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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
Best bang for your buck.
For a Friday early afternoon round, pace of play was great and conditions were very fair!
What A Wet Mess!
I had not played the Riverside golf course in over ten years, and at times during this morning’s round I remembered why. It’s a somewhat quirky layout, with back-to-back par threes and par fives, with some short, very drivable par fours, but these characteristics were not a problem. What was an annoyance, though, was the amounts of standing water in most of the fairways and bunkers on the front nine. I realize that it’s been an extremely rainy spring and early summer here in Central Texas, but we’ve had no significant precipitation in the past couple of weeks, and the four other local courses I’ve played during that period had no such extreme storm water drainage issues. I lost at least five balls in the middle of the fairways because the sheer depths of the standing water made it impossible to see the ball to retrieve it.
The back nine is apparently better-drained than the front, and is a much better and more interesting course layout. However, there were still several bunkers that were either very damp, or, like the front, had deep standing water in them. But, if I could have played the back nine twice, and completely avoided the first nine holes, this would be a much more positive review of this historic course. Still, I felt like I got my money’s worth, having paid only $31.00, with cart, for a mid-morning tee time.
And, I’m certain to play this course again in the future, once we return to a somewhat more normal weather pattern, and when there won’t be small lakes in the fairways. Except then, we’ll probably head to the other extreme, and we’ll be complaining about dried- out, rock hard fairways and greens.
Hi, MSS1929,
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the teams in charge so they can work to make changes.
Your feedback helps us do better. We are looking into this issue and hope to resolve it promptly.
Thank you for visiting Riverside Golf Course. We hope you'll give us another try in the future.
Hi, u1186262. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Riverside Golf Course.
Thank you for reviewing us, praven07. We see you rated the course 3-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve before your next round. Feel free to comment on this review or reach out to the team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Riverside Golf Course, and we hope to see you again soon.
Thank you for reviewing us, u701916985. We see you rated the course 3-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve before your next round. Feel free to comment on this review or reach out to the team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Riverside Golf Course, and we hope to see you again soon.
Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, u314160377723! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Riverside Golf Course!
Excellent condition
As a result of decent rains this year and the grounds crew, the course was in excellent condition. Almost felt like a private country club course except that the greens and fairways were more forgiving. Friendly staff at the course as well.
Thank you for your review, u314161887760. We will pass along your positive experience to our team at Riverside Golf Course. We look forward to seeing you again soon.
Hello, guilger. Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. We see you rated the course 2-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve for your next visit.
We take customer feedback very seriously at our course. Please reach out to our team in the golf shop and tell us what's on your mind. Thank you for playing Riverside Golf Course.
Great value
Not very crowded. Friendly staff. Course in much better condition than a lot of much pricier courses.
Hi, robbinsr512. 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 Riverside Golf Course.
Nice Layout
Course in nice condition overall. Greens a little rough on front 9 but very good on back 9. Fairways nice shape overall, some wet areas to be expect with amount of rain the past weeks. Try to make sure sand bottles are filled before you start play. We had two bottles both basically empty when we went to refill our divots on fairway.
would have been nice if we had sand in them.
Otherwise, very enjoyable round, will be back.
Hello, ddorrance. Thank you for visiting us at Riverside Golf Course. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.
Pace of play was awful. It would be great to have a volunteer Marshall or someone check for pace of play 1 or 2 times per round.
Thank you for reviewing us, Whatthecob. We see you rated the course 3-stars and are interested in learning what we can do to improve before your next round. Feel free to comment on this review or reach out to the team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing Riverside Golf Course, and we hope to see you again soon.
Great Course.
Last minute plan to play and picked this one. Glad to have chosen this course, it was an awesome experience, loved it and would definitely play again. Whole course was just awesome.
Hello, u314161445747. Thank you for visiting us at Riverside Golf Course. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.
The course was great but golf now was not
Golf now didn’t communicate my tee time reservation to the golf course so I got there and didn’t have one booked but the staff squeezed me in on a Saturday before the 4th of July
Thank you for your review, SKelly512. We will pass along your positive experience to our team at Riverside Golf Course. We look forward to seeing you again soon.
Greens need to improve
The greens are chewed up. The course management needs to improve; it took more than 4hrs 45 minutes to complete 18 hole round . Extremely slow
Hi praven07,
Let us first say that we are so glad to hear you enjoyed your visit. We work hard to create an enjoyable experience so you can focus on enjoying yourself and let us do the rest. We also want to thank you for your honest and constructive criticism of the course.
We are going to escalate your review to our team in charge and do everything we can to improve before your next game.
Thank you for visiting and playing at Riverside Golf Course. We hope to see you again soon!
Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating, Blake512! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Riverside Golf Course!
Better than expected
Other than a few greens and tees being a little bare, course was in good shape. Kind of a strange layout with bac to back par 3’s and 5’s but a good mix of holes. Enjoyed our day!
Hi, bps093! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. We will make note and we hope to see you back at Riverside Golf Course!
We love hearing about our golfers' experiences, mikef22. Please tell us more about what you enjoyed during your round. Thanks for choosing Riverside Golf Course!
We love hearing about our golfers' experiences, uYXDD9335YX. Please tell us more about what you enjoyed during your round. Thanks for choosing Riverside Golf Course!
We're glad you enjoyed your 5-star experience with us, u314160377723. Please comment or reach out to our team in the golf shop to let us know more about your round at Riverside Golf Course!
Hi, dochaley99. We would love to hear more about your positive experience on our course. Please contact us to share with us your favorite part of your experience. Thanks for golfing at Riverside Golf Course!
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Hi, oramirezjr. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Riverside Golf Course.