Golf carts await the ride to the next hole at Genoa Lakes on Saturday.
Photo by Kurt Hildebrand.
Two western Carson Valley golf courses are on the market for $8.95 million, according to Chase International’s Mike Dunn.
The sale includes both Genoa Lakes courses, consisting of 565 acres and a variety of amenities, including restaurants, banquet spaces, wedding venues, and support facilities.
“After a substantial capital investment and the hiring of a new director of golf and course superintendent, both golf courses have seen remarkable improvements over the past 24 months, offering exceptional playing conditions year-round,” according to the listing.
Both of the courses are 18-holes, and between the two there is an established wedding and banquet business, clubhouse, event and wedding facility and tennis courts.
The current owners purchased the property a decade ago for $3.25 million.
In 2018, they proposed changes in order to make the older of the two courses more lucrative but were shut down after residents pointed out that 2004 court ruling prohibit expansion of the homes.
There are neighborhoods built up around both of the golf courses, with 220 homes in the southernmost course. There are still homes being built at the Ranch course, further north of Nevada’s oldest town. The sale doesn’t include the surrounding developments.
The southernmost course was built on the former Sierra Creek Ranch about a mile north of town and opened in July 1993.
The Ranch Course was originally known as Sierra Nevada Golf Ranch opened Aug. 1, 1998, on the former Harvey’s Ranch. The property was owned by Ron Simek, who called it Little Mondeaux, when it was developed. Prior to the golf course community it was home to a shooting range in the early 1990s.
