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4.0
1684 Reviews (1684)
5 Stars
389
4 Stars
790
3 Stars
298
2 Stars
132
1 Stars
75
Conditions
3.9
Value
4.1
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.8
85.8%
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4.2
38 Reviews (38)
5 Stars
19
4 Stars
14
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
0
1 Stars
3
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.2
Layout
4.4
Pace
3.8
Amenities
4.2
StaffFriendliness
4.4
89.5%
Recommend this course
34 out of 38 reviews
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4.2
123 Reviews (123)
5 Stars
52
4 Stars
54
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
5
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.2
Layout
4.4
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.5
88.6%
Recommend this course
109 out of 123 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 7026 yards
Slope 144
Rating 74.4

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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4.0
1684 Reviews (1684)

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Reviews 10
Skill Advanced
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I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nicely designed course

My wife and I had a wonderful day playing this course. Played with a fellow and local named Tony. What a nice person to play with. He helped us a lot cause he’s played the course many times. And the staff was exceptional. From the Pro shop to the cart boy’s and the starter, who gave us a gps cart when we didn’t have one. These are the kind of people you expect to see no matter where you go. And the day was beautiful. Thank you for a wonderful experience!

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Another Day in the Florida Sun

Have played several area courses over the past couple weeks and the conditions at River Club are BY FAR the BEST!!!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Beautiful day to play golf. The course was in good shape. Only negative was our 10:12 tee time was delayed about 30 minutes as an early morning shotgun was finishing up.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Slow

First time playing this course, pace of play was so slow we quit after 11 holes.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Tight fairways, slow greens

Played here years ago but wasn't too impressed. Was told it had improved so gave it another shot. Greens were small and slow with little undulation. A couple were in bad shape and had a lot of sand on them. Sand traps hadn't been raked in a while, very annoying and such an easy fix. No masks worn by Bag Drop or statrter so no tips from me. If you are on a buget I guess this course is ok but there are better courses for the money.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
2.0
First Time Playing

AVOID unless off season. 6 groups on 1st tee!

Like many other reviews have said this course stacks people up on the first tee. There were literally 6 groups on the first tee when we went up to the tee. 6 GROUPS! I have never seen such a thing.

It's and easily solvable problem that they choose not to fix. We were backed up throughout the first 2/3 of the course as you would expect with groups teeing off with no space in front of them. The cart situation was also crazy, they couldn't find a range cart for us to go to the range and we had to wait, And then they couldn't find a GPS cart for the course for us but did find one eventually.

Once we got out I was a fan of the course. The greens were great, fairways were good - and they were both better than Rosedale which was $20 more across the street. The long drives through the housing development were a negative.

I would be back for the course - a good value and a good course - but only in the off season.

Conditions Excellent
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 01/20/2021

I think you hit the nail on the head. Our prices and conditions have made the course quite popular. We are doing our best to move people along, but it has been quite busy as of late. Email me at Tony@greenfield.golf. Would like to make this right for you.

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Reviews 22
2.0
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Previously Played

Don’t play this course after 1 pm

Too many tee times. Too many old people playing slow and no Marshall speeding up play. Only got 14 holes in bc of the pace of play. Greens are fuzzy like some of the other reviews and are hard to put on.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

Does not Treat Golf Now Players equally

I have used Golf Now for at least 6 years and many times per year and have never been told I couldnt check in until less than 15 minutes before tee time. This made us a little late to get to the 1srt tee and we lost our place to start.We shouldnt be treated as 2nd class customers and if you dont want us, why do you use Golf Now? Also, there is no food or drink on the course and this was a full Saturday

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 02/04/2021

Our agreement with Golf Now is that Hot Deal customers check in 15 minute prior to tee time. Book directly with the course at www.riverclub.golf and there is no 15 minute rule. For anyone else reading this we have a full restaurant, bev cart and a halfway house tat all serve food and beverage 7 days per week. Sandwiches, hot dogs, burgers and snacks along with all kinds of drinks. Thanks.

Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great value

Played the River Club for the first time yesterday and was pleasantly surprised. In very good condition with plenty of grass for January. Not overly difficult from the white tees if you drive the ball straight. A lot of variety of holes with doglegs, straight holes and unique bunkering. And for the price a bargain. The 16th island green par 4 is a great hole made even better by the flock of sandhill cranes that stood by and watched us putt. Will definitely be back.

Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Commented on 01/19/2021

Thanks for the positive comments. Tony

Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Masks

When I mentioned in my previous review that staff should be more Covid friendly by wearing masks you replied that they were. It is simply not true.

The boys loading the clubs were not. The starter was not. The cart girl was not. The owner was not

The girl in the office checking people in put one on. I did not go into the bar.

Also I did not notice hand sanitizer anywhere.

I pointed this out because I thought it was important, not necessarily to criticize, but to bring it to your attention. I hope you appreciate that. .

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
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Commented on 01/17/2021

Again, ALL of our employees are in masks inside our building, and we require all customers to wear masks as well. We provide masks and hand sanitizer upon request. All surfaces are constantly being sterilized. We do not require anyone to wear masks outside, We have purchased and installed vinyl dividers for our carts, and have sanitizing stations available for our customers. We are asking all customers to stay in car as we load their bags onto carts. I appreciate your vigilance. But I need to make sure the public understands our commitment to safety. We are taking this extremely seriously.

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Commented on 01/15/2021

As previously mentioned, ALL employees and customers are required to wear masks inside the building. ALL. Hand sanitizer and masks are available to people who forgot to wear masks. We are not requiring people to wear masks outside on the golf course. They can of course if they wish to.

Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Challenging and interesting. Very busy.

Great course. Staff friendly. However could be Covid friendlier. Staff not wearing masks.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
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Commented on 01/15/2021

Thanks for the comments. Our staff is all in masks though. We are taking Covid VERY seriously.

Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 23
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

For the value, good day!!

Course is in decent shape for January. Some of the greens need some work. Compared to last year, the course is shaping up!!! Keep up the good work. The only problem is they won't check you in or give you a cart until 15 minutes before the round. But there were at least 10 unused carts in the cart area lined up ready for use.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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