Links at RiverLakes Ranch

We had to play the back nine twice because no one informed us that they were punching the greens on the front nine and the staff said something about Giving us a credit or a partial refund, but heard nothing about the inconvenience and we had to play the back nine twice so it was very packed pace of play with Slow.

Still no sand in any bunkers. Course is dry very dry. This is the driest it has ever been in May in ironically the most water available year since course opened. Many grassy areas left to die. Pitch and putt recently removed as well.

Bunkers are worst in county. Carts are beyond poor. Slow bro golf.

This course has a fun layout with several water hazards in play. There is a variety of hole shapes to keep things interesting as well. Course is flat but far from boring. Overall conditions are average. Greens roll fairly true at a medium pace.

Fairways still have a number of thin areas throughout the entire course. Fairways had enough coverage to present a decent hitting surface but that’s about it

Tee boxes were all in good condition with only the short par 3’s being heavily riddled with divots.

Bunkers remain hard pan dirt. Great customer service and POP was on the slow side I attribute it to a nice sunny day and everyone was trying to get their “weekend” golf in. Can’t blame them. The track isn’t worth a special journey to Bakersfield for but certainly worthy of a play if in the area

We were met on the turn heading to 10th tee by the

starter he said there was a 5 some ahead and he told them to let us play thru.

By hole 14 there were three groups waiting on the tee for them.

I called the pro shop and they said they would address. On 15 we asked to play thru one man said yes and three of us teed off. When the 4th addressed the ball they decided to drive off. They were pretty drunk or high. Its too bad ...potentially a great course.

I like the layout of this course and the greens are in pretty decent shape although today they were not cut and were slower than normal. The fairways are pretty much dormant grass that is very thin and hard ground underneath. Frankly would rather be in the rough to hit from. On the plus side the ball rolls along way in the fairway.

They are to punch greens a week of March 6, so probably won’t be back for a couple weeks and hoping the grass begins to grow again before we play this course

Greens are in great shape. Fairways will come back. Pace of play was awful this round. Usually not like this.

I have played this course more then a hundred times and the conditions on the fairways were poor at best and a lot of hard pan on the fairways. Sand traps were devoid of sand and were unplayable. Greens were in good shape but fungus was apparent on quite a few of the greens which made putting from parts of the greens a challenge. Riverlakes conditions have deteriorated to a point where we will not play this course again.Charging premium fees for the course conditions they had was not worth it. It used to be a great place to play.

Good condition for the time of year. Greens were still in good shape and so were fairways. Fun time and surprisingly it was empty so pace of play wasn’t an issue

Best place in town for sure