Rio Vista Golf Club

Had a 0710 tee time on Monday (Labor Day 2020). I arrived about 30 minutes before my tee time (like normal) and I must of interrupted a BS session from the three older men that worked there. I greeted the older gentleman with a good morning my tee time is at.............. and the only word he said was “you can insert your card now”, then he pointed to the carts and that was it. Not a big deal I’m not much of a social one anyways. At the first tee box we noticed no score cards in the carts, I went back for one and was told “the county would not let them hand cards out because of COVID-19, which is BS, I’ve played 3 other courses in the county. OK, now let’s get to the course, it was a swamp. Almost every hole had been overwatered for weeks. In places it smelled like septic and the mosquitos were unbearable. The Tee boxes were not mowed and probably 80% weeds to grass. Did I mention this was Labor Day weekend, you would think a holiday weekend you might try to impress??????? Maybe that’s just me!!

To top the day off, at the end of the round there was no signage to park the carts, so we parked them in a large asphalt parking area in front of the club house. Again an older good old boy (course employee) walked by and said “ THE CARTS GO OVER THEIR” that’s when I finally had enough and said “show me the F¥@k-n sign”

Sad, this us to be a great course.

We paid $44 including a cart, not bad. Today if they would have refunded half are money it still would not have been worth it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

have not played a course in this a condition in all my life. if they paid me to play the course would not play it, since it is not worth the drive. if they paid for driving me to the course might think about it but probably still would not play such a bad poorly maintained course. they should be ashamed to advertise this as a golf course. will never think twice about wanting to try or play this course . it was the biggest waste of a few dollars but mostly the time.

This course is awful. The fairways are practically pure dirt. The greens are kept in great condition but the rest of the entire course is in the worse shape I have ever seen a course be. They charged me $44.00 to play here and I ended up leaving by the 7th hole. I have never been more disappointed in my life when it comes to a golf course. They definitely need improvement. However I will never be playing here ever again.

Once again, I love playing this course. For the money, it is well worth it. Once they fix the course, you will not be able to play a round for the amount of money. It will be way more expensive.

The tee boxes and traps need attention...also need to mow the rough- balls should not disappear in rough because of the weeds...hazards are understood but not fairway rough. Most traps are not sand , mostly weeds and most tee boxes are weeds as well and not mown or kept in good repair. Good course layout and great staff...work on the course maintenance!

I played here a year ago and this course was playable. Today, it is not. The tee boxes are ridiculous, over grown with grass and weeds. The bunkers are filled with grass and weeds and no effort has been made to take care of them for a long time. The course is home to 1,000 geese and all of the smell that goes along with that. No score cards or help from staff. We also saw many turkeys, rabbits, and bullfrogs. If you like animals and don’t care about golf, this is the place to go. If you like golf on a decent course, do not go to The golf club at Rio Vista.

Needs lots of water! At one time was a great place to play. Over the years has fallen on hard times. Greens still decant. Good for a practice round because inexpensive to play.

Course is in rough condition. But for the price, is worth it to to work on your game. This was my 3rd playing here in 2 weeks

This course is in rough shape. Most tee boxes are dirt. No grass in sight but the greens were very nice. And this course looks promising. I’ll definitely come back here in 6-8months. Challenging course but consider it practice.

This course in a work in progress. Do not expect Pebble Beach. Even with the course needing an unimaginable amount of work, playing here should be looked at as practice and practice only. With this mindset going it, it will allow you to work on ball lies that, hopefully, you will never be in.

When they return this course to it's former glory, it is going to be absolutely amazing! Until then, instead of complaining about how bad the course is, people need to appreciate that we have the opportunity to play a full 18 holes for such a cheap overall price!!! I got a "Hot Deals" deal for $22 for the round I played. I literally know no other place where this is possible.

So again, STOP complaining, and appreciate the opportunity to play at this course!

Current conditions are making this course as challenging as it's ever been; it was already hard. A lot of the fairways just dont have grass, there is certainly a lot of weeds and vegetation there, but the real grass is a scarcity. The winds can get very strong and this, [combinded with the infield fairways], can make keeping your ball in play a very challenging task. There are quite a few water hazards on this course and most will require a forced carry. With the tight lies, it can be very difficult to hit these shots with the required finesse needed to reach greens in reg. Subsequently, playing RV by the standards rules of golf maybe a bit difficult, but youd certainly feel very accomplished if you could(especially if u got up and down out of

those bunkers).

I played this course from time to time in high school(7 years ago) and back then it was one of my favorite courses around. It had all the aspects of a championship golf course but for a reasonable price! Plush fairways, discernible rough, level tee boxes, challenging layout, dynamic greens, SAND traps, and of course the surreal atmosphere of the windmills! It was midly disappointed to return and find that most of the things I enjoyed about the course seemed to have disappeared:/ It was such a great course, I would love to see it return to its former glory.

Currently this course needs A LOT if work. The staff says they are starting in a few weeks to make the course back to its beautiful form.

As long as you start on the fairways you will do just fine. The 18th hole is a great looking hole and difficult. Overall, it decent and with the money. Don't expect the course to look like pebble Beach, cause currently it's not.

This use to be a lovely course, but then they ran into management issues. At present they are on a 5 year plan to improve the course. This is year 2. The fairways are okay, and the greens are wonderful. Where you'll see the biggest issues are at the tee-boxes and bunkers. They are both weedy and there is no sand in the bunkers.

Note: One thing I've always liked about this course is the tee-boxes are fair to women.

This course is nicely laid out and challenging, not in great shape but I found it a great value. I will be going back

The course is in bad shape, but to be fair there seems to be an initiative to eventually have a well taken care of golf course. I’ll have to wait on that before I go back.

Overall course is nice and presents some challenging shots if you drive the ball 250-270 of the tee. There are well placed obstacles and you need to be deliberate on your tee shots or you may end up in hazards. It’s a nice change of pace instead of hitting driver off every tee box.

Bunkers are a work in progress they say. Well honestly no bunkers at all, just overgrown weeds. Fairways are average and some have random patches of dead grass or no grass at all.

Greens are well taken care of, soft and slower than I expected. And lastly staff was very friendly and up front and honest about course condition. Would recommend to play again.

I was charged for 2 reservations at the same time. My card was charged v twice.

Course is in bad shape

Trust the reviews, but don't shy away from giving it a shot, there are positives to take away. Greens are in excellent conditions for one. Farirways need some TLC but are for the most part playable. The reviews on the bunkers are dead accurate and actually might be worse. They should either commit to fixing 90% of them or just grass them over and make collection areas so it's at least playable. The tee boxes were confusing b/c some were green and lush and others were like dirt. If I were doing the maintenance that would be my first priority as it sucks pulling back and snagging on some weeds. We are looking forward to a return next year when it's supposed to be in better shape.