Sierra Star Golf Course

The course is in super condition this summer. The greens are cut tightly, and are playing fast and firm. Compared to the poor green conditions I played at Snow Creek last week, Sierra Star was a real blessing. I don’t find the overall aesthetics here nearly as impressive as Snow Creek, but the overall combination of 18 holes (vs. 9), friendly staff, course design, and quick play make SS a winner. A note of caution, this is not an easy course. With a slope rating of 135, you likely won’t lower that handicap!

This review is for the women golfers out there!
I will ONLy frequent this Mammoth golf course now due to Snowcreeks obnoxious, sexist employees.
I was treated no differently than a man at Sierra. They were more than happy to assist me with finding the right set of rental clubs (men’s & women’s clubs available — unlike Snowcreek)
The staff and bartenders at Sierra were lovely and very thrilled to help a woman golfer out! Not to mention how Beautiful the back 9 course was!!!

great shape. fast greens. great views.

Such an amazingly beautiful course. It is in such great shape already this season. Just enough challenge and the views from the tees are amazing.
Food at the clubhouse is delicious as well!

Sierra Star was a great all around course. Hidden in trees not only makes it a very pretty course but a challenging one too.
One of the holes included an actual bear, right in the middle of the fairway. We didn’t want to hit up on it, nor play through. It was a great memorable experience. All around it was great time… we replayed later in the afternoon because of it.
I would play this course again in a heartbeat the next time I am up at Mammoth.

nice course. I reserve a higher rating for another trip as we apparently played the course the first weekend they were opened. They had two holes that had temporary greens and the other greens were so bad it was frustrating. The greens would hold, but there was so much dead grass or sand, it was like putting on the moon, very frustrating. I do believe that later on in the summer this course would definetly be a 4* course and worth the money paid. At $ 69 for twilight (after 1:00) the price was way too much for the condition of the greens. All of the workers where very friendly and helpful.

I echo the above reviews. Beautiful course, well maintained with fantastic and challenging greens. We played on a Sunday AM, first group out and had a wonderful round. So much so that we decided to play again on Tuesday afternoon.
We got a tee time — no problem. However, we weren’t told there was a group «tournament» going on. Play was quite slow and when we made the turn, we were two of 16 people on the 10^th hole. I guess the tournament was the Rude Redneck Locals Open, for they were drunk, rowdy, yelling at each other, constantly. A group allowed us — as a twosome — to play through, then hit into us as we waited in the fairway to hit our approach shots to an occupied green. We gave up after the group that had let us play through, drove past us as we were teeing off to a par 3. There were no marshall’s, no one from the course to keep up the pace of play or insure appropriate behavior. We were offered 9 hole vouchers. If we had been told of the tournament we’d have waited a day to play, instead we wasted a beautiful afternoon on a beautiful course. Play here, but make sure you ask if there are any tournaments ongoing.

A little late in the review, but nonetheless. Played here at the end of July. Played here before a couple times, and this course is always in great shape. Played from the tips, and not terribly challenging. Greens can be tricky, and some holes are a little tight driving. If you’re a better player and know your distances, shots tend to be 1 or 2 clubs less. Altitude definitely is the toughest aspect of this course. But it’s also the most rewarding. Nothing like bombing a drive 370 yards on an uphill par 5. I always enjoy playing this course every year I’m up for vacation.

Great alpine setting.
Poor course conditions, green were not smooth and burned out in places. Course runs through residential development and across major streets.
Staff and services were really poor.

Just fantastic! Played early on a Friday morning. Cost $ 129, but so worth it. $ 129 includes cart, free range balls to practice chipping and hitting into a net (no range), bag tag, tees, ball markers, etc. The service was excellent. We parked our car and immediately, someone came out to take our bags and put them into a golf cart. Excellent and friendly service all around. I’m not really used to that, but it was much appreciated. The course was just pristine. Great shape, very well maintained. Perfect tee boxes, fairways, and greens. The scenery was spectacular. Fairways tree-​lined, mountain views on every hole, little streams flowing on a few holes, and blue blue skies. The golf was great too. I believe this is the highest golf course in California being at 8000 ft, and wow does the altitude affect things. Every iron into the green or on par 3’s needs to be at LEAST one club down than normal. Trust it. I must have lost 4 – 5 strokes because I did not adjust club selection for altitude. I played from the tips and the course was challenging, but fair. Don’t worry about distance off the tee as the altitude makes your second shot shorter than it seems. Just hit your drive straight. All in all, a great experience. I hope I can play this course at least once a year.

Beautiful Mountain Course in Mammoth. I played here over the 4^th of July weekend and the staff was very customer service oriented. The course was in great shape. The fairways were tight as each was lined with pine trees. The elevation makes it about a club length shorter on the short irons. No difference on the mid to long irons and driver.
I was hoping to see a bear but alas, none were out. They must have been prepping for the big town parade.

What a great course. Worth every cent of the 100 bills they charge.
I payed $ 80, but played after 1pm. It was a little breezy, but not gale force. I played from the Blues and struggled on a lot of the holes.
I hit really good drives that dribbled off into the rough, I hit really good irons that bounced off the greens. Very much a championship-​style course. A good test of your skills. And just a beautiful course, well maintained, perfect fairways, firm puttable greens. All carved into a new community of condos and houses. Some of the views from the tees are all-​time. Nothing special in the apres golf dept., but very nice helpful people in all the positions from starter to bartender.