Old Greenwood Golf Course — Local services in Truckee

Old Greenwood was the location of one of two courses in Truckee we played for the 20th anniversary of a weekend tournament my friend puts on annually. This year, we played Memorial Day weekend. First, the course was in good condition considering the time of year when the effects of the winter are still present. As a Nicklaus design, it is a great and thoughtful layout, one of my favorites in the region from that perspective.

We had a group of 16 playing 36 holes on Sunday. Four times starting at 8:00 a.m., four times starting at 2:00 p.m. The trip organizer arranged for a box lunch to be ready for us between rounds so as not to overwhelm the restaurant staff all at once and to ensure we would not hold anyone up for our afternoon rounds. We had also planned to eat dinner on their patio following the afternoon rounds.

All players arrive at the course no later than 7:15 only to be told for the first time they have bumped all our times back 30 minutes. No due to any weather issue like frost, they just decided to accommodate other groups who wished not to be behind an outing. No food was available at the course at this point either. The young man greeting us when we arrived out front was unfriendly and acted like he would rather be doing anything else except what he was doing at that moment.

As groups began finishing the first round, no boxed lunches were available, the staff on site said they knew nothing about them (our trip organizer paid for them in advance so there was a record of them) and said we were on our own. Now, 16 of us all end up ordering from the patio grill where one cook is on duty. After completing our second round, we are told the patio will close at 7:00 and we can't eat dinner there after confirming that was our plan just prior to the trip.

A few of the staff who were helping with carts after the round were friendly but the majority, including on-course marshals, were gruff and unpleasant.

Beginning to end, just an all around...

Our family enjoyed the PGA Barracuda Golf Tournament this past week! My husband is on the the tournament board and my son volunteer each year as standard bearers. The chicken ceasar wrap was yummy! The Barracuda staff was very professional and friendly. And the new marketing team made it fun! The course looked phenomenal. Greens and especially fairways and rough the most lush green I have ever seen it. Everyone had a smile on their faces. The only add this year that I did not care for was the timeshare vendor. They were soon insistent that it was a TOTAL turnoff. And. most millionaires that live around Tahoe and also thr guests know that timeshares are worthless investments. Wrong place, wrong customer. Maybe at a traveling circus or wellness fair or state fair...not a PGA event. The Caddy Bar (protein bar) group was a hoot. They added some fun. All the Marshall's and volunteers were lovely, especially the teen men and women from the local high schools. Well done Barracuda and well done...

I surprise reserved this golf course for my wife & I one day in advance. Something came up and we were unable to play the round. The two others in our foursome still played at the desired tee time. I wouldn't normally be bothered, but I checked the available tee times the day of (just a few hours before) and they had multiple openings the entire day. Even had multiple slots within 30 minutes of the tee time that we reserved. I would totally understand if this was fully booked, but they still charged me the full price of the round ($300). Not life changing money, but a joke of a business decision by their management. Gave it 2 stars because my friends that played said it was a solid course. Highly recommend playing other courses in Truckee/Tahoe with a reasonable...