Played yesterday afternoon. Very hot for such a high altitude. And very busy for such an early time in the year.

Course is a beautiful course winding through tall pine trees with nice elevation changes, wide fairways, lush and green already this time of year, large undulating greens and unbelievable tough rough.

Great mixture of 3's 4's and 5's. Especially t... » More

Played yesterday afternoon. Very hot for such a high altitude. And very busy for such an early time in the year.

Course is a beautiful course winding through tall pine trees with nice elevation changes, wide fairways, lush and green already this time of year, large undulating greens and unbelievable tough rough.

Great mixture of 3's 4's and 5's. Especially the 8th hole a par 3 surrounded by water bunkers and an elevated tee box and virtually no area for bail out.

I was surprised the course was in such nice shape at this time of the year. Most mountain courses really come into full mode in July/Aug.

Never had a bad tee box. Fairways are wide but still soft so very little rollout. But they did give really nice lies all round.

But you do not want to be in the rough. The grass is about 1" high, and the ball sits down and it is just tough to power the ball out unless you have a really powerful swing and follow through.

Traps were all playable. In one and no issue getting out and heard no complaints from others.

Greens were very nice. They had good firmness to them, so they released well hit shots and of course sent your ball flying off the green if not. They had good speed at about 10, and you did not want to be above any hole. Chipped and putted just great.

Was charged $65 w cart which I thought was reasonable given it is a resort course. No doubt more expensive in July and Aug.

Very nice clubhouse with a well-stocked pro shop. Carts are gas but ran great. Did not eat in restaurant but it is big and looked very nice, especially the outside patio looking over the 1st and 18th greens. Driving range and practice areas very nice.

Have always wanted to play here when I lived in N CA previously and also to visit Lassen Volcanic National Park just up the road. Glad to take both off my list. Easy to get to by using
I 5N and route 36 E. About 3.5 H North of Sacramento depending upon traffic and how one drives.

Highly recommended.

So now on to Plumas Pines and Edgewood over the next two days.
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Played last evening at twilight after it cooled down. Mid 90's yesterday in the PM. Over 100 today.

Found the course not crowded and got around in 3.5H.

Course is very nice at present.

Tee boxes level clean and playable.

Fairways good coverage with excellent lies and rollout.

Rough has been cut and was dry and also playable.

In on... » More

Played last evening at twilight after it cooled down. Mid 90's yesterday in the PM. Over 100 today.

Found the course not crowded and got around in 3.5H.

Course is very nice at present.

Tee boxes level clean and playable.

Fairways good coverage with excellent lies and rollout.

Rough has been cut and was dry and also playable.

In one trap and it was playble but many needed raking from those playing earlier that did not rake before they left the trap.

As mentioned before very large greens but the more I play I am able to find the right landing spots depending upon where the pin is. Have not had a round yet where I did not have a 3 putt. Working on that. And they all chipped and putted just great.

Good customer service in the shop.

As said before. One of the best public courses you can find in CA IMO. Recommended if you find your self in the area.
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Can not believe I had not played here since April 2019 - before Covid. Seven years makes a difference, because I have to admit I struggled to walk it. Perhaps it was more due to the heat and the pace of over 4 hours, which I am not accustomed too. I found the course to be in better condition than I can remember it being. Greens rolled well and were receptive, although I hit ver... » More

Can not believe I had not played here since April 2019 - before Covid. Seven years makes a difference, because I have to admit I struggled to walk it. Perhaps it was more due to the heat and the pace of over 4 hours, which I am not accustomed too. I found the course to be in better condition than I can remember it being. Greens rolled well and were receptive, although I hit very few decent shots which would test that condition. Decent coverage in the fairways/rough. Not in any bunkers, but they looked OK. While never one of my favorite County courses, it was nice to get back and play it for what might be my last time there?
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Played CWGC yesterday around 1p. The course was pretty empty, so the POP was really good. The course is still recovering from the water issues it had a couple of months ago (lots of bare spots). Really enjoyed playing here, will play here again.

played sunday 6/7, 8:30 tee time; running 20 min late. 4 1/2 hr round, nice sunny pleasant day. Greens are slow slow slow. running a8 maybe? 7? playable, but slow. Course in good shape overall... good coverage. Rough is tall, like 2 inches and sticky. Bunkers spotty. Not a lot of golfer maintenance going on. A pretty good track... second time here and I think I like th... » More

played sunday 6/7, 8:30 tee time; running 20 min late. 4 1/2 hr round, nice sunny pleasant day. Greens are slow slow slow. running a8 maybe? 7? playable, but slow. Course in good shape overall... good coverage. Rough is tall, like 2 inches and sticky. Bunkers spotty. Not a lot of golfer maintenance going on. A pretty good track... second time here and I think I like this course. Good restaurant. drink cart moving around. Aside from a run in during the round with the (rude) superintendent, which I am sure will be resolved by management, customer service is great. I would play here anytime.
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