Montreux Golf & Country Club
At a glance
About Montreux Golf & Country Club
Montreux Golf & Country Club is a private club in Reno, Nevada that opened in 1997. It is one of 7 clubs and courses we cover in the Reno–Sparks area. The club plays 18 holes on a Jack Nicklaus design measuring 7,472 yards to a par of 72. From the back tees it rates 75.3 with a slope of 141, well above the 113 that defines an average-difficulty course for a bogey golfer. A course rating 3.3 strokes above par means a scratch player is expected to lose shots here, not just a mid-handicap. Jack Nicklaus Signature course in a private gated community between Reno and Lake Tahoe. Long-time host of the PGA Tour's Reno-Tahoe Open / Barracuda Championship (tournament association noted by Nicklaus Design; specific years not verified here). Golf Digest reports the course ranked inside Nevada's top 5 from 1999-2010 and inside the top 10 from 2011 onward. The signature par-4 17th drops 138 feet from tee box to fairway. Membership is offered in 3 published categories (Golf, Sports and Clubhouse), though the club does not publish initiation fees or dues. Beyond golf the club lists swimming pool, fitness center, tennis courts, pickleball courts, spa, dining venues (1) and youth programming. That covers 5 of the 7 facility categories we track — practice, racquet, aquatics, 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. Golf Digest named it #6 Best in State (Nevada), 2025-26 ranking in 2025. PGA TOUR named it Host venue, Reno-Tahoe Open and Barracuda Championship, through 2019 in 2019. 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…
- Golfers who dislike a single routing week after week
- Buyers who want a published price before making contact
- High handicaps who want a relaxed round
What membership costs
Montreux Golf & Country Club 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golf | Not published | Not published | Unknown | Sep 20, 2026 |
| Sports | Not published | Not published | Unknown | Sep 20, 2026 |
| Clubhouse | Not published | Not published | Unknown | Sep 20, 2026 |
Golf
Montreux
| Tee | Yardage | Par | Course rating | Slope | Rated for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Bear | 7,472 | 72 | 75.3 | 141 | unified |
| Alpine | 6,954 | 72 | — | — | unified |
| Montreux | 6,539 | 72 | — | — | unified |
| Tahoe | 6,085 | 72 | — | — | unified |
| Galena | 5,357 | 72 | — | — | unified |
Amenities
How we scored this club
Our editorial score is 7.9 (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 58%.
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Be the first to reviewRecognition
- 2025Golf Digest — #6 Best in State (Nevada), 2025-26 rankingSource
- 2019PGA TOUR — Host venue, Reno-Tahoe Open and Barracuda Championship, through 2019Source
These are other publications’ awards. They are shown for context and do not feed our editorial score.
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Anonymous community discussion
Members and visitors discuss Montreux Golf & Country Club anonymously on Country Club Secrets, our separate community site. Those posts are unverified personal accounts, not facts we have checked.
Anonymous community discussion about Montreux Golf & Country ClubSources and last verified
- Sep 19, 2026PublicationTournament history and the 2020 move away from Montreux
- Sep 18, 2026Directoryyear built, yardage by tee, rating/slope, grass types, practice facilities
- Sep 18, 2026PublicationGolf Digest Nevada ranking, architect, yardage, slope, year built
- Sep 18, 2026Officialaddress, phone, club type, par, membership categories, amenities, dining venue
- Sep 18, 2026OfficialDining venue names
- Sep 18, 2026OfficialJunior golf, swim team, summer camps
- Sep 18, 2026OfficialFitness centre, treatments, pickleball courts
Where sources disagree
- Jack Nicklaus Signature course in a private gated community between Reno and Lake TahoeReportedSource
- Long-time host of the PGA Tour's Reno-Tahoe Open / Barracuda Championship (tournament association noted by Nicklaus Design; specific years not verified here)ReportedSource
- Golf Digest reports the course ranked inside Nevada's top 5 from 1999-2010 and inside the top 10 from 2011 onwardReportedSource
- The signature par-4 17th drops 138 feet from tee box to fairway.ReportedSource
- Junior golf starts at age six and the club runs its own swim team for ages five to seventeen alongside summer camps.ReportedSource
- Montreux hosted the PGA TOUR's Reno-Tahoe Open, later the Barracuda Championship, until the event moved to the California side of the Sierra in 2020.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.