River Bend Golf Club
About
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.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 72 | 6821 yards | 72.7 | 135 |
| Blue | 72 | 6347 yards | 70.4 | 129 |
| White | 72 | 5895 yards | 68.3 | 122 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 5112 yards | 70.0 | 124 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold M: 72.4/133 | 342 | 408 | 199 | 517 | 182 | 388 | 398 | 616 | 369 | 3419 | 392 | 391 | 160 | 484 | 423 | 385 | 552 | 187 | 428 | 3402 | 6821 |
| Blue M: 70.8/129 | 306 | 379 | 175 | 500 | 175 | 360 | 385 | 602 | 353 | 3235 | 365 | 360 | 144 | 438 | 405 | 371 | 485 | 167 | 377 | 3112 | 6347 |
| White M: 69.1/127 W: 74.4/131 | 284 | 353 | 159 | 458 | 166 | 345 | 362 | 589 | 321 | 3037 | 329 | 325 | 120 | 426 | 376 | 341 | 452 | 139 | 360 | 2868 | 5905 |
| Black M: 67.2/119 W: 72.4/126 | 283 | 350 | 158 | 453 | 135 | 318 | 310 | 495 | 297 | 2799 | 325 | 321 | 110 | 416 | 375 | 333 | 419 | 132 | 358 | 2789 | 5588 |
| Red W: 67.8/112 | 241 | 304 | 117 | 401 | 115 | 273 | 300 | 459 | 307 | 2517 | 251 | 283 | 100 | 413 | 290 | 301 | 383 | 110 | 305 | 2436 | 4953 |
| Handicap | 13 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 4 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 13 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 8 |
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Ball has a bad lie. Club didn’t help resolve it. Photo submitted by boballen334 on 10/09/2020
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Rickety Bridge over the Highway Photo submitted by ShragMagtite on 08/12/2020
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Photo submitted by EJMevents on 04/02/2018
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Photo submitted by duffer6275 on 12/27/2015
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Photo submitted by duffer6275 on 12/27/2015
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Photo submitted by duffer6275 on 12/27/2015
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Par-3 17th one of few water holes Photo submitted by HallandaleHitter on 10/13/2014
Riverbend
Great shape for the money.
I'll book again soon
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!
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
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.
Great Course!!
My husband and I play this course quite a bit. Would recommend this course,challenging and fun.
Thanks Panda! We're glad you and your husband enjoy coming out, and hope to see you again soon!
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.
LOCAL COURSE, NICELY LAID OUT
Enjoyed playing this course. Close and very nice people running it.
Thank you for the outstanding review!
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.
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
Fun course
Weather was spotty rain,greens had been plugged.
Thank you for your review! Glad you had fun considering the weather!
River bend golf course
Always interesting course. Good shape and plays quickly.
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.
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.
Great afternoon
The course was in good condition, all workers were nice, friendly and we had a good time.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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!!!!
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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.
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.
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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Thank you for your review George! We hope to see you again soon!