Plumas Lake Golf & Country Club

Venerable Plumas Lake, the granddaddy of Yuba-Sutter courses, has survived its share of hardships.

Those include floods in 1986 and 1997, the latter of which wiped out the clubhouse, a heat wave in June 2006 that destroyed all its greens and a fire that wiped out its fleight of golf carts in October 2008

The clubhouse was rebuilt, the greens have been replaced and expanded, carts replaced, and at under $40 with a cart on the weekdays, the course remains a great bargain.

Mature oaks line the fairways, and in the case of the par-4 No. 8, one sits right in the middle, forcing you to play one side of the green on your second shot. There are no lakes on the course, but a drainage canal comes into play on 12 holes and can collect balls, especially on No. 10 when it runs parallel to the fairway.

• Address: 1551 Country Club Dr., Olivehurst

• Pro shop: (530) 742-3201

• Office: (530) 742-3202

• Course: Semi-private

• Holes: 18

• Par: Men 71; women 72

• Length: blue tees 6,422 yards; white 6,159; red 5,760; gold 5,115

• Course rating/slope: blue 71.1/126; white 70.2/123; red 74.2/131; gold 69.8/122

• Greens fees: $25 weekdays; $18 after 1 p.m.; $12 after 4 p.m.; $32 weekends and holidays, $21 after 2 p.m.; $15 after 4 p.m.; $19 seniors 60-over weekdays; $12 juniors after noon any day.

• Cart rates: $13 per person 18 holes; $9 nine holes

• Club rental: $15 for 18 holes; $10 for nine holes

• Range balls: $5 large bucket; $3 small bucket

• Membership fees: $500 initiation; $125 per month

• Signature hole: No. 8, 410-yard par 4, dogleft left

• Web site: www.plumaslake.com

• Course record: 60, by Ray Arinno, mid-1980s

• Tournament record: 62, Jim Wilson, Chico, 2001

• Opened: 1926

• Head professional: Doug Levy

• Teaching professional: Dave Degrasse

• Designer: The original course was built by local farmers and had no specific designer. Bob Baldock designed the back nine in 1960. Baldock also designed Peach Tree and Butte Creek in Chico.

• Owner: City of Marysville owns the land. Club, which is member-owned, leases the property.

• Membership: 352

• Fairways: Bermuda

• Greens: Bent grass

• Rough: Rye

• Rounds played per year: 45,000 to 50,000

• Water: No lakes, one drainage canal that is in play on 10 of the 18 holes

• Other facilities: Grass-tee driving range, two putting greens, club repair, clubhouse, pro shop, restaurant, banquet hall.