Ron Jaworski's RiverWinds Golf & Tennis Club

This course is beautiful. Great layout. However, the thought is super long. You could know exactly where your ball went and not find it in the rough. You will probably find 3 other balls looking for yours. They don’t let you drive in the rough either so if you stink with your driver like me your walking around for a while. This course is really nice, but be prepared to lose balls if you don’t hit the fairway. Would be nice if they had a driving range.

Got out on the course by our assigned tee time. Staff was great, friendly and did everything to help us out. It had rained the night before, pretty heavy storms blew through the area, but the course was ready to go. Cart path only, but drained very well considering all I heard was this course closes the back nine after rain. GolfNow had an 8:33 hotdeal with the 25% discount added onto it. Couldn’t aske for a better deal on a holiday weekend. Beer cart came around often and was very friendly. The one issue I found with the layout of the course is the Turn. Now they do have dogs/burgers/drinks at the shed there. I just found it odd not being near the clubhouse after nine. The holes were challenging, bunkers were hit or miss. Some were pristine and some were full of gravel and not manicured. But what are you going to do after a storm. All in all a really good day and I would go back again anytime. Now here the worst part of the day, we had no one in front or behind us up until the 7th hole. Taking our time, considering shots and strategy and attempting to set up good scores. Also staying within a few minutes of the pace. On the ninth, I’m going to call him Stanley because he looked like a Stanley. Just had to come up and say something about “picking up the pace”. And he was 2 groups behind us. We kept our cool, because he was an old man, but come on!!!! Where do you need to be on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend. Just a guy who wanted to be that guy, I guess. If I could erase that guy from the round, it would’ve been a perfect day on the course. Thanks Stanley.

Overall the course was in good condition considering the rain early in the week but it was still very wet (especially on the back 9 and in fact they told us they would let us know at the turn if the back 9 was open). Of course, this information was not shared with us until we were on the first hole. Lucky for us, by the time we reached 10 the back was open. Also, it was cart path only which made a long course seem even longer.

Also, the course is very far from the main building with the pro shop so you can't walk the course. You need to drive across the road and up a long path to the first hole.

Most women will find River Winds very long. if you like a long course that is fairly open then this course may be for you. The 7th hole is 161 (Par 3) on the scorecard. My GPS watch gave me 150 yardage to the middle. That is still a wood for most women. There is really no need for any course to have a par three that requires a driver or wood for anyone.

I found it a bit boring and the only really fun and memorable hole was the 17th hole, Island Green. You play 17 from an elevated green down to the hole. The 17th is the photo on the main website for the course.

The staff is very friendly but when you ask for advice as a first time player, they just say "stay in the fairways." Now, that is good advice because the rough is very thick so it is penalizing. However, they could also tell first time players that a creek goes across holes 11 and 12 (and it is not obvious from the middle of the fairway). Also, on 14th hole there is a large waste/rough area that if you can't hit over it from 150 (layup) - it is nasty stuff.

They reason I bring up the lack of advice from the staff is that when I paid my green fee I did ask if they had a yardage book. They don't and they really should because there are no drawings on the scorecard. So if they don't want to create a yardage book, they should at least have images of the holes on the back of the scorecard (my experience is that most courses with a price point above $50, have images of the holes on their scorecards). And, it doesn't matter that they have images (on beautiful stone blocks) at the tees for men because as women we don't play from those tees.

The course is not near the clubhouse, so at the turn they only bathroom is a porta-potti. My friends said they felt that given the price ($64 for Monday morning play) they should have a nice half-way house with a bathroom given the course does not take you by the main club house/Proshop at the turn.

Pace of play was fair given the length of the course and cart path only but still 4 hours and 40 minutes on a Monday is slow. I think we would have finished a bit sooner but the four men in front of us where often searching for balls.

