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Riverside Golf Course
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The public 18-hole layout, formerly known as the Austin Country Club, was designed by renowned architects, J. Press and Perry Maxwell. It served as teaching grounds for Harvey Penick, as well as Tom Kite and Ben Crenshaw.
Riverside Golf Course challenges and delights players of all skill levels with its mature trees and scenic water hazards. Its convenient location, five minutes from downtown Austin and 10 minutes from the airport, makes it a serene escape without having to leave the city.
Getting there : From Austin, take IH-35 south to Riverside Drive. Go east on Riverside Drive 2.2 miles to Grove Blvd. and turn left. The course entrance is to the left before the community college.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 72 | 6359 yards | 70.0 | 124 |
| Blue (W) | 72 | 6359 yards | 71.3 | 125 |
| White | 71 | 5744 yards | 67.2 | 113 |
| White (W) | 71 | 5744 yards | 73.8 | 127 |
| Red (W) | 71 | 4877 yards | 69.6 | 112 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 69.0/123 | 205 | 313 | 116 | 493 | 188 | 390 | 387 | 431 | 373 | 2896 | 179 | 179 | 520 | 488 | 285 | 428 | 448 | 337 | 469 | 3333 | 6229 |
| White M: 67.2/113 W: 73.8/127 | 180 | 284 | 108 | 429 | 164 | 379 | 365 | 402 | 315 | 2626 | 166 | 166 | 497 | 458 | 261 | 413 | 410 | 327 | 420 | 3118 | 5744 |
| Red M: 63.1/105 W: 69.6/112 | 173 | 181 | 102 | 369 | 141 | 342 | 297 | 297 | 252 | 2154 | 154 | 148 | 407 | 441 | 242 | 353 | 293 | 306 | 379 | 2723 | 4877 |
| Handicap | 11 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 6 | |||
| Par | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 71 |
| Handicap (W) | 11 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 8 |
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Photo submitted by Lurch1234 on 04/18/2026
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Photo submitted by sunny5579783 on 08/09/2025
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Photo submitted by jordanrance on 04/16/2024
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Photo submitted by amw456 on 06/08/2023
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Photo submitted by amw456 on 06/08/2023
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Front nine greens - this is #3 Photo submitted by allergydoc on 08/16/2021
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Photo submitted by BrandonTuckerGA on 01/26/2020
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The 8th is a great long par 4. Photo submitted by BrandonTuckerGA on 06/12/2017
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Two long par 4s (15 & 16) make for a meaty finish. Photo submitted by BrandonTuckerGA on 06/12/2017
Great value and experience!
Riverside provides some of the best bang for your buck in the Austin area. Great location and course conditions.
Golf Outing
Very slow pace, probably because of the other 2 people we played with. Club house was closed by 5:30 but person inside office wouldn’t let us in to use bathroom
We saw deer on course. Very cool.
Beverage cart and showed up on hole 15. We were very thirsty by then.
Muddy match play
Played 18, I need to clean my shoes and clubs after the muddy conditions. Drainage seems to be a problem but a nice course for novice or hobby players
Great for beginners
I have to start by posting positives before I let loose. 1) The staff there are extremely friendly. 2) This is a perfect course if you are a beginner and need to play on a course where you other players would give you grief for any poor play (like snobby private courses). The openness of the course is very forgiving and you don't have to be Tiger Woods to play here. I highly recommend playing here if you are just learning, first time on a full 18 course.
For those of us that have been playing for a while and want a decent nice course to play when visiting Austin, or even if you live there full time. PLEASE AVOID THIS COURSE. It is not a nice course in any way, the greens are all beat up, I just gave up expecting putts to roll anywhere near true. The rough was mostly dirt places. The fairway ok.
I was very sad when I drove up to this course and you could see how bad it was. I wanted to play a nice course, The reviews here had it as a 4 stars and I have never seen such a bad course have such high reviews. I was fooled/lied to into expecting it to be a nice course, and it is far from it.
Enjoy playing at Riverside when we are in Austin and could not have been paired with two nicer men. Great day of golf.
Fun course
Fun course to play with my teenage son. Played in just under 4 hours. Fairways in great shape but a couple of the greens need some repair but overall great for the price!!!
Pleasant suprise
The staff is fantastic. The pace of play was great and the greens were in good shape . Would recommend
Greens have a few Sandy spots on many of them. I believe they are scheduled to be upgraded soon.
Rest of the course very good
If you like bare spots on overgrown greens, this is the course for you
Idk what courses the other ppl writing reviews play but that was the worst course I’ve played in years. In from out of town, was skeptical playing here but the reviews sold me. Do not play this track…
I’ve played Avery Ranch, Teravista, and Forrest creek before but didn’t want to venture north of the city for once when I was in town for work. I’ll gladly pay the $30 Uber up there because this was a waste of time. Multiple times I had to pick up my ball while on the green to avoid putting through legitimate creators that were not just dead spots, but massive holes in their greens. It hadn’t rained in weeks but somehow every sand trap around the greens had standing water, every tee box is humped so heavily that you cannot find a flat part to setup on, truly horrible round of golf.
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