River Falls Plantation
A view of a green protected by bunkers at River Falls Plantation
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4.0
686 Reviews (686)
5 Stars
312
4 Stars
261
3 Stars
76
2 Stars
19
1 Stars
18
Conditions
3.7
Value
4.0
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.0
Amenities
4.0
79.7%
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620 out of 686 reviews
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4.7
12 Reviews (12)
5 Stars
8
4 Stars
4
3 Stars
0
2 Stars
0
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0
Conditions
4.3
Value
4.8
Layout
4.7
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.3
StaffFriendliness
4.8
100.0%
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12 out of 12 reviews
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3.9
49 Reviews (49)
5 Stars
23
4 Stars
12
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
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1 Stars
3
Conditions
3.4
Value
3.9
Layout
4.4
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.7
73.5%
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36 out of 49 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6697 yards
Slope 137
Rating 72.8

River Falls Golf Plantation in Duncan is a Gary Player Signature Course. Its location makes it convenient for meeting up with people coming from Asheville, Columbia, Atlanta, or Charlotte. The golf course is also just minutes away from downtown Greenville. The narrow layout will test the accuracy and shot making abilities of even the best golfers. Rolling hills provide a variety of elevation changes that range from subtle to dramatic. Water hazards come into play frequently and there are also strategically placed bunkers framing the greens and fairways. Player crafted a golf course that is both formidable and scenic. The abundance of mature trees helped him achieve this. He carefully wove River Falls Golf Plantation through the mature forests, allowing the trees to surround the holes, giving each a secluded and peaceful feel.

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Course Details

Year Built 1990
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Diamond Zoysia Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Gary Player (1990)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Bar, Snacks, Grill

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities

Available Activities

Swimming

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5.0
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Cold weather
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Conditions Good
Value Excellent
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Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 09/24/2020

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, Russell2343134! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing River Falls Plantation!

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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
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1.0
First Time Playing

Bad staff

Absolutely disappointed with the course management played yesterday our tee time was 750 am 6 out of the first 9 holes the sprinklers were running wide open on the greens we called the club house twice and nobody answered so when we finished hole nine we went in the clubhouse and made them aware of it all he said was sorry about that will get it taken care of and we went on to play the back nine 4 of the back nine holes had sprinklers on the greens running wide-open again the greens were absolutely soaked and so were we after we finished up 18 we went to the clubhouse to let them know that we were angry about it and The only thing they said was sorry about that didn't offer us a refund or free round or anything very disappointed to have paid to play will not be playing there again just because of course management we showed them pictures of the sprinklers on the greens and everything Just seems like it's really poorly ran ( some pictures attached to show call log and some of the sprinklers)

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Reviews 115
Skill Intermediate
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5.0
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Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 09/16/2020

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating. We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing River Falls Plantation!

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Reviews 115
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 09/10/2020

Thank you for visiting us at River Falls Plantation. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.

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Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 09/01/2020

We love hearing about our golfers' experiences, u314159401030. Please tell us more about what you enjoyed during your round. Thanks for choosing River Falls Plantation!

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Reviews 210
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Top 50 Contributor
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Great Layout