They do not have a restaurant at the course but you can drive down the street to the River Winds restaurant and get a meal. It's a large restaurant with outdoor seating, full bar area. It is right on the river so very nice views. The food was good. Make sure to give them your scorecard and you get 10% off the meal. This was not shared with us by the golf course staff until we asked where to get a meal.

It's a nice course but I would not play it again. One and done for me. I would recommend it to friends who like long links style courses, if they PLAY DURING THE WEEK and it is NOT cart path only.

This wasn’t my first time playing and won’t be last. I was grouped with a twosome really nice guys, we finished in 4 hours 12 minutes. Greens were little bumpy due to recent aerification but not too bad. Staff was very friendly.

On a day when the fog tried to hammer golfers with a long delay(and a long round), the staff managed to get everyone off a few minutes late(which was ok) and with golfers on almost every hole kept the pace manageable. 4:10 later and I had completed a fun round with my son.

Riverwinds is a solid track and one of the closest ones near Philadelphia. Has a few solid holes and very flexible with 5 different tees. Almost always fully booked on weekends. Expect a 5+ hour round if you are not one of the first to tee off.

The course was in great condition for the time of year, but very wet from rains. We played cart path only... which slowed down the pace overall. Greens were rolling true for the conditions. I will definitely be back after it warms up and they have it the way they want it. Great day golfing!

Beautiful day, course was a little wet, Cart paths only, which amounted to a 5 hour round. But not bad for February in Philly!!!

last minute tee time on golf now. they had a frost delay, but not too bad. the starter, Jim, is a nice guy, really nice, but was a bit overwhelmed. He would tell guys they were next, then forget who we was talking to, and tell another group they were next. The logistics are a bit tough as the first tee is about 600 yards from the pro shop. There is also no practice range there, just a warm-up net. The course, which is the most important thing, is nice. it is a wide open layout, so high handicappers will like, but better players will like it too as you can play from the blues at 6800 or the black tees at more than 7000. Nice mix of par threes, and some nice views of downtown Philly skyline. It is about 20 minutes from Philly airport. It was a nice experience and I would play it again, BUT what really made my day was meeting Ron Jaworski, former Philadelphia Eagles QB. He owns the course and sometimes comes out and greets groups. He was great, talked to everyone, took photos, etc., was just a really nice guy. What a nice touch. Thanks Jaws!

I always liked the course layout and holes. There is variety and nothing repeated and many of the holes are a challenge. On this visit however all of the (protected?) wetlands areas were cut down and opened up. I want to say it was seasonal for the winter but it didn't look that way. I get that some of it makes the course more playable and may speed pace of play but I'm not buying it and I think they went too far. What I saw took away from the character and some of the challenges. Areas that formerly were hazardous are now wide open and cut down and they let you go into them and play out of them. Also the white tees were a stiff 6600 yards and the next option was 5600 yard gold tees. In my opinion there needs to be more of a middle ground. That is a lot of golf course and most men won't swallow their pride and move up to the much shorter course to make it more playable and enjoyable. I say that from experience of playing and also working part time at a local golf course a couple days a week near where I live.

Walked the course on a mild November day and played with some really good guys who was a father and his 2 sons. Course was fantastic with everything in real good condition, almost no leaves and the greens were running true. played this course about 10 years ago and forgot what a gem it was. will get back more often when in the area

Played while there was not that many people on the corse because of the weather. The course was in great shape for it to be in November. Hope to play it again soon.

Course was in great shape. There were a few wet spots due rain day before but not bad. Greens were fast but once you adjusted they were true. Nice layout. Due to the time we played there was no place to get drinks or snacks at the turn. Would go back.

Challenging layout, especially In windy conditions, which is what we played in, you will use every club in your bag, and the greens are absolutely the best we putted on in years. Fast and very true! My favorite! Lol. Do yourself a favor and try this course when you get a chance,

Folks, I have very low expectations for Jaworski courses...this one blew me away. A great layout, well maintained. One of the best public tracks I have ever played.