less roll in the rough.
Best feature was the condition of the bunkers.

Very much a muni feel to the facilities. Range has mats but the mats are new and quite spongy. Like trying to hit from a trampoline. Practice putting green was good, but we were advised by the pro shop that the course greens were slower and bumpier than the practice green. And the pro shop was right.

Electric carts, no GPS, no ball washers and no ice chest. No on course bathrooms unless you count an occasional port-o-potty. No drinking water on course. A definite BYO everything course. We paid $45 which included a purported $10 lunch (hot dog, soda and a beer).

Noticed lots of walkers -- course looks easy to walk as it is very flat. Nice mountain views. No lake view. Lots of tules.

Your choice is about $40-50 at Lake Tahoe GC with minimal amenities or $200 at Edgewood with the full extras.

Many thanks to MIKELGABE for his full course photos.

Played 8/8/2014 at 7:30AM. Temp around 80° with some humidity and no wind.

Eagle Valley is the best muni course in Carson City. There are 36 holes. East course is quite flat, good for walking and not very difficult. West course is much more challenging without being abusive.

West course gently slides up and down the foothills outside of downtown. While the holes are flat, they slope up into the hills and down away from the hills. You will almost always have a flat lie, but you have to adjust for the elevation changes.

Greens are a little slow but it has been warm and humid the last couple weeks so the mowing may be longer than normal. But the greens were quite smooth with only a couple having some bare spots. Also softer than I expected -- you can get the ball to check and it was easy to leave a ball mark. And the regular players here seem to be good at fixing their ball marks.

Fairways and rough were pretty good. Some bare spots and some brown spots, but nothing that made the course unplayable. You can take a divot on an iron shot. While the rough was thickish and somewhat damp, it was not sticky so the club could slide through the grass. Bunkers were good, too. Tees are flat with plenty of grassy areas to hit from even on the par 3s.

Layout is not difficult but not a walk in the park either. Fairways are quite wide, but plenty of scrub brush if you miss either way. Hard to find a ball in there. Lightly bunkered and some water to carry.

Amenities: electric carts, but no ball washer or ice chest on the carts. No GPS. Beverage cart service was regular. Staff very friendly and appreciative of your business. Plenty of parking and carts allowed in parking lots. Range balls extra and mats to hit from. Good practice putting green with separate chipping area.

Excellent restaurant area with lots of seating and good food. Prices are reasonable. Green fee was $40 which included cart. Carts required on West course, but walking allowed on East course.

This is a well run golf facility. There are three courses within Carson City all with ten minutes of each other. Eagle Valley (36 holes), Empire Ranch (27 holes) and Silver Oak (18 holes). All charge around $35-$45. Eagle Valley is easily the best deal combining playability, conditions and cost.

Played 8/4/2014 at 10:00 AM. Weather around 80, no wind, but humid and overcast.

Hadn't played here in about 7 years. Very disappointed in the course condition. Greens were bumpy and slow. Many unfixed ball marks.
Fairways and rough were uneven with many bare spots and divots. Bunkers were irregular and tees were also not good, many uneven and lots of bare spots.

While the green fee of $45 is a little high for these conditions, the accessories did not add to the experience. Apple Mountain does have new golf carts, but no GPS and no ice chests. No on course cart service and range balls are extra, plus you hit off mats.

The course layout is quite difficult. Very hilly with no carts within 100 yards of every green. Makes for a lot of side hill walking. As others have noted, there are no flat lies on this course. Unless you play here regularly, club selection is a pure guess. Greens are large with tiered sections, so three putts are on the menu if you are in the wrong section of the green.

Every fairway is tree lined, lots of doglegs and not much margin for error. If the course conditions were better, Apple Mountain would be quite a challenging place to play. There are better maintained courses in Carson City and Reno,so it is unlikely I will make the two hour drive to Apple Mountain more than maybe once a year.

Played 7/23/2014 at 9:30AM. Temp in the 80's with some wind. Green fee $60.

Greens are good and is this course's best feature.

I was disappointed in the shape of the rest of the course. Too many bare spots in the fairways and rough and the fringe areas of the greens. Course was playable (with an occasional ball bump off of a bare spot); just didn't look very nice.

Wind was blowing 15-20 which makes the course quite challenging. Lots of elevation changes. Greens are difficult to putt because of the mountain effect.

