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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 6821 yards
Slope 135
Rating 72.7

The 18-hole River Bend Golf Club in Ormond Beach, FL is a semi-private golf course that opened in 1990. Designed by Lloyd Clifton, River Bend Golf Club measures 6821 yards from the longest tees and has a slope rating of 135 and a 72.7 USGA rating. The course features 4 sets of tees for different skill levels.

At River Bend, designer Lloyd Clifton achieved his ultimate goal -- a perfect blend of natural surroundings combined with a competitive and scenic golf course layout. With no home sites, River Bend is situated along the historic Tomoka River. Play among majestic oaks, red cedars, pines and magnolias. Each hole is unique. Hole No. 8 is a long par 5, 616 yards. Hole No. 17 is a picturesque 3 par. No water is featured. A definite must for those who enjoy a blend of competitive golf and nature's offerings.

Course Details

Year Built 1990
Golf Season Year round
Architect Lloyd Clifton (1990)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill

Available Facilities

Clubhouse
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3.9
598 Reviews (598)
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Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Riverbend

Great shape for the money.

I'll book again soon

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Response from on 12/14/2016:
Thank you for your review ookanet! Glad you enjoyed the course and cannot wait to have you back!
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 12/14/2016:
Hello maryback, We hoped you enjoyed your round, but if there was anything we could do better in the future to improve your rating please let us know! Happy Holidays!
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great nature course, old native Florida landscape, no houses.

My brothers and I play River Bend at least once a week, the course is great and the staff is even better. I think everyone should try River Bend, you will have a blast!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Response from on 12/02/2016:
Thank you for your review acbill! We appreciate you and your brother's loyalty and hope you continue to golf with us for a long time!
Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

A must play when in the area

Great course, sporty layout was fun to play .

One issue you have to take into consideration when playing River Bend is the cart paths or I should say lack there of.

You may need to visit a chiropractor after driving the cart paths

Fear the wooden crossing and wooden bridge

Course is still a must play

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Response from on 12/02/2016:
Thank you for your review and feedback Canman04! We assure that the bridge is safe for carts and golfers to cross and are glad you enjoyed your round!
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

my round at river bend

play river bend a number of times, mondays round was at an pretty good pace, no waiting. not bad for the money. its great that we can go online.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
733ad010-3e83-59bc-856d-4be4ef20a20c
Commented on 11/10/2016

Thank you for your review George! We hope to see you again soon!

Played On
Reviews 51
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great Course!!

My husband and I play this course quite a bit. Would recommend this course,challenging and fun.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
733ad010-3e83-59bc-856d-4be4ef20a20c
Commented on 10/27/2016

Thanks Panda! We're glad you and your husband enjoy coming out, and hope to see you again soon!

Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Timber!!!!!!!!!

Course was in pretty good shape considering all they went through from the Hurricane. They must of worked really hard just to get the course back up and running. A lot of trees down and ground torn up. Fairways and greens were pretty good shape. Had a great time and will defiantly play again.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

LOCAL COURSE, NICELY LAID OUT

Enjoyed playing this course. Close and very nice people running it.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
733ad010-3e83-59bc-856d-4be4ef20a20c
Commented on 09/26/2016

Thank you for the outstanding review!

Played On
Reviews 37
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Top 3 in ormond

Love the river bend, it was aereated a few weeks ago and is about 80% , grounds crews working everywhere and is dryed out from recent storm. The Riverbed is part links and part very interesting holes throughout. I like to play it 3 times a month at least and always score well. Back nine is my favorite ,place your drives without gambling too much and birds are available. I play the LPGAs, the Daytona city courses, Halifax, Riveria, Venetian, Cypress Head and Pelican South regularly thanks to Golf Now app.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
733ad010-3e83-59bc-856d-4be4ef20a20c
Commented on 09/26/2016

Hi Dave,

Thank you for your amazing review! Glad to be in your Top-3 and we can't wait to have you back!

Best regards,

River Bend Golf Club Management

Played On
Reviews 51
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Fair weather
Used cart

Fun course

Weather was spotty rain,greens had been plugged.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
733ad010-3e83-59bc-856d-4be4ef20a20c
Commented on 09/08/2016

Thank you for your review! Glad you had fun considering the weather!

Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

River bend golf course

Always interesting course. Good shape and plays quickly.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Nice course

This is a nice course. The 1st tee box could use a bit of a fix, but after that the course is in good shape. Trees are a concern on most holes. It makes you pay attention.

Really good food at the club house.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Excellent course and scenery is outstanding

Nice layout from tee to green. Tees, fairways in excellent shape. A couple of greens on the back 9 need a little TLC on the fringes, but other than that, the greens are really nice and well manicured. I like how the cart paths are sandy and go through wooded areas and over bridges in the marshes. It's a fun course to play, fairly easy but offers a very relaxing round.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great afternoon

The course was in good condition, all workers were nice, friendly and we had a good time.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 65
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

River Bend

The course layout is very nice. The tee boxes and some of the greens need work. I will most definetly play here again.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good layout, poor maintenance

Have played this course quite a few times now and it seems to never improve. Some of the tee boxes are in such bad shape that finding a place to tee off is as difficult as finding your ball in the woods. The course layout can be challenging at times but is fun to play. The fairways were in decent shape but the bunkers seemed to lack sand. Greens were in great condition and played fast all day.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
733ad010-3e83-59bc-856d-4be4ef20a20c
Commented on 06/01/2016

u726402700,

Thank you for your feedback. We will take your review into deep consideration as we are constantly trying to improve the conditions of the course.

Best,

River Bend Golf Club Management

Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

25 years between rounds.

I played this course a couple of weeks after they opened in 1990. I remember it was seriously narrow and unforgiving.

On a whim I decided to enjoy a discounted rate and book a tee time. I was teamed up with three others and actually got us out early.

The course was in generally good shape, the tee boxes were a little rough but fairways were good. Greens rolled true. There seemed to be a need for more sand in the traps. Chipped out more than blast due to the thin sand.

Round was less than 4 hours. I was impressed and enjoyed the round very much. The weather, company and golf course was genuinely enjoyed.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Pace Good
733ad010-3e83-59bc-856d-4be4ef20a20c
Commented on 06/01/2016

Tmhelland60,

Thanks for the review! Glad you came back to enjoy another round. Hope to see you on the course again soon!

Best,

River Bend Golf Club Management

Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Love this course!

Have played at River Bend many times over the years and the one thing that never changes is the great, attitude and friendliness of the staff.

The course is super fun - lots of challenges for levels of players.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
733ad010-3e83-59bc-856d-4be4ef20a20c
Commented on 06/01/2016

Sudshead,

We are pleased to hear that you have had many great experiences with us over the years. Thanks for your review, hope to see you again soon!

Best,

River Bend Golf Club Management

Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Larry

The course was in great shape as usual. The course was busy for a Sundy. We were paired with another pair. The pace of play was slow to say the least. When we made the turn there was a threesome in front of us. They were very slow & of course they never offered to let us go thru. On the back 9 there was nobody in front of this threesome. I did notice there was a ranger on a cart that day or at least the flag on the cart said ranger. we never saw him until 18. Our play time was 5hrs. I have never played here in 5hrs being that I live here. Maybe this will peak the interest of management.Good luck!!!!

.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
733ad010-3e83-59bc-856d-4be4ef20a20c
Commented on 05/10/2016

Hi "lhiggins56" Thank you for your comments and concerns on this particular day due to the pace of pace. We have alerted management of some of these issues and they are fully aware of the situation. We are working hard to properly come up with a solution. Thanks for your concerns and hope to see you back out on the course again.

Played On
Reviews 36
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

River Bend 0n 4-23

A very tight course and very demanding of a good tee ball and water only came into play on one hole. I was hoping for the course to be in better condition, many old ball marks riddled the greens which made putting more difficult.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
733ad010-3e83-59bc-856d-4be4ef20a20c
Commented on 05/10/2016

Hi "Joe9047839" Thank you so much for your honest feedback regarding the course. The course is currently going through a transitional period. We appreciate your patience during this time. Please come back and visit us again in the near future. Thanks

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