Links at RiverLakes Ranch

Why is it difficult for the staff to rake the traps. I hate being in a trap and the trap is as hard as hard pan.

I put that I would recommend the price, but for a discount. They are working on the greens.

This golf course does not manage tournaments well. We followed a shot gun start. we were 6 hrs. completing our 18 holes. Hard to get keep a swing with waiting so long. Instead of starting the tournament on front nine. They tied up front nines\ plus 10 and 11. They should have either played started 2nd group on 17 & 18 or even better behind the 2 groups on #1. Then the regular golfer could have started # 10. This was not that large a group. No one was telling them they should speed up. I have never seen even a large shot gun start take over 4 hrs.

The course is very short. Not much yardage difference between the white tees & the tips. Lots of green undulation. The greens are horrible. Ball marks everywhere. Fescue fairways & Bermuda greens.

Nicest local public course. Got a great deal on golfnow. Course was in good condition. Problem was it was Good Friday and apparently tee times meant nothing. It was first come first up. Mad Max on the course. We waited for 3 groups on EVERY hole on the front nine. We actually played behind a walking single! This is a links course. The holes are not always next to the next hole. This single was as slow as a fivesome! Playtime 5.25 hrs, ran out of beer!

Great shape! Punched greens in past few weeks so putting was bumpy and slow! Soon the play will be perfect! My only complaints are high prices for range balls, grass to long on driving range and mud duck waste all over the signature 18th hole! Grounds crew can spend 20 minutes with blower and it would be sweet!

Greens are finally smoothing out from the aeration about. 3 months ago.

18 hole needs some attention. Goose remains covers the green which makes putting impossible from any direction and junk on your shoes and ball to finish the round. Just hose off the green every few days.. The birds can stay.

If they have a sale or cheaper tee times, something may be going on. In this case they were having a high school tournement. Good thing they let us jumpr ahead. The course is nice right now an for the price i got it was really nice. Play peacefully. Nice day

The layout of this course is very good and will challenge you on every hole. The course was not well maintained at all. The greens were in good shape except almost every hole had a portion to the green that was unplayable. Bunkers had some sand, but the faces had eroded leaving for shots over two and three foot high lips. The green on the last hole was completely unplayable because it was covered in bird droppings. If you can get a good deal on the course (under $25) then I would play it.

My son and I had a great day on this course. He was married here at the clubhouse 3 years ago, so it's a special place to us.
I am a club champ in Florida and find this course challenging yet fun to play

The greens were full of huge punch holes like i've never see before. The bunkers were ALL dirt only, not a grain of sand left in them. The bermuda portion of the fairways were all dormant and in many places just plain dirt. Extraordinarily crummy round of golf. my score was fine but would have been much lower with a better maintained course. I will never return and if asked will recommend others play somewhere else.

I'm definitely not a big fan of this course. The greens terrible and punched horribly. The drainage system is bad. We had rain the day before so many parts of the course were flooded. We were told by staff to rush while we played.

The greens had just been punched 2 weeks ago which made putting in a straight line comical. The overall condition of the course was not up to par. It definitely needs some TLC. This course, when in good shape, is an amazing layout with the final hole entirely surrounded by water. It is a short course. I played the BLUE tees. I was able to grab an exceptional rate through GolfNow for only $14 which included a cart. So that made everything a pleasant day on the links all in all. I would recommend this course to anyone visiting the area. Fun course. And typically has some incredible greens.

My first time going to RiverLakes, im resident of bakersfield and i think they still have problems with the greens but already fixing it. i think in like 2 weeks it will be in great conditions..

Played this course for first time Saturday. The grounds, practice area, putting green and clubhouse immediately make you feel as though you're at the local Country Club instead of a public course. Playing as a single, when arriving at starters hut, I was paired up with a twosome that could not have been more nice or friendly. We were all about even in skill at about 10 HC. The course was in exceptional shape and well maintained, with the usual exception of a few areas under repair, but definitely one of the nicest muni courses I've played. Having booked thru Golfnow with a hot deal the Saturday rd was an exceptional value at only $26.00 bucks. One tip for sure...Get a cart!! Course layout is quite spread out.

Some of the greens are under repair for the time being but a majority of them are still playable. Once the proper repairs have been made this course will still remain as one of Bakersfield more challenging and unique courses.

Most of the greens are dead or are dying. Not even the worth the $20.00 Hot Deal green fee that I paid.

There are only 15 puttable greens at the moment out of 18, who knows what happened. Rest of the course is Fair, Never pay more than $25 to play this course. You get what you pay for at the moment, would like to see those greens up again and some SAND in those Bunkers! But it looks like they're starting to take action. I believe everything will by fine n' dandy within a couple months.

Really enjoyed playing this course. I haven't been golfing long but this was the most challenging course I have played yet. The are currently having some issues with a few of thier greens but other than that its a great course. Once they get the greens back in order everything will be perfect.

Nice layout, given what the terroir they had to work with. But the course maintenance is horrendous! At least 6 greens unluttable, no sand in the bunkers and the fairways spotty. I would not recommend and I'm driving 95 miles to play today.

Fairways are nice but half the greens are in horrible condition not sure if I will play again till next spring