Sky high golf around Reno-Lake Tahoe

Few settings are better than the lakefront finish at Edgewood Tahoe, on the shores of South Lake Tahoe. (Photo by Brandon Tucker/GolfChannel.com)

The exclusive Martis Camp Club in Truckee hosted the USGA Junior Amateur Championship earlier this summer. (Photo by Brandon Tucker/GolfChannel.com)

Schaffer's Mill offers a small amount of public preview play on this gorgeous, Johnny Miller & John Harbottle design. (Photo by Brandon Tucker/GolfChannel.com)

Gray's Crossing is the sister course of the Jack Nicklaus-designed Old Greenwood and every bit as good. (Photo by Brandon Tucker/GolfChannel.com)

A public facility with no residential component, Truckee's Coyote Moon is a wild, mountainous ride. (Photo by Brandon Tucker/GolfChannel.com)

Reno's most exclusive club is Montreux, host of the Reno-Tahoe Open and designed by Jack Nicklaus. (Photo by Brandon Tucker/GolfChannel.com)

A top Reno-area public course is Red Hawk's Lakes Course, designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr. (Photo by Brandon Tucker/GolfChannel.com)

The North Shore's top play, the Championship Course at Incline Village sits high above Lake Tahoe. (Photo by Brandon Tucker/GolfChannel.com)

Softened but not tamed, infamous The Dragon Golf Club is one reason to spend a few days in the Graeagle area. (Photo by Brandon Tucker/GolfChannel.com)

Bob Cupp-designed Grizzly Ranch is remote, but worth the journey to the Graeagle area. (Photo by Brandon Tucker/GolfChannel.com)