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Rio Vista Golf Club
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The Golf Club at Rio Vista is situated at the heart of northern California. With a scenic spot near the Sacramento River Delta, the course is even named after its scenic river view. The river delta meets rolling hills on this tough providing a unique setting equipped with distinctive water features. The skillfully crafted water holes are the trademarks of the design. The design mimics the natural lines carved by the river delta. The fairways are wide open but lengthy and generous greens can also be quite challenging as well. Rio Vista is a golf course that has appeal for players of all skill levels from novices to pros, whether it's the scenery or the diverse layout. Be careful on windy days though, the open course can be especially brutal.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 72 | 6800 yards | 73.6 | 131 |
| Gold | 72 | 6393 yards | 71.9 | 124 |
| White | 72 | 5971 yards | 70.0 | 119 |
| Green | 72 | 5330 yards | 72.4 | 124 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 73.3/127 | 363 | 502 | 425 | 546 | 195 | 365 | 416 | 215 | 443 | 3470 | 321 | 388 | 422 | 198 | 488 | 222 | 428 | 491 | 372 | 3330 | 6800 |
| Gold M: 71.5/124 | 346 | 487 | 391 | 516 | 175 | 343 | 396 | 198 | 391 | 3243 | 309 | 366 | 398 | 170 | 469 | 199 | 405 | 478 | 356 | 3150 | 6393 |
| White M: 69.9/121 W: 75.4/131 | 332 | 470 | 369 | 501 | 160 | 322 | 368 | 160 | 355 | 3037 | 295 | 348 | 367 | 145 | 449 | 175 | 380 | 466 | 336 | 2961 | 5998 |
| White/Green M: 68.5/117 W: 73.7/128 | 332 | 470 | 315 | 448 | 120 | 294 | 368 | 160 | 355 | 2862 | 295 | 302 | 367 | 145 | 447 | 158 | 326 | 453 | 336 | 2829 | 5691 |
| Green M: 66.4/114 W: 71.7/122 | 304 | 430 | 315 | 448 | 120 | 294 | 325 | 154 | 313 | 2703 | 281 | 302 | 299 | 131 | 403 | 158 | 326 | 453 | 274 | 2627 | 5330 |
| Handicap | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 6 | |||
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 7 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 6 |
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Photo submitted by u000004182210 on 11/29/2025
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Photo submitted by Tony415 on 06/21/2025
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Me and my bud Photo submitted by tec642 on 03/01/2025
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Middle of the fairway, this was not a one off. Photo submitted by 22NKM22 on 05/19/2024
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Photo submitted by 22NKM22 on 05/19/2024
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18th Photo submitted by u000005563539 on 03/19/2023
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Photo submitted by groge on 09/22/2021
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Photo submitted by slacey54 on 11/16/2012
Want a Challenge? Then Rio Vista is A MUST PLAY!!!
I am truly surprised that this course has only 3 stars overall. After taking a closer look, seeing all the recent 5 star reviews, and speaking with the friendly pro shop manager, I learned that Rio Vista has been under new management and care for the past 3 years and they have really been doing their best to make this a must play course in the Bay Area.
There are beautiful views throughout, challenging hazards to keep you on your toes and rolling hills that make me picture what the original courses in Scotland must have been like. You really need a plan of attack for each shot and it helps to have such an informative website for those that like to prepare for a course if it is your first time.
I highly recommend this course for anyone looking to test their golf skills!
Big Improvement from summer of 2022
This course has the potential to be great. It has it;s challenges for sure. Big improvements over the last 6-8 months. Active bunkers were good, tee boxes good and greens were excellent. Some fairways had bad spots while others were decent or above. Overall, this is going to be a great course if management/owners continue to put the work in. Looks like they are currently working on the sprinkler/watering systems on a few holes. Still some overgrown clovers on some of the side roughs. Pleasantly surprised with the progress. Keep it up and make that course great.
120% improvement.
Perfect weather in the mid-70’s with little breeze made the game to be the most enjoyable in a long time while. The management made a great improvement in years. They showed their willingness to do good business now.
Tee boxes have new color markers and cleaner than before.
Fairways have been worked on and they are almost to the pre-COVID-19 era. Need yard markers still.
Bunkers. They made the greatest improvements here 200%. Almost enough sand to make it playable.
Ponds still stinking some but endurable.
Greens. This is where they still need to improve. Must have punched recently which is okay but there are still few places where they need to do some patchwork. Greens are not fast enough due to sanding and punching.
Our cart died at 17th green but we managed to pull it out and maneuvered to finish the round.
Pro shop has enough merchandise and the new staff members were super friendly and courteous with professional attitude. We didn’t miss the old grumpy staff member who were quite bossy and annoying.
We will definitely play more here and even bring some friends.
Kudos to the managers and the maintenance staff for your good work. Please keep it up.
Course conditions are improving!
Management is working on getting the course ready for the summer.
Great food.
No driving range. Rough needs to be mowed a little shorter. Really playable. Good golfers can go low here. Food in the bar is excellent.
Underrated course!
Booked a tee time for 1:40pm on a hot deal for $20 ! Was one of the best courses I’ve played at. Tee boxes were nice, fairways were green, the greens were unfortunately punched but didnt have a hard time with it. 10/10 would recommend!
Rio Vista
Nice course, very impressed with the overall value. Greens were tight and trim. Great layout, a hidden gem.
The Tee boxes were good, the fairways were good just a little wet because it rained the day before, the bunkers were well groomed, and the greens were in perfect condition. I will play here again.
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It was a beautiful day for golf, pace of play was good. Wind is an issue if you play late in the afternoon. It is always nice to play here.
Course is really looking great
Cart path only on two holes. This course is now in better condition than before. It’s getting to be better than a year ago!
Fun track
Played this course for only the second time. Played it in October of 2021 and it was a mess so was worried it wouldn’t have improved since but I was wrong. It’s in a lot better shape and for a Saturday round with a cart, it’s a pretty good deal. Fun track that goes through a nice neighborhood. Greens were in good shape, fairways a bit muddy but should shape up nicely for the spring.
Worth to play again
General speaking, the fairways of the course are much better than before. I would recommend this course to my friends.
Nice day
Great day with a friend and course was nice. I would go back again with the golf hot price again.
Nice Layout
Good greens sand traps were good but some bunker's were very bad fairways were a disaster even the par 3's good layout lots of water would like to play it again this summer hopefully the fairways will improved by thenNice
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