I make it out to River Falls about once a year. I make the drive down because it is one of the best layouts anywhere around my house. Every hole is different and no two holes set side by side. It is also one of the most difficult courses around. There are no easy holes, and no easy shots. You have to focus make shots every single hole. That being said, its really fun to play. To be honest up front, it had rained pretty much all day the day before I played, which caused the course to be wet. This is not the courses fault, but it still kept me from giving the review 4 stars. The greens were in good shape. Maybe 2 of them had some bad areas on them but they were not in play. They rolled smooth, were maybe a little on the slow side but again it rained alot the day before. The fairways were in great shape. Very nice. The bunkers were almost unplayable. But again, heavy rain the day before. Most tee boxes were in good shape, except the par 3s. They were pretty chewed up. Overall, course was in good shape. The course starts with an uphill dogleg left mid length par 4, one of the simpler holes on the course. #2 is a longer straight away par 4. #3 is a long downhill par 3 that I think is really hard to hit the green. #4 is a big wide par 5. Plenty of room off the tee. Then an approach to a smallish green with bunkers and water left and a huge hill to the right and back. 5 is a long narrow downhill par 4. I think this hole is extremely hard. But I can never hit the fairway. 6 is a very short par 3-about 100 yards but the green is surrounded by trouble. 7 the tee shot goes downhill to the bottom with a pond slicing the hole in half. It requires something besides a driver unless you think you can carry the pond-I cant. I hit 6 off the tee and had about 150 in. The approach is steeply uphill to a long narrow green. 8 is a really difficult hole. A waste area creeps in from the left the further you go down the fairway, so probably not a hole to hit driver. At the 100 yd mark the fairway is probably less that 10 yds wide. The approach then must cross the marsh area to get to a green that is not very deep. 9 is a par 5 with an uphill tee shot to.a fairway that runs perpendicular to the tee box. The green is fronted by more marshy waste area. I think 10 is a hard hole. Its a long narrow par 4 with an elevated green. 11 is a medium length par 3, without too much trouble. 12 is a par 5, that plays downhill to a fairway that narrows as it goes. There is.a creek and a ravine to the front and left of the green. Anything that misses left is gone. Anything that misses right is on a steep hill. I would probably call 13 the signature hole. It is a short par 4 from an extremely elevated tee that overlooks the Tyger River beside the green. 14 is a hard dogleg left uphill par 4. Very deep green here, so you need to get your yardage correct. 15 is a medium length par 3 to an elevated green. Avoid the right side miss and you'll be fine. 16 is a downhill par 4. The approach is extremely tight and downhill. There is no room to miss the green (like alot of the holes here). The ball is gone to the right and there is a rock wall to the left. 17 is a mid length par 4. Your tee shot needs to be out to the right side of the fairway or the trees on the left will block you out. Very very deep green with 3 distinct tiers. 18 is a long par 5. Pretty tight drive with a small pond in front of the green. Overall, its a very challenging fun course. Thats a treat to play. It COULD be a GREAT course with just a little more TLC. (PS areas of the cart part are being replaced and you have to drive around them)

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 08/26/2020

We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you providing the honest feedback. Thanks for visiting us and we hope to see you again in the future when it's not so rainy.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 08/26/2020

We're glad you enjoyed your 5-star experience with us, tnt17tnt. Please comment or reach out to our team in the golf shop to let us know more about your round!

Played On
Reviews 48
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 08/16/2020

Thanks so much for the wonderful rating!

Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Great course

Very challenging. Back 9 was tougher in my opinion. Though you could drive a couple par 4 in one atleast it felt that way.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 08/16/2020

Thank you so much for the great review. We are glad you had an incredible time, and we hope to see you again soon! Thanks for choosing River Falls Plantation.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 08/12/2020

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing River Falls Plantation!

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Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Used cart

Each hole is unique. Better than any private course I've played in TN.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 08/12/2020

Thanks so much for your review! We are excited to have you back again soon!

Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course

Great layout with some funky holes. Some tees were a bit hard but it has been very hot lately. Great job of keeping the rest of the course green. Nice lush fairways and smooth greens. Pace of play was quite slow to the point where the group behind us skipped two holes to get around the back up. No ranger on duty. Great staff and great value.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
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Commented on 07/31/2020

Hello! Thanks for leaving us a review. Thank you for your feedback about the pace of play, as well as your feedback about our fairways and greens. We're glad you enjoyed your time at River Falls Plantation and hope you'll come see us again soon.

Played On
Reviews 7
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 07/27/2020

We are so glad to see you had a 4 star experience! We hope to see you back again soon!

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Nice track

Definitely a first shot course. Find the fairway and you’ll have a better experience. Club down, if necessary. Scrambling on this course is asking for trouble. Overall, a nice track that I hope to play again some time. Only downside is the cart paths - they’re terrible.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 07/23/2020

Thanks for your honest feedback, and for playing our course! We hope to have you back again soon!

Played On
Reviews 31
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 07/17/2020

We appreciate you taking the time to rate us!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 07/15/2020

Thanks so much for the great rating!

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great layout

Greens had been punched recently so was what is was. Is fine now have to be done. Only thing would like to see is a starter. Was busy afternoon. Everyone was cool. But starter would help

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Commented on 07/15/2020

Thanks for your great review, and honest feedback. Hope to see you back again soon!

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

River Falls

Cart Paths are in horrible condition. They are in great need of repair.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 07/15/2020

Thanks for coming out to the course, as well as for your honest feedback. We'll make some changes for the future to ensure your next round is excellent.

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