Riverside Golf Course

Ok value for money. Bad time of year Im sure for the grass as some greens were a quarter dead. 3 star for convenience.

I was in town for a conference and saw this course for a morning round before leaving town. The course has a lot of history behind it and thought it had some good holes and some that were not. Since the community college came in they had to reroute the course and the first few holes are not really as standard as most courses. First hole is a par 3 and the ninth hole is not close to the clubhouse. Suggest bringing your own food and drink since you don not really have a place at the turn to get something for drink and eat. 5th hole par 3 was the most picturesque of the course. If you are looking for a real challenge, I suggest some other courses in the area. If you want a fun open space golf course this is the place. I believe it plays to a par 70 and not a 71 as the 18 hole is just over 420 and the card says it is a par 5 but to me played to a par 4. Greens for the most part were in good shape with a few that need work.

Had a great time with friends. Hope you are not in them but the bunkers were in amazing shape. Fairways were awesome!!! Great rate of play on the course. I will be back soon.

I had banished Riverside to the end of the bench in Austin after a round a few years back when conditions were rough to say the least.

But when looking for a place to play last-minute, my golf buddy recommended giving Riverside another look, and I'm glad he did. Once home to famed Austin Country Club, Riverside is now a "muni-grade" course owned by Austin Community College. The good news is that the tee sheet, at least for the time being, is far more open than Clay-Kizer, Lions or Mo Willy (all of which can get really busy), so we zipped around Riverside in three hours. Conditions have certainly improved. Many greens have some wear around the edges but are otherwise rolling very nicely.

There are some awesome old-school holes here, and a few that aren't all that memorable (a result of rerouting when ACC campus was built). Like Lions, word around town is Ben Crenshaw has offered to restore the course back to former glory if ACC ever frees up the funding. What a blessing that would be to local golfers it were to ever happen.

If you can't find a tee time at the munis or are worried about the pace of play, definitely give Riverside a look. Right now, it seems they could certainly use a bump in play.

i hadn't played out here for several years. it's never been the best maintained course. they have put some work into greens and bunkers and that's really helped.

truthfully, the course is still not in amazing shape. everything through the green is patchy and you'll probably want to play the ball up to avoid getting frustrated. the greens were very slow, but were nice! same for the bunkers. it's obvious they are putting in effort.

despite the conditions, the layout is fun and interesting. it's a short course, but not all of the holes can be overpowered. there are strategic trees and holes that require you to shape the ball or be badly out of position.

overall, it's a classic old style course. the staff were super friendly too. if you like that kind of thing, it's worth the time. get out there and have some fun!

1st time there in about 4 years . Unlike most reviews I saw on line - good course conditions, very good grass on greens - some with a few sand spots. 5 PM start, done by 8 PM. No crowd. Played through one 3-some after 12 holes. Nice layout, lots of mature trees.

Goddess value. Front nine greens not to good. Back nine much better.

The greens are...they should not be considered greens. Some of them, had patches impossible to avoid., some others had been so damaged by divots that the ball trajectory would be changed dramatically. The fairways were nearly acceptable. Im never going back. No marshall at all
Sad to see such a great and challenging course design be so abandoned.

Played Riverside this weekend. Super fast pace. We were done in 3 hours. Not a lot of folks out. It is a fun, relatively easy course in pretty good condition.

Overall the course was a good value, but the greens need some work.

We recently had a flood, so I was expecting cart path only, but I have literally never played a course whose greens were in worse shape. I wouldn't ever pay more than $10 to play this course in it's present condition.

Course was a little rough, but will come around nicely once it starts raining here again! Got in my cart at 2pm and was finished and driving out by 4:30 pm! Just what the Dr. Ordered for a Friday afternoon. Staff was very accomadating also! ZOOM, Zoom!!

even before I could attract my foursome to join me after Golfnow reservation Sat they bowed out saying course was a mess. I called and groundskeeper who answered phone admitted, "there is a lot of work to do". Course is changing hands. Money just arriving. 10 tons of sand on the way for traps, more equipment purchased. Meanwhile holes 1-18 "need some work" and the last guy who played there who told someone in my party to debook said give it a few months.... we played at Plum Creek instead which was more expensive but in fine shape.

Riverside golf course is in very bad condition, I don't think I will ever play again.

I have played this course for many years and at one point even worked at this location. The course is in terrible shape. Course management is completely non existent with the exception of occasional mowing of fairways and greens. The bunkers have grass growing out of the sand! I wouldn't play there again unless I was paying $10. Sad to see what use to be a nice course in such bad condition.

It is unbecoming of Austin to offer such a course to the playing public. The greens were nothing more than a piece of turf that was flatter than its surroundings - bunkers were non-existent.

Hard to think that this is the course where Penick taught - that is what drew me to this course - Penick would probably want to be disassociated with this course for sure - and Tom Kite.

Course was closed and run down. Greens have many bald spots, bunkers have no sand . Course management is working on getting it back in shape . Back nine better shape than front . Over all nice course and very challenging. Long. Bring ur A game

Easily worst conditions have ever played - horrible greens, roughs out of control (might as well have been playing in a lagoon or a wheat field), half the sand traps are now actually water hazards, even the fairways were atrocious - half the fairways were like playing out of a normal rough.

*Silver lining - Heard mention that ACC was going to be reassuming control/management of facility - So hopefully by the fall conditions should be in better shape. Hoping they turn the place around.

I grew up playing this course. This course is such a fantastic layout built by a famous architect and what the city or community college whoever owns this now has done to it is abominable. The greens of the worst greens I've ever putted on. Such a great layout could be so good but it's so awful now. So sad.