BEST THE
of Lake Tahoe
NCGA RATES + + + + +
OLD GREENWOOD $
60 60
GRAY’S CROSSING $
INCLINE VILLAGE $
55 off peak
(Championship); $ peak (Mountain)
COYOTE MOON $
20 off peak rate 30 off peak rate 35 off 25 off; plus early twilight
GRIZZLY RANCH $
WHITEHAWK RANCH $
NAKOMA 10% off
30/50 off peak hours; as low as $
30/50 off peak hours; as low as $
Carson City, the royal flush of Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw designs— a mountain course. Golf Digest ranks it second in Nevada only behind Shadow Creek, the Steve Wynn Las Vegas course with $500 green fees. But while Shadow Creek is a fanciful mirage in the middle of the desert, Clear Creek strolls through the stunning Sierras as gently as possible. The course looks and, more importantly, feels like the oldest in Reno-Tahoe, when in fact it was built in just 2008. That is a credit to Coore-Crenshaw’s camouflag- ing touch, and how their sprawling fairways are able to absorb elevation changes through the towering Pon- derosa and Jeffrey pines, swing around massive rock outcroppings and slither between their trademark bunkering to find incredible vistas of the Carson Valley throughout your round. Coore-Crenshaw refuse to build
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mountain courses because they require too much land to be moved, result- ing in a contrived design. But the property was so special at Clear Creek that Coore-Crenshaw concluded it surpassed their lofty standards. They were certainly inspired,
as there isn’t a ho-hum hole in the bunch. Coore-Crenshaw’s design aesthetics and sensibilities transplanted in a mountain setting are simply mesmerizing. Some of the best holes at Clear Creek are the ones Coore-Crenshaw admit they hardly touched. No. 3 is a 504-yard par 4 that drops the entire elevation of the course, some 230 feet, while No. 17 is a petite par 3 with one of the most interesting green settings on the property—a considerable accomplishment since intriguing green complexes are Coore-Crenshaw’s calling card. Those alluring greens even dot
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