Riverside Golf Course

As 60-somethings, my wife & I enjoyed playing Riverside. The red tees were challenging enough for a 36 handicap player but gave par rewards for a few consecutive good shots. My wife was elated to get par-par-birdie on the 3 par 5's on the back nine. Fairways were in pretty good shape for end of summer and the greens were true and fast. Red tee boxes were mostly in need of attention. Staff in the pro shop were super friendly.

Wide fairways with moderate amount of bunkers. enjoyable course.

Course in pretty good shape. Staff could not find my booking in computer. Fortunately they gave us 9 hole rate. A bit of standing water and mud. Slow play today. Overall course was enjoyable.

Several challenges mixed in with foregiving fairways. A good time was had by all.

A couple of the greens were in bad shape (parts of it appeared to be re-sodded). If you can get it cheap on golfnow, then it's still worth it.

It's a good course for someone that is trying to get better as it is not overly difficult.

Only one green was in poor condition and several were very well maintained. Most fairways are what you would expect from a course in a drought striken area and playing in August - brown patches and a lot of roll. Some of the holes with newer type of grass on the back-9 were excelent. However, very few bunkers had sand in them at all. Hitting out of hardpan with a lot of marble-sized rocks. The few bunkers with 'some' sand were crusted and walking did not penetrate even that, let alone the club head. I would not play paying full price, but the late afternoon round with the the discount posted on the Golf Now site made it reasonable.

Texas is in the middle of a drought, so it's understandable that golf courses will want to save on watering. That said, a number of the fairways were dry with clay showing through in the fairways and some of the so-called sand traps are dried clay pits. The greens were the spongiest I have ever felt and the ball did hold up and spin back nicely, though. Some of the greens have sod repair in places that is growing back but still somewhat detracting. The staff was friendly and the club facilities are decent as well.

Riverside is Riverside for the most part. Fairly forgiving and wide open. Not a lot of lush fairways by any means, mostly dry, scrubby rough areas. The greens are really where the course has its issues right now. A lot of new sod laid on greens, which is great...shows investment in the course. Whoever mowed the greens, however, needs some work. Green edges were left without being mowed, and most greens were well overgrown.

All in all, for $22 including a free draft beer, you can't complain too much!

This course is solid for a public course under 50 bucks. Its well maintained and is challenging in some spots. It's the old Austin Country Club course and you tell that at one time it was a premier course (probably 30-40 years ago). I was expecting a lot less and came away pleased and will definitely play it again. For someone like myself who recently broke into the 90's, this is a great course along with Kizer and Jimmy Clay to get solid rounds in without having to pay $80+ or drive out to Lago Vista to stay under 50 on the weekends.
Overall I am very happy with this course, I hope they keep the condition maintained (greens were nice and fairways were good too).

I thought Riverside was a neat course to play. The layout for a "shorter" course made it challenging in picking tee shots and playing position golf. Nice open fairways and guarded greens gave it a fun aspect, and the greens themselves were in pretty good shape considering current drought conditions. Tee boxes were pretty level, but the rough areas were almost non existent save for around greens.

After reading the overview of this course, it sounded like a great value for your dollar. But as you are driving through a very undesirable neighborhood, one may realize you should be packing more than golf clubs. There is no driving range but rather a net with 4 mats to hit off of. The restrooms in the clubhouse haven't been cleaned since 1989 which may be the last year this course was tended to. The greens were like putting on the beach in Galveston while there were more weeds in the fairway than grass. I just wonder if this a result of the such Texas drought or just poor course management.

In this course, you will feel relax driving in the woods. Enjoy nice briz. A nice place to spend an afternoon.

Front 9 greens were a little scorched and the rough was pretty dry. Back 9 was nice. Went on a Monday afternoon and course was fairly empty. When you make the turn, you are nowhere near the clubhouse so if you want a cold beer, get your cooler before you tee off.

THE COURSE OVERALL IS GOOD, THE GREENS AND THE CARTS NEED WORK .........

Course needs attention from the tees to the greens. No driving range only an old tore up hitting net and a nice practice green. Fairways need some attention course is open but can be tough if you miss the short grass.

Went back to Riverside for the first time in 4+ years. Fairways are OK, but some greens were in terrible condition. So bad putting was physically impossible from some spots. It is not a memorable course. The only hole I remember was the ridiculous tee on #1 hole. The #1 tee box needs to be moved. I have played much nicer course at lower price. It will be another 4+ years before I return.

The course was good on the greens and fairways but the rough needed to be mowed for me.

Great value, probably the best in Austin.

Tee boxes were all pushed back but still a short course. During the week Hole #1 is Par 3 and on the weekends its a Par 4. (71/72)

Negatives:
Not a ton of issues with the fairways but on several holes (approx 5) the greens were so shoddy there were 15-25 sq ft strips of sands instead of grass.

Course is not all that long.

No driving range (that I saw).

Positives:
DIfficult pin placements.

Great value.

Not crowded at all.

I had never played Riverside and found a good deal here so I decided to give it a chance. I will never play this course again. The greens were in horrible condition. Nearly every green had large sand and dirt spots. The bunkers were more like gravel pits filled with rocks (I actually hit a tee shot that landed in the middle of a bunker and it bounced out and rolled a good 15 yards passed the bunker). The only positive was that the fairways were in decent shape. I wouldn't recommend playing this course unless you could play it for under $10. There are courses out there that are much better for the same price.

The course is in pretty good shape. The greens had their moments and could use more attention but otherwise well worth the money.