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4.2
3624 Reviews (3624)
5 Stars
994
4 Stars
1676
3 Stars
574
2 Stars
202
1 Stars
178
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.3
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
3.8
Amenities
4.3
88.2%
Recommend this course
3011 out of 3624 reviews
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4.2
139 Reviews (139)
5 Stars
64
4 Stars
53
3 Stars
14
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
4
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.3
Layout
4.5
Pace
3.8
Amenities
4.4
StaffFriendliness
4.5
87.8%
Recommend this course
122 out of 139 reviews
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4.2
205 Reviews (205)
5 Stars
104
4 Stars
66
3 Stars
20
2 Stars
7
1 Stars
8
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.3
Layout
4.4
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.4
StaffFriendliness
4.4
86.8%
Recommend this course
178 out of 205 reviews
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Course Highlights
Rio Pinar's well-regarded layout challenges golfers of all skill levels with quick greens, spacious fairways, and thoughtful design. Welcoming staff and strong overall value make this course a consistently rewarding choice for local golfers.

About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Style Traditional
Par 71
Length 7244 yards
Slope 141
Rating 75.0

Formerly known as Rio Pinar Country Club

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Course Details

Year Built 1957
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Champion Ultra Dwarf Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Mark Mahannah (1957) Lloyd Clifton (1995)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code No denim, collared shirt and bermuda shorts required

Food & Beverage

Restaurant, Beverage Carts

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Lounge, Meeting Facilities, Banquet Facilities, Showers, Lockers

Available Sports

Tennis
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Reviews

4.2
3624 Reviews (3624)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 51
Dinner 19
Brunch 17
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 82
Narrow Fairways 68
Water Hazards 67
This course/club is great for:
Locals 108
Seniors 70
Advanced Golfers 66
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 113
Near the Airport 81
Worth the Drive 43

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Played On
Reviews 253
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Top 100 Contributor
Verified Purchaser

Improving

Lot of construction still underway, should be good when done. GPS cart restrictions need to be redone. A real pain in the posterior.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
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Commented on 10/12/2023

Hello thank you for your comments and the course is much better and will continue to improve. We recognize that the GPS while being a great amenity with hole layouts, yardages, blue tooth, food ordering capabilities do present some restrictions. This was done in order. to keep players out of the trees and hitting roots and damaging carts. We have had a significant drop in our cart fleet being down due to repairs as well, keeping the weeds in the woods and not tracking them back onto the fairways will help us with course conditions. Hope to see you out again soon!

Played On
Reviews 111
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Coming along nicely...

They are back on all regular greens (I saw reviews about the former temp greens), but still playing from a couple of temp tees (with one located in a area where the cards are geofenced out, which is a bit silly).

An interesting layout that will definitely test your shot making. Love the bunkers, which, even with all of our recent rain were fluffy and where you could hit a proper splash shot.

Unfortunately, they will probably get the driving range back right about the beginning of winter pricing (gouge the tourists season). I will try and get back in the early summer depending on prices. Definitely worth around $50 for the round.

The locker room is nice, but didn't get the chance to try any of the other amenities this trip.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 10/12/2023

GG, thank you for the review and yes the new TrackMan range will be opening in November, greens improvements are getting better every day, so please come out and try the course again before next summer!

Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Not a single green was undamaged

Water damage everywhere... holes all over. Greens trash.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 10/12/2023

U,

10 inches of rain in 4 days did cause a lot of damage last week sorry you did not have a great experience, let us dry out and come play again, I know you will enjoy a better day!

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

Under Repair

The course is under major repairs. Once completed it should much better conditions.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 8
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 10/12/2023

Wolfgang thank you for the 4 stars we hope you had a great day when you played!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Amazing value

This course is on par with $75/rd courses and at the price it is an extreme value.

Pros: price, facilities, avg maintenance, value, smart carts

Cons: holds a lot of water, very basic layout, greens mostly flat

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 253
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Top 100 Contributor
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Improving

A lot of work still underway, still 4 temp greens. The main problem is the GPS system still shuts down cart unnecessarily in wrong places.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
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Commented on 10/12/2023

Ras, all greens are now open and we are continually working on course conditions and they are getting better. The GPS on the carts and the geofencing is always being tweaked so our clients have less issues. Thank you for coming to play Rio Pinar!

Played On
Reviews 20
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Don’t Spend Your Money

This course is in a major rebuilding; 4 holes have temporary greens. Give them a chance to complete their work before spending money to play.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 8
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 58
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

No Warning of Course Repairs or Range closure

Not a good day of golf yesterday. Two greens were temporary greens (basically a closer cut in the fairway) and we were not told about it in advance. AND the range was closed so that benefit for showing up early was taken away. I probably wouldn't have played there if I knew that in advance - especially since there wasn't a discount for this. VERY disappointing.

Also - the pace of play was so bad that our group have to wait for every shot. A marshal to speed up slow play would have been appreciated.

While I have played Rio a number of times, I don't think I will return anytime soon (unless I hear that changes have been made to pace of play and course conditions).

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 10/12/2023

Orlando AUTiger, our apologies on the experience you had at Rio Pinar. We do everything we can such as putting notices on GolfNow and our website booking system to let golfer know of any work being done etc. but our staff should have been more communicative on the golf course. All 18 greens are open and improving everyday, the range is still a few weeks away but will be amazing when opened. Please don't let this experience stop you from coming out again to Rio, I know you will have a better experience next time.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Experience

The course was great I will definitely recommend and will be going back

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 38
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

under renovation

4 or 5 greens in the fairways - construction along many of the holes - bad conditions

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

GPS cart restrictions WAY overdone. Slowed pace of play. One courseworkee refused to move off green for play, even after lengthy wait. Look forward to elimination of temp "greens" with completion of new ones

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Very Dissapointed

Course in very poor condition. There were about 5/6 temporary greens, no mention of this when checking in at the pro shop. The main greens were very slow as if they had not been cut for days & the general condition of the course was bad.

At least it was a very quick round as not many were playing and the green fee was low.

A nice layout of holes but the condition let it down.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 49
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Very friendly staff

Course in good shape in spite of changes being made

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 47
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Makeshift greens on 4 holes

There were 2 makeshift greens on each 9, surprisingly didn’t roll horribly given the conditions. No water or ball washers on the course. The squirrels are something else tho see for yourself

Conditions Average
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 163
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Pleasant Surprise

Very friendly staff, and the entire place is getting a facelift very excited to return

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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