to host some junior tournaments and amateur qualifiers.” It took awhile, but Martis Camp hosted the 2011 Pacific Coast Ama- teur, a venerable tournament that generated significant buzz among players and their friends and families. It provided Superintendent Scott Bowers with ideas on setting up the member-friendly course into a 7,700-yard track that could test serious players. And it gave the DMB/High- land Group confidence that the facility could accommodate larger galleries on a higher-visibility stage. The 2013 U.S. Junior Amateur
Pencil-thin and a few years shy of needing a morning shave, even
the youngest golfers unleash drives that audibly whistle through the Ponderosa pines, carrying roughly 300 yards and rolling more on firm fairways. No ropes separate galleries from the players, giving spectators an intimate view of the game’s future stars under pressure. Competing for neither school nor money—but with the purist of motivations fueled by a nascent love of the sport—they will participate this coming July in the United States Junior Amateur Championship, on the spectacular Tom Fazio-designed Martis Camp golf course. It will be the first USGA national championship held in the High Sierra since 1985, and attendance at the eight-day event is complimentary.
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hat’s right, for the price of simply showing up spectators can watch youthful big-time golf up close and personal, on a scenic course that winds through 220 acres of
forest, over creeks, rocky and varied terrain, and with tees that frame views of nearby Lookout Mountain and rugged snow-capped ranges to the east and west. For boys 18 and younger, the tournament starts with practice rounds on July 20 and 21, followed by two rounds of stroke-play qualifying for the 156 players, and then four days of match play that culminates in a 36- hole championship pairing on Satur- day the 27th. It’s a prestigious event, and it represents yet another milestone in the development of Martis Camp, a
2,177-acre private community halfway between Truckee and the Northstar- at-Tahoe™ Resort. Indeed, when the course first opened in the spring of 2008, only a few homes existed in the DMB/ Highland Group owned and managed property. Its activity-rich Family Barn, swimming pool, 18-hole Putting Park, the Lookout Lodge at the foot of a proposed ski lift from Martis Camp directly to Northstar, and the 50,000 square-foot Camp Lodge clubhouse and spa that sits on a rock outcropping overlooking the 18th green, were mere illustrations in brochures and tiny ob- jects on a topographical diorama. But as Sales Manager Brian Hull optimis- tically explained at the time, “We hope
thus provides the public with a rare opportunity to experience one of the most exclusive resort-style communi- ties in the country. And for those who are interested, the event can also be a participatory affair, since volun- teers are needed to help with player registration, on the practice range, as walking scorers, forecaddies, marshals and more. For information on
the positions and needs, visit: www.
martiscamp.com/volunteerscaddies. “Most of all we want Martis Camp to be an important part of the Truckee-Tahoe community,” adds Hull. “Opening to a public event that brings more people to the area is part of that relationship.”
A Thriving Construction Industry Overcoming the Great Recession However, there is much more to
the Martis Camp story than the U.S. Junior Amateur. The development is one of the more remarkable success stories in the business, surviving and even thriving during one of the worst half-decades in real estate history. And it’s already had quite an impact on the surrounding communities. During the darkest days of the
Great Recession, work on Martis Camp homes and infrastructure buildings like the Family Barn and Camp Lodge kept the otherwise moribund Truckee construction industry alive. Today, there aren’t enough carpenters and plumbers in town to keep up, as the community now draws workers from throughout California and Nevada. An amaz- ing 90 homes are in various states of construction, with another 100 in
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