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3.8
801 Reviews (801)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
63
1 Stars
57
Conditions
3.5
Value
4.2
Layout
4.1
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.6
84.5%
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648 out of 801 reviews
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3.7
27 Reviews (27)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
11
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3
Conditions
3.2
Value
4.0
Layout
3.9
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.3
StaffFriendliness
4.3
77.8%
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21 out of 27 reviews
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3.8
80 Reviews (80)
5 Stars
21
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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Conditions
3.4
Value
4.2
Layout
4.1
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.5
82.5%
Recommend this course
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 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Riverside golf corse

Corse over all was pretty good. I played on a cold misty day so unfortunately I didn't get the full advantage of the corse

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 26
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Used cart

Never again

This is by far the worst course we have played in years. I have a pasture in Bastrop county in better condition than this place. Greens half black, fairways weeds, tee boxes a joke. The Supt needs to be fired.
Never again will I waste my time here.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

great value

The course was in good shape. The greens were a bit inconsistent, but overall very good. Very good value for the $.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great improvement

Last time we played the fairway was dried up, astecially it did not look good. This time the fairway and greens much better. Location, price and conditions made for positive experience.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Riverside

Excellent course. Tee boxes be like hunch back of notre dame. Greens were muddy and soft. Either way it was a good time. Good course for the money.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 15-19
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

Very fun course

This is an older course and has some history with it. It's located near downtown and the airport. The green fees are low also

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played

One of my least favorite courses

I really do not like playing this course. I will not play this course for more than $25. This course is always full of hackers that don't know golf educate. Some holes are shoe horned in due to having to redesign the course for ACC. Conditions are fair, but many of the greens have dead sections. The $42 rate for this course is crazy. Staff is very friendly and tin cup food is not bad. All other muni courses in the area are better.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

The Old Gray Mare

Some of the greens were really soft and well kept.. especially for this time of year. This course should play pretty easy. The fairways need some work though, as they were pretty firm with plenty of dead spots that could send your ball to either side into the rough. There is a lot of junk on the sides of the fairways, and the rough is so tall and unkept in spots that you may lose a lot of balls if you don't keep it in the middle. The bunkers are hard as rocks.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Very Enjoyable Round

Considering the drought conditions, the greens, fairways, and tee boxes were in very good condition, the traps were extremely hard, could use some improvement. Cudo's to the greenskeeper and staff.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Good little muny

Teeing off early morning on a 100 degree day in August, it was pleasing to find the greens in very good shape for a public use golf course. Fairways were ok for the drought conditions of August, and the tee boxes were clean, well mown, and in otherwise good shape (my pet peeve is the accumulation of a week or more of broken tees in the tee box area -- evidence of casual maintenance).

The course is reminiscent of its early Perry Maxwell days as Austin Country Club though worn around the edges with some holes lost due to space encroachment of Austin Community College.

The Tin Cup Grill is a classic hole in the wall, but serves up a serviceable hamburger and the beer is cold.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Awful Vaule and Horrendously Slow

Picked up a tee time for $39 on a Sunday morning. There is no driving range on this course just a "warm up net" that you can hit into. The artificial grass at the "warm up net' is in disrepair as is the net itself. Course was soaking wet with standing water in many areas even though we haven't had rain in weeks, green with large muddy areas and bunkers that were hard as a rock. Hard to tell between fairways and rough and tee boxes were not level.

The course was littered with 5-somes in front of us. We stopped playing after 4.5 hours and 15 holes because the pace of play was horrendous. Tee boxes stacked up 3 groups deep. I am not sure I would play this course again for $19 and surely not for $39. Spend your money at any other course in Austin before resorting to Riverside.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Recently punched greens

Greens full of sand so very slow. Fairways in great shape.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Time to tune it up!

You know the expression you get what you pay for. Well this pretty much sums up riverside. I will give it a little slack since there was some rain recently, but even so the course is in poor shape.

The maps at each tee box aren't legible anymore and flow between the holes is a little odd. Some of the greens were soft and some were concrete. So no good feel for the course.

There isn't much difference between the fairway and the rough. And on some of the holes the rough is covered with stones and branches - good luck finding your ball in a pebble field.

All and all they could clean it up and make it average - but spend the $3 extra and go somewhere else for now.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

fun in the sun

First time playing the course, had a great time the greens were great and all the staff were excellent to talk to.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Used cart

Fantastic!

The course is in the best shape it has been in for over 10 years! Someone is doing something right!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Got to love the rain

with all the rain it made the course absolutely awesome

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens are great

Overall great golfing experience. If playing late make sure to take mosquito repellent.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Very enjoyable round

Very fun course, ha a great time Greens, fairways, bunkers and tee boxes in fantastic shape! Great value for the money. Only drawback was no driving range but they had a net you could hit into before teeing off on #1. Would recommend to anyone.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Open play

Very open cores,good first time will be back out here again

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Riverside Golf Course

Customer service was awesome. The golf course ground is fantastic and the weather was perfect. I have played several times and they have done very well keep in up with the course. I will continue to play here and invite my friends.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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