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River Falls Plantation
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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.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player Tees (Black) | 72 | 6697 yards | 72.8 | 137 |
| River Falls Tees (Rock) | 72 | 6238 yards | 71.1 | 132 |
| Plantation Tees (Wood) | 72 | 5702 yards | 68.3 | 127 |
| Plantation Tees (Wood) (W) | 72 | 5702 yards | 73.9 | 133 |
| Belle Tees (Red) (W) | 72 | 4802 yards | 69.1 | 122 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player M: 72.0/136 | 390 | 370 | 220 | 523 | 452 | 128 | 339 | 375 | 486 | 3283 | 432 | 180 | 538 | 330 | 337 | 174 | 389 | 370 | 527 | 3277 | 6560 |
| Rock M: 69.8/130 | 340 | 357 | 183 | 508 | 403 | 122 | 328 | 361 | 448 | 3050 | 377 | 174 | 525 | 326 | 317 | 167 | 377 | 330 | 488 | 3081 | 6131 |
| Rails M: 68.3/121 W: 73.8/135 | 330 | 329 | 170 | 491 | 388 | 116 | 312 | 345 | 410 | 2891 | 341 | 163 | 507 | 314 | 286 | 156 | 362 | 303 | 466 | 2898 | 5789 |
| Gold M: 66.7/112 W: 71.8/127 | 306 | 313 | 161 | 471 | 369 | 110 | 303 | 287 | 395 | 2715 | 331 | 154 | 481 | 245 | 263 | 145 | 354 | 275 | 449 | 2697 | 5412 |
| Red M: 63.5/106 W: 68.1/119 | 292 | 276 | 152 | 325 | 325 | 97 | 281 | 287 | 310 | 2345 | 240 | 122 | 434 | 245 | 235 | 116 | 296 | 275 | 389 | 2352 | 4697 |
| Handicap | 15 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 6 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 9 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 4 |
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Check in was seamless and attendant was most gracious. Always somewhat a difficult course for me but I love it.
A Great Day to Play.
We arrived about 20 minutes early, got checked in smoothly and checked out the nicely equipped pro shop. The course was in exceptionally good shape, with nicely kept fairways and large smooth greens. The course is spread out over quite an area, with the Tyger River flowing by several holes. We crossed paths with a deer on the back nine. The course itself was challenging but not to a fault. Great value. We'll be back...
Great Course, beautiful layout next to the river
I loved the course, the staff was great and the river running through it was awesome, had some very beautiful scenery. It's in a very nice neighborhood with new houses being built and very nice homes in place. Great area.
Great layout
Every hole had unique features so I never felt as if I played the same hole
Great course conditions
Played only by myself and the advisor ask me to start at tee #10 which let me play without any waiting time. That was great. Everything is in a perfect shape.
Golf review
The course was in good condition the greens were excellent, beautiful day to play golf.
Good time
Good time with friends. The course was in good shape and the pace of play was great.. Weather was really good for November.
Hilly but very good
Excellent shape. Especially with all dry weather.I enjoy ed the whole game
Conditions improving!
First time playing this course since late 2013. Conditions have improved. Greens were very good. Tee boxes were hard and dry. All in all a good experience.
Thank you for taking the time to visit and review River Falls. We appreciate your feedback. Please come back soon.
Thank you for the encouragement. The staff at River Falls welcome your feedback and appreciates you taking the time to review your visit. Glad you had a good experience. Please don't wait 3 years until your next visit!
Greens were in fantastic shape
Nice layout.... However fairways had dead clumps of grass all over the place... The Rough was in horrible shape.... Grass had not been maintained in quit some time... There for wen it was cut clumps of grass everywhere.... A great design going to waste . All do to the way the grounds are being taken care of...
We appreciate your feedback and you taking the time to come play at River Falls. Due to a healthy growing season, our maintenance staff is working tirelessly to make sure the conditions are as consistent as possible. We apologize if the mowing/blowing schedule took away from the enjoyment of your round. Again, thank you for your feedback. We hope you will come back and give River Falls another try.
Great course
Great course, however, greens had been recently aereated...give it a couple of weeks.
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Thank you for playing with us and for sending us your feedback of your time out on the course! We appreciate the review and hope to see you again soon.
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River Falls GC Mgmt
Great upstate course
Great course with challenging layout. If you are a long hitter, leave the driver at home. The fairways start to bottleneck around 260 and become very narrow. The par 5's are the toughest holes on the course but fairly easy if you play them with irons. Great value for the price, highly recommend. Greens are diamond zoysia and are firm but very true.
