Clear Creek Tahoe
At a glance
About Clear Creek Tahoe
Clear Creek Tahoe is a private club in Carson City, Nevada that opened in 2009. The club is developer-owned, a structure that often ties membership to the surrounding real estate. The club plays 18 holes on a Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw design measuring 7,005 yards to a par of 71. From the back tees it rates 74 with a slope of 142, well above the 113 that defines an average-difficulty course for a bogey golfer. A course rating 3.0 strokes above par means a scratch player is expected to lose shots here, not just a mid-handicap. The course is one of the few Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw designs in the Sierra Nevada, opened in 2009 and routed across terrain at roughly 6,000 feet. Golfweek ranked it the best private course in Nevada in 2025, and Golf Digest places it second in the state and 137th in its Second 100 Greatest Courses in America for 2025-26. Club membership is deliberately separated from real estate: buying a homesite does not carry golf access, which requires its own application and approval. 853 of the property's 1,576 acres are permanently protected under a conservation easement held with The Nature Conservancy. Membership is offered in 1 published category (Non-Resident Golf & Club Membership), though the club does not publish initiation fees or dues. Beyond golf the club lists fitness center, tennis courts, spa, dining venues, practice facility, clubhouse and events and banquets. That covers 4 of the 7 facility categories we track — practice, racquet, fitness and wellness and dining — which is what separates a club a household uses all week from one that is really a golf course with a bar. Golfweek named it Best Private Courses in Nevada in 2025. Golfweek named it Top 200 Residential Golf Courses in 2024. On guests: Membership is by invitation, through referral by a current member or directly from the club, and is not included with the purchase of property. We have not found a public source for the initiation fee, monthly dues, any food and beverage minimum and current waitlist status, so those are shown as unknown rather than estimated — ask for them in writing before a tour, because they are what actually decide the comparison. Everything above was last checked against its source September 2026.
Who this club fits
Best for
- Anyone who cares about who designed the course
- Racquet players
- Low handicaps looking for a course that will test them
May not fit if…
- Families looking for a summer base for children
- Golfers who dislike a single routing week after week
- Buyers who want a published price before making contact
What membership costs
Clear Creek Tahoe does not publish its initiation fee or dues. We list the membership categories the club names publicly and label every amount we cannot verify as not publicly available rather than estimating one.
| Category | Initiation | Monthly dues | Confidence | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-Resident Golf & Club Membership | Not published | Not published | Unknown | Sep 20, 2026 |
Golf
Clear Creek Tahoe
| Tee | Yardage | Par | Course rating | Slope | Rated for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | 7,005 | 71 | 74.0 | 142 | unified |
Par 71 at 7,005 yards with a rating of 74.0 and a slope of 142 from the back tees. One course database instead gives par 70 at 6,868 yards; we record the figures corroborated across two sources. The course sits at roughly 6,000 feet in the Sierra Nevada.
Amenities
Policies and club culture
Guest policy
Membership is by invitation, through referral by a current member or directly from the club, and is not included with the purchase of property.
How we scored this club
Our editorial score is 7.5 (Very good), calculated with methodology version 1.0.0 on Sep 20, 2026. It is our own assessment from the structured facts above — it is not an average of member reviews and contains no external publication’s rating.
Categories marked “no evidence” are excluded from the weighting rather than scored zero, so missing data does not penalise a club. Data confidence for this club is 55%.
Member and visitor reviews
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Be the first to reviewRecognition
- 2025Golfweek — Best Private Courses in NevadaSource
- 2025Golf Digest — Second 100 Greatest Courses in AmericaSource
- 2025Golf Digest — Best Courses in NevadaSource
- 2025World Golf Awards — Nevada's Best Golf CourseSource
- 2024Golfweek — Top 200 Residential Golf CoursesSource
These are other publications’ awards. They are shown for context and do not feed our editorial score.
Comparable clubs
Location
More clubs in Carson City and Nevada.
Anonymous community discussion
Members and visitors discuss Clear Creek Tahoe anonymously on Country Club Secrets, our separate community site. Those posts are unverified personal accounts, not facts we have checked.
Anonymous community discussion about Clear Creek TahoeSources and last verified
- Sep 19, 2026OfficialRecently renovated clubhouse with dining and event space
- Sep 18, 2026OfficialPractice facility and golf programme
- Sep 18, 2026OfficialGolfweek and World Golf Awards recognition
- Sep 18, 2026OfficialProperty history and the Julia Morgan Ski House
- Sep 18, 2026OfficialClub identity, clubhouse, Twin Pines Lake and Ski House, Summit Camp, conservation easement
- Sep 18, 2026PublicationPar, yardage, course rating and slope, national and state rankings
- Sep 18, 2026DirectoryNevada Golf Association listing, membership by invitation
- Sep 18, 2026OfficialNon-resident membership category and the separation of membership from property
Where sources disagree
- The course is one of the few Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw designs in the Sierra Nevada, opened in 2009 and routed across terrain at roughly 6,000 feet.ReportedSource
- Golfweek ranked it the best private course in Nevada in 2025, and Golf Digest places it second in the state and 137th in its Second 100 Greatest Courses in America for 2025-26.ReportedSource
- Club membership is deliberately separated from real estate: buying a homesite does not carry golf access, which requires its own application and approval.ReportedSource
- 853 of the property's 1,576 acres are permanently protected under a conservation easement held with The Nature Conservancy.ReportedSource
- The club's Twin Pines Lake and Ski House sits on a 180-foot stretch of Lake Tahoe beach, in a building designed by the architect Julia Morgan.ReportedSource
Confirmed by club means the club’s own current documentation. Reported by members or third-party sources means a credible third-party or member account we have not independently confirmed. We label what we do not know rather than estimating it.