Cart service was regular and friendly. Range is mats only. Restaurant and bar are good with a patio in the shade. GPS and ice chests on carts.

Generally, a good place to play. Only major negative was the plethora of bare spots.

Played 7/14/2014 at 10AM shotgun. Unseasonably warm for July this year. No wind.

First trip around this course. This is not your pop's pitch and putt. Very challenging. Located about a mile up the side of the mountain from the Incline Championship course. Plenty of uphill and downhill. Elevated greens make club selection the key.

Greens were a little bumpy and relatively slow. Because of the record heat here -- temps even at the lake are pushing 90° -- maintenance may be leaving the grass a little longer.

There are no "easy" holes. The four par 4s are are hilly. Protected by bunkers. None of them are gimme birdie holes.

The fourteen par 3s vary in length from 110 to 200 yards. Greens are relatively large with some tiering to make the putting harder.

If you miss the greens or the faiarway, the rough was brutal. Ball sits down. Trees are everywhere. No lake views but you have to know where the lake is becuase putts break toward the lake.

Accomodations are nothing fancy. Small pro shop. Smallish bar area with an outside patio. Use the bag drop because the parking lot is hilly, but you can drive to your car when you finish. Plenty of employees around to help with your clubs. No cart service on the Monday we played. But course is well manicured and maintenance was ongoing, but did not interfere with play. No GPS, but ice chests on each cart. NO DRIVING RANGE. Large putting green.

A fun place to play. About $100 less than the championship course down the hill (which I personally think is overpriced for the quality of the course). If you want to get a feel for Tahoe mountain golf, this executive course will fill the bill.

Played 7/6/2014 at 9AM. Warm with a little wind. Green fee $45. Locals and visitors pay the same price.

I think this is one of the best courses in Northern Nevada. While Edgewood and a couple of the private courses that I have not played may get better props, Dayton Valley at $45 is a steal. At an hour from Reno and a half hour from Carson City, it is not right next door, but how many other PGA qualifying courses can you play for under $50?

My review from September, 2013 contains course detail. Since then, DV has new carts with GPS which is quite accurate. Cart service is good on the weekends, a little spotty during the week. Ice coolers and ice available, but no water jugs on on the course. Has a real bar with plenty of options and lots of seating. Carts allowed in parking lot, so no unnecessary bag carrying. Food is so/so.

Greens are wonderful. DV now owns a roller so the greens are always smooth. Not ungodly quick -- probably around 11 stimp.

A few bare spots in the fairway and rough, but nothing that makes any hole unplayable. Rough is 3"+ which is a little longer than usual for July. Water comes into play on 10 holes and there are plenty of bunkers. Unless you are lower than a 10 handicap, play the whites and have more fun. The course is quite challenging and no two holes look the same. Arnold Palmer design and Arnie did a good job.

I play DV a lot and it is a great course at a great price. And it is easy to get a tee time.
Great driving range (grass) and nice practice putting green that runs the same speed as the course greens.

Nothing foo-foo here -- just a real golf course.

Played 6/16/2014, temp in the 60's, wind 10-20 gusting higher. 8AM shotgun in a tournament which is why the pace of play was so slow -- around 5 hours.

I hadn't played here in a few years. Course looks completely recovered from the debacle of 2011 when the lack of snow coupled with a cold winter left the grass very bad. For the last few years, Genoa Lakes has hosted first round US Open qualifying and the course is probably quite challenging from the tips.

Greens, fairways and rough are very good, although the greens are a little slow and quite firm. Bunkers were packed down sand, but you could still get a SW through the sand, so they were playable. Greens are quite large, but fair. Chipping area around the greens was also quite playable and not as long and thick as the rough adjoining the fairway.

The wind added to the challenge of the course. On a calm day, the course would play much easier. Fairways are quite wide. I suggest the Blue tees for the shorter hitters (200 yard drives), the Green tees for the longer hitters (250+) and the Combo tees for those in between. Lots of water features -- lakes, marshes and the Carson River snakes through the back side. But except for an occasional tee shot carry, the water and marsh areas are not really in play unless you hit a butcher shot.

MAJOR DOWNSIDE: The clubhouse, restaurant and bar are closed due to the cost of operating them. Cart service only twice in 18 holes. There is a small snack bar at the turn next to the driving range (which is pretty good with grass hitting areas). Better to bring your own water and snacks.

