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3 Stars
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1 Stars
76
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.2
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.8
88.2%
Recommend this course
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4.1
118 Reviews (118)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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1 Stars
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Conditions
4.2
Value
4.2
Layout
4.3
Pace
3.5
Amenities
3.7
StaffFriendliness
4.4
89.0%
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105 out of 118 reviews
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4.2
156 Reviews (156)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
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1 Stars
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Conditions
4.2
Value
4.2
Layout
4.4
Pace
3.7
Amenities
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StaffFriendliness
4.4
89.1%
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139 out of 156 reviews
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Course Highlights
The River Club consistently delivers well-maintained fairways, fast true-running greens, and a challenging layout with mounding and bunkers that rewards smart play. Friendly staff, affordable pricing, and on-course amenities like a beverage cart and halfway snack shack make this a standout value.

About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 6840 yards
Slope 148
Rating 74.5

River Club is a popular Ron Garl-designed golf course famous for its unique moundings and positioning of grass and pot bunkers. Front nine are open with all elevated greens. River Club's back nine at are cut into the woods. There is water on 16 holes.

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Course Details

Year Built 1988
Greens Jones-Dwarf Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Ron Garl (1988)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees (with GPS)
GPS Yes
Pull-carts No
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker No
Golf Simulator No
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes
Practice Hole No

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed No
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Lounge, Banquet Facilities

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Available Sports

Tennis
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4.1
1795 Reviews (1795)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 43
Brunch 18
Watching the Game 10
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 78
Bunkers 74
Forced Carries 56
This course/club is great for:
Locals 58
Advanced Golfers 44
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 37
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 54
Worth the Drive 41
In the 'Burbs 32

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Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Great course bad customer service

Great course to play with a great layout, a couple greens are a little shaggy but other than that very nice course. Awful customer service but when you know that going in you can block it out and just enjoy your round.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 06/15/2021

Our staff is very friendly to all customers. Not sure what your issue is, but would like to hear. email me at tony@greenfield.golf

Played On
Reviews 37
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Kind of in Rough Shape

Kinda in rough shape from the greens, green comp-lexes/surrounds, and some tees. Fairways not too bad. A lot of the rough is a little too rough.

The layout/design is good, though a little narrow in a lot places and course knowledge is helpful to avoid blind shot mis-haps and running through fairways etc.

I suggest you play lift clean and place onto good lies throughout the course, and just move your ball on the green wherever you need to to avoid damage and you can have a nice round. The greens are far from good, but today none of my missed putts were due to the greens; anytime I hit a good putt, it rolled true enough and went in.

The staff is very nice. They have a cool sunken bar.

My in-cart GPS wasn't responding properly to my touch location; I forgot to mention that to staff after the round.

If you can deal with the weather, the afternoon rates are a reasonable value. Mid-week, mid-afternoon pace was excellent.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 28
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played

Poor communication

Overbooked and a scramble on the same morning.... Show up at scheduled time waiting for first tee and "members" go right in front of us. After about 15 minutes of waiting, we were told to start on hole 5. Moved along well until getting behind players in the scramble. After finishing 18, we were told we can't play 1 through 4 and to ask for a raincheck. Finally, couldn't issue a raincheck because I booked through Golfnow. The lack of communication regarding everything is unexcusable.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
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Commented on 06/17/2021

I did e-mail Tony and he did provide an explanation for my experience. I am definitely willing to give The River Club another try.

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Commented on 06/10/2021

We were not over booked, and the scramble was an hour after your tee time. Our starter did not ask you to go to the fifth hole, that was another golfer that suggested you do that. Not sure why you chose to skip ahead without getting the green light from our employees. Email me at tony@greenfield.golf and let me see what i can do for you. Thanks. Tony

Played On
Reviews 33
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The course is nice and challenging. The greens are in rough shape for the most part.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Good Value

Positives;

Course layout

Staff (good on-course service)

Value (green fee)

Cart (screen with range finder)

Negatives:

Course conditions. Especially 17th green.

Pace of play. Need ranger to maintain pace.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great value

New owner Tony should be commended for bringing this course around. Great course for all skill levels

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 05/18/2021

Thanks so much! The crew is doing a great job out there. Will pass along your comments. Tony

Played On
Reviews 48
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Rough Greens

Greens are extremely bumpy. Many of them missing grass. Course overall needs TLC.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 05/17/2021

We just aerified our greens, and sprayed out the winter overseed. Give us a week or so, and everything will be back to normal great conditions. Tony

Played On
Reviews 59
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Not good

I used to play here a lot when they where the place to play. They were horribly rude at that time but I loved the course and put up with it.

Service is great now but the course is in horrible condition. Grass burnt out, some greens were really bad with sand all over it. I didn’t mind that they were just done after season, but....

Carts beep every single green to stay on the path, while you are on the path, very annoying. Regular carts don’t have GPS. So six of one and a half dozen of the other.

Worst I have seen in the area

Price was Ok

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 05/17/2021

We are in the process of transitioning to our summer grass. The “burnt” grass is our winter rye that we just sprayed out last week. Additionally, we just aerifiied our greens. Give us a week to complete the transition, and we will be back to great shape. Tony

Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 48
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played

Middle of the road

Course has a nice layout, just needs TLC. One of those middle of the road courses.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Commented on 05/05/2021

Thanks for your comments. We are in the middle of transitioning from our winter grass. The course will be beautiful in the next week as our Bermuda grass takes over for the summer. Tons of work going into this lovely course over the last 2 years, and more to come this summer. Best rates and friendliest staff in town. Tony

Played On
Reviews 6
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great Course

Lived this course... lots of room and elevation changes. Challenging but fun.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 20
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser

Getting better

I played this course 2 years ago and swore I would never return. However, I gave it another shot on the recommendation of a fellow player. The course was definitely better than 2 years ago. Tee boxes were decent, greens were good, fairways still need some work and there are some really bad traps (little or no sand and not maintained,) The driving range looked like a cow pasture.

I would certainly give this an average rating but still an interesting layout and a challenge to an average golfer.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 04/29/2021

Thanks for the comments. Confused about the driving range, it is absolutely beautiful. We put a ton of effort into keeping it in great condition, especially with the amount of use it gets. Also, we replaced sand in all green side bunkers and they now look amazing. We will be making even more improvements this summer. Great conditions, great price and friendliest staff in the business. Come see us soon.

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