The Club at River Wilderness

Was hoping for improved conditions from a few weeks ago when played here last, unfortunately, it appears to have worsened, mainly with the fairways. Very thin & in many places just sand & bare spots. Thought the recent rains would green it up a bit, but not the case. Greens are still rolling good, but once again, not a single bunker has been turned over & raked out. A shame, because they appear to have adequate sand, just not properly maintained. Why this course doesn't rope off fairway areas that sorely need to grow out boggles my mind, and they continue to cut fairways really tight, instead of letting them grow in a bit, which is sorely needed. It's a shame, because the course is one of the nicest layouts around, and I keep hoping that it will some day return to it's once meticulous conditions.....just doesn't seem to get the proper fertilizer & seed when needed. As usual, a very slow round ( 4 1/2 hours+), and several tee boxes had more than 1 group waiting. Hard to avoid with 7 minute tee times, but a ranger pushing SLOW groups would help a lot!!! Still, with the crazy prices now prevalent in the SRQ area, still a good value for the money.

We were disappointed with River Wilderness course. We had 3 foursomes and had booked on TeeOff at $48 plus tax. The proshop wanted to have only one foursome at that price and charge $65 for the other 2 foursomes. They finally agreed to give the correctly booked price. Fairways were extremely short grass and sparse grass in areas. Hard to hit approach shots off of tight lies in the middle of the fairways. Greens were really fast. It was decent but the group doesn’t want to return till improvements are made.

Fairways have very little grass but greens are good

Good course. Nice setup and layout. You can make it as tough as you want it to be.

Greens are not in bad shape. Course layout is fun and a good challenge

Slowest round I have ever experienced at a golf course, you couldn’t pay me to go back and play another round.

we played last year and thought the course had a great layout and it was in great shape. not the case this year can't get a decent lie anywhere on the fairways and greens have all kinds of patches.

will not play again this year.

Played the course a few times last year and it was great. Was anxious to play again this year but it is in awful condition

Can’t get a decent lie anywhere in the fairways and greens patchy

Will skip it for the balance of our stay

Wonderful course! Staff is super friendly and welcoming! Make sure to schedule a lesson with Mark or Duncan! Pace of play wonderful! I was able to play 9 holes in 1hr 15mins! Love that place!

played it for the 1st time last year and we thought it was great and in good condition so were anxious to play it again this year. Awful, worse condition of any course in the area. fairways have no grass, can't get a decent lie anywhere . greens roll ok but have sand patches and holes. will not go back this year

This may be the most promising course in the Bradenton-Parrish area. Great staff, great couse, great value.

Played early morning by myself. There was a threesome behind me but the started didn't think to have me join them. Fortunately I was able to play through a few groups. The course has a great layout. The greens are very nice but a tad slow. A couple greens need some repair. Tee boxes were in poor shape. Lots of weed grass in the rough. Fairways are ok. Not bad value for $55.

Until now I've never been to a course where slow play is encouraged. Here it is celebrated. I will never play here again.