We paid $45, but the rack rate is $110 in the prime summer months. But the pro shop indicated that they would drop that rate about $25 if I asked them to. Twilight starts at 1PM and appears to be around $80, although the wind often blows in the afternoon. It is usually calm til about noon, unlike today.

This course is a nice layout with a lot of variety in the hole designs. Some elevation changes and some doglegs. I will play here again depending on the cost. No bells and whistles here -- just a place to play golf.

Course is just north of the town of Genoa which claims to be the oldest settlement in Nevada around 1850. Dayton is about 30 miles away and makes the same claim. So if you want a little history with your golf, Genoa Lakes is the place.

NOTE: Genoa Resort course is a couple of miles down the road and shares the same management. However, Genoa Resort is to be avoided as the course layout is unremarkable (to be kind).

Played 6/5/2014 at 11:40, weather in the 80's with a little wind.

Nice RT Jones Sr. layout from the late 60's, built inside the LakeRidge housing development. Adjoining neighborhood is still well maintained (as compared to the Las Vegas National neighborhood). Two separate nine holes split by a road but connected by a tunnel. The houses are only around the outside of the course, so there are some side by side holes, but the layout meanders resulting in all compass directions being used.

Front nine is relatively flat with a few lake features. Back nine is noticeably less flat so club selection is more critical. Creek runs through back nine. Marmots run around back nine.

Of course, the hole 15 par three island green is LakeRidge's reputation hole and the view is spectacular.

Course conditions were very good. Greens smooth and fast -- noticeably faster than practice putting green and there is mountain effect on the putts -- everything breaks toward downtown. Fairways are also quite good, rough somewhat less so as there are plenty of trees on this course so not all areas of the rough get the same amount of sun. Bunkers have thick sand and the teeing areas are also good.

Staff was pleasant (although you have to schlep your own bag to cart area). Cart service very regular even for a Thursday afternoon. Play was a little slow, but that is afternoon golf. Nice bar area but an outside deck with some shade would have made it perfect.

Green fee around $60 was more than reasonable for a very nice course. Course is a very fair test of golf -- par 71 at 6100 yards is the right length. Especially with the challenge of the elevation changes and the mountain effect putting.

I should play this course more often. Recommended when you are in Reno. Even worth the drive down the hill from Lake Tahoe if you get tired of paying $150 or so up at the lake.

Played 6/2/2014 in a small tournament with a 8AM shotgun. Temp around 50° at start quickly warming to the 70's. Occasional winds from varying directions.

This is a typical muni course with typical muni course peripherals. Decent parking, OK pro shop, bar area roomy but not pretentious and the beer was cold and not overpriced.
Range was acceptable and there is a practice putting green, but no chipping area. Service was friendly and the drink cart came around regularly.

Greens are the best part of the course. Generally smooth, firm, predominately poa annua, medium slow (less than 10 stimp). Fairways and rough are also just OK with some bare spots. Bunkers were not good -- firm with little sand.

Course layout is somewhat unconventional -- especially on the front nine. Holes 2-7 are up in the side of the mountain with holes 3 and 5 playing severely uphill. Very few trees and lots of scrub brush if you get wide of the rough area.

If you are in the area and want a pleasant, non-challenging round of golf, Silver Oak is acceptable as long as the green fee does not exceed $50. Summertime in Carson City means the wind blows in the afternoon, usually 10-20 mph. And wind is this course's main defense.

Tournament green fee was $35 which is acceptable for this course.

Played 5/17/2014 at 5:50AM. Weather about 75° but warming up quickly, no wind.

Course is in good shape. Greens are firm and medium quick, but starting to get some ball mark damage. That problem will go away in ten days when they aerate.
Fairways are OK with some minor aeration holes. Did not affect run out, but occasionally the ball would settle in a hole, but I learned how to bump my ball many years ago. Rough is good, still fairly short so not much a penalty for straying off the fairway other than the increased likelihood of a stance with the ball above or below your feet. Bunkers are good.

No restrictions on the course. All holes are open with no "carts paths only."

The only issue today was at the start. I play here almost every Saturday and usually have the second time behind a group of regulars who play really fast. So I am not used to waiting. As usual, we had the second time.

