Coyote Moon Golf Course in Truckee might just be the best golf course you've never heard of
TRUCKEE, Calif. -- Coyote Moon Golf Course might just be the best golf course you've never heard of. This design by obscure ex-PGA Tour player Brad Bell gets overshadowed by its more famous neighbors Edgewood Tahoe and Incline. But Coyote Moon can hold its own with any of the Reno-Tahoe corridor's big boys.
It runs through woods of towering pine -- there are no houses, a state of affairs the course says will last -- and its natural wonder can stop you cold. You've really never seen anything quite like this. Bell routed several holes around centuries-old granite outcroppings, to very dramatic effect. There are also several forced carries, both water and forest drops, that are as scenic as they are daunting.
Coyote Moon Golf Course - 12th
Coyote Moon Golf Course's No. 12 is a long par 3 (227 yards) over water.
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Coyote Moon Golf Course - 12th hole
The green can look almost as skinny as the trees on Coyote Moon Golf Course's 12th hole.
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Coyote Moon Golf Course - 13th
On No. 13 at Coyote Moon, water dissects the fairway twice. So much for that short, easy par 4.
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Coyote Moon Golf Course
Climbing up to a green is just part of the Coyote Moon Golf Course challenge.
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Coyote Moon Golf Course in Truckee
Trees frame holes at Coyote Moon Golf Course. Look Mom, no houses!
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Sometimes the tree is right in the fairway at the Tahoe area's Coyote Moon Golf Course.
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Golfers can feel small amongst all the nature at Coyote Moon Golf Course.
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Coyote Moon Golf Course - boulder
There are huge granite outcroppings at Coyote Moon Golf Course.
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Coyote Moon Golf Course - granite
Coyote Moon designer Brad Bell uses the hulking granite rocks to define holes.
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A view of Coyote Moon Golf Course in Truckee, California.
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Coyote Moon Golf Course in Truckee, Calif.
A view of Coyote Moon Golf Course in Truckee, California.
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Coyote Moon Golf Course in Truckee, California
A view of Coyote Moon Golf Course in Truckee, California.
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Coyote Moon GC in Truckee
A view of Coyote Moon Golf Course in Truckee, California.
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Coyote Moon GC in Truckee, Calif.
A view of Coyote Moon Golf Course in Truckee, California.
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Coyote Moon GC in Truckee, California
A view of Coyote Moon Golf Course in Truckee, California.
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Coyote Moon in Truckee
A view of Coyote Moon Golf Course in Truckee, California.
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Coyote Moon in Truckee, Calif.
A view of Coyote Moon Golf Course in Truckee, California.
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Coyote Moon in Truckee, California
A view of Coyote Moon Golf Course in Truckee, California.
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Coyote Moon Golf Course
A view of Coyote Moon Golf Course in Truckee, California.
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Coyote Moon Golf Course
A view of Coyote Moon Golf Course in Truckee, California.
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Coyote Moon Golf Course
A view of Coyote Moon Golf Course in Truckee, California.
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Coyote Moon Golf Course
A view of Coyote Moon Golf Course in Truckee, California.
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Coyote Moon Golf Course
A view of Coyote Moon Golf Course in Truckee, California.
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Coyote Moon Golf Course
A view of Coyote Moon Golf Course in Truckee, California.
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Coyote Moon Golf Course - flag
A view of Coyote Moon Golf Course in Truckee, California.
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Related Links
- Destination Guide: Great golf and more in the Lake Tahoe area
- Prehistoric golf theater: Coyote Moon Golf Course's ancient granite a Sierra blast
- Photo gallery: The Golf Club at Gray's Crossing in Truckee
