Rio Vista Golf Club

About
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 |
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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 |
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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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Reviewer Photos
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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
Early morning fog
This was our first time playing and it was early in winter and it was completely fogged in. We would tee off on par 3s without being able to see the green. Had to use the gps maps on our phones to guess where to hit. We didnt see a lot of the course, but from what I saw, it was really nice. Lots of water in play (might have been fountains). Fairways all seem sloped to kick things in rough back to the fairway. The fairways were in rough condition (same with tee boxes), but greens seemed to be in good shape.
Course looking better everytime I play there greens are the best around, would play there again 🤓
Improving nicely
The course has improved nicely compared to last year. The front 9 has lots of bare spots in the fairways and lots of grounds under repair. The back 9 was lovely! Very nice to see the improvement.
Pace of play was fabulous. Got 18 holes in 3.5 hours! That is how you should play golf.
Work is slow but course is getting better.
The golf course has been under rehab for a couple of years now and it is slowly improving. The clubhouse is also being worked on and it is looking good. The bunkers on the course in particular has improved tremendously because sand has been added. There is still drainage issues on some of them but overall it has improved. Fairways are being worked on at the time l was playing there and parts of it was rope off where new seeding has been laid. Still plenty of dry spots but it is improving.
Sad to See
I am not a professional landscaper, and yet I can tell when something has gone awry in the maintenance element of a golf course. Let me say that the tee boxes and greens were fine. The greens rolled true and semi-fast, as evidenced by my many 3 putts. However, a few objections within respect to maintenance popped up. Sadly, on EVERY hole, there were bare spots (no grass) in the fairways for 15-20 yards that were not marked as ground under repair, and with no evidence of seeding or any kind of measure to replace the worn spots. On several holes, between 11:00 a.m. and noon, the fairway was being watered while I was on the tee box, directly in the area of my landing spot. What was more concerning was that these same areas being watered had the aforementioned bare spots with no seeding, which created large pools of mud. It got to be a regular occurrence, and I was not about to slip and fall in the mud, so i skipped the hole. I drove over two hours to play this course, but that is not a contributing factor. I'm sure that there were people who drove far less distance and encountered the same conditions. In addition, the course seems to be renovating the outside eating area with new concrete, so that was not available to patrons who wanted to grab a bite after their round. Again, I will mention that all the course personnel were friendly, but that doesn't mask the fact that the actual facility w=is in poor condition. It will be a long time before I return to this course due to the above contributing factors. It was once a very nice place to play, and now, not so much.
Rio vista golf
This course has a nice layout/design. BUT…. They do not maintain the course well. Tons of bare spots or dead areas. They watered all day while we were there and it became a mud pit. This was gem about 7 years ago and it went bad. Decided to give it a chance again after a few years and it remains in bad shape. It is too bad because as I stated it was a gem before.
Nice course layout
Enjoyed our round .. 1st 9 holes were under repair and we're challenging. The 2nd 9 were in much better shape and very pleasant. Lots of lovely water features and wildlife., but of course goose poop is a problem. Loved the newly remodeled clubhouse. Very nice. Look forward to playing the back nine again soon. 😊
Rio Vista in good shape
The course is back and is in great shape. The staff is great and pace of play is good. Few more improvements to make but over all the course is in great shape.
Tee boxes and bunkers
Still a lot of work needed on the fairways, tee boxes and bunkers. Fun course if these things are improved.
Fun course with plenty of Hazards :-) I would definitely play it again although it does some loving care in certain areas.
Pace of play
I paid for 18 but played only 7 holes…3 foursomes in front of me and it took 2 hours to play. It was horrible, I will not go there ever again.