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801 Reviews (801)
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Conditions
3.5
Value
4.2
Layout
4.1
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.6
84.5%
Recommend this course
648 out of 801 reviews
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3.7
27 Reviews (27)
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Conditions
3.2
Value
4.0
Layout
3.9
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.3
StaffFriendliness
4.3
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Conditions
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Value
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Layout
4.1
Pace
4.0
Amenities
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StaffFriendliness
4.5
82.5%
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66 out of 80 reviews
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Course Highlights
The staff consistently earns high praise for their welcoming and efficient service, making every visit feel genuinely enjoyable. This conveniently located short course delivers a fun, well-maintained layout at a price point that regularly impresses players.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6359 yards
Slope 124
Rating 70.0

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.

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Course Details

Year Built 1950
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Perry Maxwell (1950) Press Maxwell (1950)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Amex, MasterCard, Visa, Discover
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill

Available Facilities

Clubhouse
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Reviews

3.8
801 Reviews (801)

What Golfers Are Saying

Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 13
Thick Rough 6
This course/club is great for:
Locals 16
Beginners 14
Walkers 12
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 25
Near the Airport 17
On a College Campus 10

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Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Needs work

The bunkers were hard, no sand. Lost many balls in the rough within 5 feet of the greens. Dirt patches and grass growing on the greens. The fairways were ok.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 06/22/2016

We sincerely apologize for the unfortunate experience you had before. I'd strongly urge you to come see the transformation we've undergone since Austin Community College took us back over in November 2015. We think you'd be pleasantly surprised!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Never seen a course in worse shape

The course was nearly unplayable. Every green was covered in a significant amount of dirt. The parts that didn't have dirt looked like they hadn't been mowed in weeks.

Tee shots hit anywhere besides dead-middle of the fairway were almost always lost. The grass clearly had not been mowed.

The city has really let this course go. Would be surprised if it's around too much longer.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 06/22/2016

We sincerely apologize for the unfortunate experience you had before. I'd strongly urge you to come see the transformation we've undergone since Austin Community College took us back over in November 2015. We think you'd be pleasantly surprised!

Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

not good

The course is in terrible shape. It's hard to put into words how awful the greens are right now. Most holes they can't move the pin because there is nowhere else to put it. Also, the rough is crazy high. Nothing wrong with some rough but this isn't normal.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 06/22/2016

We sincerely apologize for the unfortunate experience you had before. I'd strongly urge you to come see the transformation we've undergone since Austin Community College took us back over in November 2015. We think you'd be pleasantly surprised!

Played On
Reviews 57
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Grass was so high spent most of the time looking for balls.

Needs a lot of work and greens were non existant and spotty at best. Went straight from nine to ten without a chance for a stop. Staff was very friendly .

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 06/22/2016

We sincerely apologize for the unfortunate experience you had before. I'd strongly urge you to come see the transformation we've undergone since Austin Community College took us back over in November 2015. We think you'd be pleasantly surprised!

Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Not worth it for the price

Made it through 12 holes in 4 hours. The greens were mostly sand.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 06/22/2016

We sincerely apologize for the unfortunate experience you had before. I'd strongly urge you to come see the transformation we've undergone since Austin Community College took us back over in November 2015. We think you'd be pleasantly surprised!

Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

badly Maintain

Most of the green were bad with bare spots all over If you hit your ball a foot off the fairway you could forget finding your ball as it was lost in grass 6 to 8" i used tio play this course all the time but was the first playing it this year but from the looks of the course i would say it should just close because i will never play it again & i feel like they should have paid me to play it

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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Commented on 06/22/2016

We sincerely apologize for the unfortunate experience you had before. I'd strongly urge you to come see the transformation we've undergone since Austin Community College took us back over in November 2015. We think you'd be pleasantly surprised!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
Previously Played

Riverside needs some work

Most greens were hard as a rock and had some amount of sand and weeds covering them. The rough grass was so long and unkept it was almost impossible to find your ball.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 06/22/2016

We sincerely apologize for the unfortunate experience you had before. I'd strongly urge you to come see the transformation we've undergone since Austin Community College took us back over in November 2015. We think you'd be pleasantly surprised!

Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Learn how to maintain a golf course

Golf course is in terrible condition. Enough said.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Default User Avatar
Commented on 06/22/2016

We sincerely apologize for the unfortunate experience you had before. I'd strongly urge you to come see the transformation we've undergone since Austin Community College took us back over in November 2015. We think you'd be pleasantly surprised!

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Course Value

Enjoy playing the course every time I get out. The amount of money spent to play is idea for me. An excellent value for a novice player.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Played on May 2, 2015

Great time at this course yesterday. Keep working n the greens.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course but...

The course itself is great. This was my first time playing here and we found a deal online to play the course for cheap.
Problems: there is an apartment complex that had a pool party, it felt like the pool party was right on the course, the DJ was loud and annoying especially if you are trying to concentrate to hit a golf ball.
There is no marshal, so a normal 4 hour 18 hole round turned into 6 hours. We had to wait for the players in front of us for a long stretch of time. We wanted to go around but found that they were waiting on other people and it was like that for a a lot of groups.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fun course

Great greens but they need to mow the rough down so you have a better chance of finding your ball. Otherwise it is a fun track.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

greens

Greens in poor condition. Some greens had bad patches of sand 4th hole had to much sand in it.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Riverside

Course in horrible shape and we had an 8-some in front of us.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Default User Avatar
Commented on 06/22/2016

We sincerely apologize for the unfortunate experience you had before. I'd strongly urge you to come see the transformation we've undergone since Austin Community College took us back over in November 2015. We think you'd be pleasantly surprised!

Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Condition of course

The weather was perfect and the pace of play was very good. Probably not getting much play due to the condition of the course. Fairways, greens and bunkers are in terrible shape. Would not have gone there if I had known how bad the course was. Needs a lot of work. I did leave a club by a green which was turned in and the gentleman in the pro shop called me promptly to let me know he had it. I appreciated that.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Horrible Experience

The course's range consists of 4 mats and a net 5 yards in front. The greens were in awful condition; half of the green was sand or dirt. Sand traps were literally dirt. Absolutely no sand. The course was full of only hacks who were extremely rude. Pace of play was absolutely terrible. If we hadn't played though 5 groups it would have taken us 6 hours to finish the round (no joke). All this and we paid $30 to play at 12:45. Will never play there again, even if someone were to pay me to. DO NOT GO.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Default User Avatar
Commented on 06/22/2016

We sincerely apologize for the unfortunate experience you had before. I'd strongly urge you to come see the transformation we've undergone since Austin Community College took us back over in November 2015. We think you'd be pleasantly surprised!

Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Course has gone downhill

We were surprised at the condition of the course. In has gone downhill considerably in the past two years. The greens were in terrible shape with bare spots and stones on some. The fairways were indistinguishable from the rough. The sand traps were also terrible. They seemed to have dirt in them not sant. On one hole there was a sprinklerr head that was gushing water ($$$$$$!!!!) and had created a stream in the fairway. We played on a weekend and we saw a seven-some tee off of a hole ahead of us!! Our foursome won't play there again till things improve.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Default User Avatar
Commented on 06/22/2016

We sincerely apologize for the unfortunate experience you had before. I'd strongly urge you to come see the transformation we've undergone since Austin Community College took us back over in November 2015. We think you'd be pleasantly surprised!

Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

This a nice challenging choose.

Always fun to play this course, you can score well. Greens are always good.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Disappointed

If for no other reason than the history, I always hope that this golf course will be better, but it seems stuck in sub-par mode and that's not golf terminology. Yes it is an older course and that's fine. Most of the greens are pretty guarded, which is great and challenging, but if you end up in a bunker you are playing out of concrete mix or mud. The greens rolled good where there was grass but almost all of them had large patches of nothing and just sours what is good. If there is a greenskeeper, they need to step it up. I think this could be a great course with some attention, but you can't neglect it forever and expect any traffic.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Default User Avatar
Commented on 06/22/2016

We sincerely apologize for the unfortunate experience you had before. I'd strongly urge you to come see the transformation we've undergone since Austin Community College took us back over in November 2015. We think you'd be pleasantly surprised!

Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Poor weather
Used cart

Windy, breezy, typhoon

Great day temperature wise, and the pace of play surprisingly great. Fairways were pretty good, but the greens were not. But due to drought, they get a pass. Love the layout, and will go back again soon.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
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