Montague Golf Course

Montague Golf Course sits in Siskiyou County, in the far northern reaches of California where the Shasta Valley spreads out beneath the volcanic bulk of Mount Shasta — one of the more dramatic backdrops you'll find anywhere in American golf. The town of Montague is a small, working agricultural community, and the golf here reflects that character: unpretentious, community-rooted, and shaped by the wide-open high desert terrain of the valley floor.

Lake Loon itself is a small reservoir area in the region, and courses in this corner of California tend to play through open, lightly treed terrain where wind off the valley becomes a genuine factor in club selection. At this elevation and latitude, the seasons are pronounced — summers are warm and dry, winters bring real cold and snow to the surrounding mountains, making the golf season a defined and appreciated thing for locals.

This is the kind of course where regulars know every bounce and the pace of play moves with the easy rhythm of a small town. For visiting golfers making their way along the Highway 97 corridor or stopping between Redding and the Oregon border, Montague offers a genuine taste of northern California's understated, landscape-first golf.