However, the pro shop let two foursomes go off ahead of us, but after the first group. The story was that these eight guys were associated with the UNLV golf team. And the pro shop told me that the course likes to support local college golf.

But the real UNLV golf team was playing in the NCAA regionals this weekend, so somebody was stretching the truth. Even though we played in 3.5 hours, we had to wait on almost every shot. So it was mostly just annoying.

I don't expect any sympathy when I read the comments on SoCal golf with the 5+ hour rounds. I just wanted to vent. There are other courses I can play for about $15 less a round. I pay a premium at Arroyo ($69) and I expect to get premium treatment. Thanks for the forum.

Played 4/9/2014 with GK Jshea. Tee time at 1:50 with weather about 80° with some wind.
We had a 2-for-1 coupon, got the local twilight rate of $69 -- so it was $34.50 each. If it had been much more than that, I would have been disappointed in the experience.

Arrived about 1:15PM for a 1:50 tee time so I have would time to use the range and get a drink. The starter said, if we could go early, we could avoid being behind a fivesome. So no range and no drink.

Course was passable. It is not the BEST 18 holes that Jack has ever designed. It appears to be selected holes from courses Jack has built in Mexico, Arizona, a couple holes from Montana (the black sand bunker holes) and a par 5 from Castle Pines. I've played Castle Pines and this hole does resemble the hole at Castle Pines so I suspect the other holes also are reasonable facsimiles.

Not particularly challenging. We played the White tees on the front -- too short from those tees because the fairways are dry with a lot of roll. Played the Blue tees on the back which was better -- but the Blue tees were set up about half way between the white marker yardage and the blue marker yardage. So it wasn't the full Blue tee yardage.

The course played very dry, especially around the greens. Lost of browned out and bare spots on the fringes. Many areas have been repaired with turf patching. This is April in Las Vegas -- prime time for golf and the course was not in prime time condition.

I usually play in the morning. Afternoon golf on a Wednesday is very different. No beverage cart service after about 3PM. When we finished about 6PM (still an hour until sunset), the place was deserted. Restaurant and pro shop were closed. Bag service guys were gone. It felt like walking through a 24 hour strip joint at 6AM (or so I have been told).

This is a course that has a rack rate around $175. It advertises to the tourist market and it has local members. I've been told that the members get second standing to the tourists as to tee times. Bummer.

My suggestion to visitors is to avoid the high-profile tourist courses. Play the courses that the locals play which are generally in better condition. And the out-of-town rate at the local courses is generally better, too.

Played a tournament here 3/28-3/30/2014.

The course condition was excellent. Fairways and rough were totally green and lush. Never a bad lie. Rye grass year around -- so no overseeding in the Fall. Playable year around.

Fairways are medium wide, but vary. Narrow down between the bunkers so direction off the tee is important. Lots of fairway bunkers so you have to plan your tee shot. On some holes, the landing area is hidden by mounding with bunkers that you cannot see off the tee. None of the holes are really straight -- some gentle and some sharp doglegs. Rough area on both sides of fairways is quite wide, but slopes up hill so the farther you are off-line, the less of a flat stance you have. There are trees lining every fairway.

Greens are large and generally flat, but not level so up hill and downhill putts are frequent. Poa annua grass on greens. Very, very smooth with no balls marks because greens are so firm. The greens are slower than they look (I'd guess about 10). Lots of bunkers around the greens so sucker pins abound.

Still no housing being built around the front nine, so not much to look at. Back nine is the original nine with lots of housing (well back from the course so they don't come into play). Much sharper doglegs on the back nine and water coming into play on a few holes. Greens on back nine are more elevated, so club selection is a challenge. And don't forget the fairway bunkers that you can't see off the tee.

Highlight was Patty holing out from fairway from about 150 yards on the par 5 for an eagle. Major money shot of the tournament. Not bad for a 25 handicap.

Course doesn't play very long from either the Blues or Whites. Plenty of roll in the fairway, none in the rough. But required accuracy and bunkers make the course challenging. Too bad it is an hour drive from Las Vegas. But it is not very crowded. Plan for a full day and play 36.

Side items: Great practice facility. Full service restaurant. Beverage service on course. Water jugs about every 3rd hole. Bathrooms at middle of each nine and both nines end at clubhouse. No negatives -- except for hidden fairway bunkers.