Red Hawk Golf and Resort -- Hills Course

Red Hawk Golf and Resort in Sparks operates two 18-hole courses under one brand with genuinely different access models -- the public, 'visitors welcome' Lakes Course, and the semi-private Hills Course covered by this anchor. Opened in 1999 to a Hale Irwin design, the Hills Course is reserved for members and resort guests and runs on a nonequity, transferable membership-deposit model rather than a true initiation fee. The most distinctive residential-relevance signal here is a documented $5,000 credit toward the $30,000 membership deposit for homeowners in the surrounding Red Hawk at Wingfield Springs development, a roughly 2,000-home master-planned community -- a real, if partial, buy-linked incentive rather than automatic bundled membership.

A significant live development affects this property as of the 2026 research date: Red Hawk Land Company and developer Wingfield Nevada Group have filed formal applications with the City of Sparks to demolish the Lakes Course and build 764 single- and multi-family homes on that land. As of May 2026, city staff issued a preliminary recommendation to deny all four applications, citing noncompliance with the comprehensive plan; community opposition has been vocal (traffic, sewage, wetlands, and water concerns raised at public meetings). No final decision was found as of this research date. Importantly, the proposal targets the Lakes Course, not the Hills Course that carries the homeowner-credit membership structure -- but a buyer evaluating Red Hawk should understand that part of the property's golf footprint is genuinely in flux.