Thanks for the five star review! We are happy to hear that you enjoyed our course conditions and layout. Come back and see us again soon.
Worth making an effort to play
Overall the layout was interesting. Elevation changes and water coming into play. Greens were in great shape. Rough was thick and fairways were nice. The Pro in the Golf Shop was great. When we told him we had never played there he took the time to walk us through some of the holes that were not as straight forward as the others. That was a huge help. I plan to make it a point to play there again.
Glad you enjoyed your visit. Come back anytime!
Hot deal makes this a great value
The high grass that surrounds many of the holes will swallow your wayward balls...I can attest to such.
Thanks for the review. We are happy to hear that you enjoyed your round. We look forward to seeing you back again soon!
good test
pace of greens are just a bit slow , but course is in very good shape
Thanks for the review! We are happy to hear that you enjoyed the course conditions here at River Falls Plantation. We hope to see you back again soon for your next round.
Pucker Up, This Place is TIGHT
This is one of the tightest courses I have ever played. Be prepared to either control your driver or club down to guarantee yourself a solid lie on your second shot. These narrow fairways really add a lot of character to the course, but add a lot of headache for the player. Nothing is given here, everything is earned.
Course is protected by water and OB sections around most of the holes. You really have to be accurate here to go low. When you are allowed to pull out the big stick, you have to take full advantage. We played this course in May and found the course to be in great shape. Greens were still slow, but they were obviously protecting them for the later summer months.
Pro shop is okay, food is decent, staff is excellent. I would recommend this course to others for sure.
Thank you for your review. We are happy to hear that you found our course to be in great shape. We hope to see you on the course again soon!
On the Way to Atlanta
Nice Course. The Greens in good conditions. Very friendly staff.
Thanks for the great review, glad you enjoyed your round!
Snobby staff
River falls is quite possibly the best public course in the upstate. I've played it for over 20 years. There is alwaYsidro grass even in the winter and the greens are always fantastic. However, since they went on golfnow.com my opinion has changed. I used to pay full price, gladly, because of the golf course. Why would anyone pay full price now that there is an option. In my last 3 rounds there, 1 was full price and 2 were off golfnow.com. the time I payed full price I was treated with respect and golf courtesy. The course was backed up on the front side so the starterest let me start on the back, I was a single.
The 2 times I purchased my round online, I was a single once and had a buddy the other, we were not afforded the same courtesy. Being told that bexcuse I went to golf now, the regular priced rounds had more precedence than us. I only got 9 holes in with my buddy, a 3 1/2 hour adventure.
Yesterday went out as a single. Pulling into the course I could see that no one was on the 1st 2 holes. I was 45 min early so I could putt some. Well, 30 min before my tee time I was ready. No one had teed off on 1 since I got there and I was told that I had to wait for the 2 groups making the turn to play in front of me. So I sat there for 40 min, finally a foursome came through and teed off. I then got the "honor" of teeing off behind the second foursome that I had to wait for. So I got to tee off 25 minutes after my tee time while no one teed off on 1 for 55 minutes. If you've got 50 bucks to spend on 9 holes than this is definitely the place for you. I however, will not be back.
Mr. O'Brien,
We appreciate your feedback and apologize for any inconvenience you experienced your last trip to River Falls. Please allow us to explain the circumstances. Last Thursday we were hosting an event (9am 9 hole reverse shotgun for 44 players). This means the 1st tee would not be available until the group that started on #10 clears #1 (approx. 2 hours and 10 min). If the 1st tee seemed unoccupied, it was due to a small gap in the outing (which we addressed), however we cannot start someone in between the groups in the tournament. Secondly, when purchasing the 11:30 hot deal you are obligated to play at that time and with the other players who booked with you. Again, we appreciate your feedback and hope you will come back and play River Falls soon.
Playable and challenging
Play the Rock or Wood tees and you will get to use all your clubs. Greens putt true and are smooth. Bermuda fairways coming alive. Lots of water hazards, some to carry and others lateral. Definitely worth playing.
Thanks for the review! We're glad you enjoy the challenge of the course and we hope to see you again!
Greens are very good
Like most courses at this time of year (April) the grass in the fairways has been cut too short. There has not been much rain lately so the grounds are too dry. Not sure they water enough.
Lay out at RF is beautiful and I always enjoy playing there especially when I score a good round like today.
Thanks for the review! We certainly appreciate your feedback about the conditions of the course and hope to see you again!
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Thank you for the positive review. Glad you enjoyed your visit. Please come back and see us soon.