The Club at River Wilderness

I come and play here whenever i'm in town. Today was not good as they overseeded the tee boxes and fairways. Every hole had srinklers on and soaking the ground. They moved every set of tee boxes forward so much that every hole had shortened distances of over 100+ yards. The worst part is that there was no mention of work being done to the course when booking. So my 45min drive and rate was demonized by no communication. Horrible experience today.

Place would be awesome if they didn’t overwater EVERYTHING and advertised that they have temp tee boxes set up. We were teeing off not once, twice, but THREE times and got blasted by sprinklers. Save your money and call ahead to see what the tee box situation is before you go. Also $18 fkn dollars for 2 hot dogs is insane. Huge mark up on balls too.

I reached out to the course 2 days ago hoping to hear some kind of regret or apology for what can only be called an embarrassing and miserable golf outing.

3 issues made for a horrific time golfing.

1, Temporary Tees

2. Sprinklers Running Continually

3. Cart Path Only.

When we got to the first tee the sprinklers were running and the temporary tees were flooded. I said I would go back at tell them and one of my partners said "They know" we would just have to work around them.

Added to this was the fact that the carts were cart path only so we pretty much walked 18, second 9 we did a scramble to try to make a miserable experience more enjoyable. Ende up taking 5 hours, not because we play slow but had to avoid water or wat for sprinklers to pass after most shots.. This was not a discounted rate it was just not caring about the customer in any way shape or form.

The temporary tees shortened the course by about a quarter have multiple par 3 less than 100 yds. I understand that happens when doing construction, but when those tee are nothing but mud and water, you should not be taking tee times if you are going to not provide a playable experience. I've played there before and i was quite nice but I would not send anyone there now.

Played today and have always enjoyed playing here as the course is good and the staff are very friendly and efficient but, we arrived to find that the course had been over seeded and it was cart paths only and temporary tees on all holes, some of which you couldn't play off as they were drenched in water and muddy and slippery as well as making the course a lot shorter. The grass on the fairways was very long and we had to keep dodging the sprinklers so couldn't get to our ball at times. If we had been warned we would have taken a raincheck and booked in a couple of weeks when the course had recovered but as we had pre paid we would probably have lost our money. As previously mentioned it's a nice course to play and I would recommend you give it a go but not for a couple of weeks until it recovers from the overseeing.

I have played this course before and enjoyed it very much. Right now it is UNPLAYABLE.

Temporary Tee Boxes, many muddy and no grass. Fairways reseeded and nice, but they are watering so they are marshes, and the greens have no grass...mostly sand and weeds. the rough and grass around the greens is mostly dead grass and crabgrass. perhaps the worst shape of any course I have seen in years. very disappointing.

Cart path only due to reseeding, was not aware of this. Horrible make shift tee boxes, sprinklers running, greens hard as a glass. This used to be a nice course, sure has gone downhill.

Free range balls, fun layout. Hole 10 has maintenance, is temporary a par 3. Other than that it was a lot of fun. Some greens have bad spots, but not too bad.

It is an absolute shame what a massacre the new owners have done to this course. Once one of the best courses in the area, now worse than the municipal. Range is a dirt pile, greens are compacted sand & fairways are pure weeds.

Save your money and play somewhere else. Tee boxes were in better shape than the greens. Greens had rough patches, grooves and weeds. The whole course looks as though it hasn't been mowed in over a month, between me and my friend we lost a dozen balls and not in the water or woods but just off the fairway. Fairways and roughs had major FIRE ANT hills all over. I happened to accidently stepped on one and now my legs are swollen and itching with at least 15 bites. This could be a nice course if somebody maintained it. VERY DISAPPOINTED!!!

One of the worst courses in Manatee/Sarasota County by far. Save your money and spend it anywhere but here. The Tee boxes, Fairways, Rough, and Greens are all in really bad condition. Everything is soaked and muddy, cart path only. Due to being cart path only and longer pace of play, the ranger will tell you to pick up the pace of play when cart path is nowhere near the fairway. Do yourself a favor and do not play at this unmaintained course.

This course should be in much better shape. Tee box’s and greens are bad shape for a country clib

Used to be such a great course. It has a great layout. I don’t understand why the greens are so bad. Even a basic maintenance crew should be able to keep them better than what they are.

Tee boxes are full of weeds and greens are in bad shape.

The course is located inside a very nice, gated community. The layout of the course is excellent and from what I hear was one of the premier courses in the area in its prime days. The course was playable, so if you don't mind some issues here and there, you can enjoy a nice round of golf here. Just make sure you are paying a reasonable price to play this track.

First time golfing this course and it’s sad when you are loosing balls - on the fairway. Watch it come down, with 3 people watching as well, and still lost so many balls due to the fiarways being way overgrown. The greens were super dead and patchy.. bumpy putts. Just overall a course in need of some serious love. The layout is great - just terrible conditions.

The staff was courteous, however the greens were atrocious. A lot of potential for this course, however I can't get over how poor the greens were, and im not talking about recently punched. The greens were borderline un-puttable, patches of weeds, no grass or over grown areas.