ROSEWOOD LAKES GOLF COURSE (1991)

 

HIGH SIERRA REGION

Municipal - 18 hole - cost: $18 - $55

6800 Pembroke Drive, Reno, NV 89502

Tel: (775) 857-2892 

 

Designed by Brad Benz. Sixty acres of wetlands define both the challenge and motif. The course is flat and plays tough when the wind picks up. From within Reno: Off I-80 east, take the East McCarran Boulevard, Exit 19, and head south. Turn left on to Pembroke Drive.

 

ROSSMOOR GOLF COURSE (1965)

 

BAY AREA REGION

Members only - 27 hole

1010 Stanley Dollar Drive, Walnut Creek, CA 94595

Tel: (925) 933-2607

 

Designed by Robert Muir Graves. There is a nine-hole course and an 18-hole regulation course. Both courses wind through the retirement community of Rossmoor. Although the fairways are ample, housing can come into play. The 3,067 yard nine-hole South Course has more slope. All the greens can be tricky to read. The yardage listed is for the 18-hole regulation course. From within Walnut Creek: Off Highway 24, exit on Pleasant Hill Road and head south. Turn left on Olympic and then turn right on Tice Valley. Turn right on Rossmoor Parkway and then right again on Stanley Dollar Drive.