Ron Jaworski's RiverWinds Golf & Tennis Club

nice course for the money and lots of wind on the river

I have golfed here a few times over the summer and was never disappointed. The course is always pretty well maintained. Pace was slightly slow the most recent time but if you can't factor in an extra 15-30 mins to play, perhaps you shouldn't be golfing that day. The fairways are pretty forgiving, a higher handicap golfer shouldnt lose too many balls. I think the rates for this course are appropriate. I will certainly be coming back.

I have played here quite a bit, but the pace of play is terrible. 3 hours for the front 9, unacceptable. The last time I was here it was 3 1/2 hours to play 11 holes before we just walked off. I like the course but it is just painfully slow and I will avoid playing here because of it.

Challenging course.......fairways outstanding... Greens solid, true and fast......tees good...view on back nine of Phila and river extra reward........Ed

T boxes and fairways good, greens too soft very slow. I had an embedded ball on a green. Twice. Golfers don't seem to fix pitch marks either. A pet peeve of mine. Overall the course is OK and pace was great at 4 hours. That included a high handicap player with us lower handicappers. BUT, we had to rent clubs and they were really poor condition, not matching sets and very aged. The scratch golfer just played 6 iron the whole round. Hence lower marks.

A nice outing with some interesting holes. A long track at 6500 yds from the whites makes the course interesting for longer hitters. Tips would be very challenging.
Course conditions good, including greens.
Good value M-Th, especially with coupons or for seniors. A little pricey Fri-Sun.

I played here on a regular basis and also played on a few of the days that some of these bad reviews express. The course conditions are always great like any course there are challenges, but is always in great condition.

Pace of play has always been between 4hrs 20min - 4hrs 40min which is great for a course that is always has play on it on a consistent basis. I look at some of these reviews and see they don't see a ranger ever which is not the case. People believe you can go out on a weekend and play in under 4 hours which doesn't happen at any golf course that has play on it.

I wonder how many of these people who post bad reviews take the time to come on here and post a good one after they enjoy their round for the course.

Overall, RiverWinds is a great course with great staff and love playing here.

Decent course , overpriced, one cart girl, club house is too far from carts, no clubhouse after turn have to drive a while, always weird rules about where to ride the cart. Always windy

Overall I enjoyed my round. The rough was U.S. Open length on most of the course, members of my foursome often walked right by their ball which slowed the pace of play. The greens have a lot of unrepaired ball marks that makes putting a challenge. The course is challenging and has some fun holes (par 3 17th). The staff were friendly and the food at the on-course shack was good. I would play the course again.

I liked the variety and challenge of the layout very much. I'd give the course 5-stars, but for the greens (see below).

A bonus is the great views of the Delaware River, Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia skyscrapers, jets rising and landing at the Philly airport.

As to conditioning: The greens had lots of ball marks and scuffs, unfortunately. They rolled OK and were at medium-slow speed. Fairways, tees and bunkers were in very good shape. Rough was thick and, I think, too high for a course like this that gets a lot of play. (This may be due to heavy rains preventing mowing.) I was told the course used to have high fescue grasses bordering many fairways; I was glad to see they had been cut down.

White tee yardage is quite long at over 6,500, and the 128 slope is deserved, perhaps understated.

Great deal at my $30 Hot Deal.

Also has nice bar and restaurant with the fantastic views.

Course was nice and enjoyable! Rough is dangerously thick. Lost time and pleasure from hitting it in the rough to have it end up underneath brown dead spots of previously cut grass. Breeze is nice off of the river. Wish we could see more of the river throughout the course. Greens are super spongy. No driving range.

Played this course for the first time. For the HotDeals price on golf now it was good value.

This is a pretty challenging links style layout. The course offers a good mix of birdie chances with difficult holes where par is a good score. As mentioned in many of the reviews, the rough off the fairway was very high for public play which added to the difficulty. It definately adds to the slow pace of play (we finished in about 5 hours) because it was not easy to locate balls in the rough, especially on tee shots where you could not see the landing area.

The fairways were in good shape but the greens were a bit chewed up, especially since we played in the afternoon. LOTS of unfixed ballmarks on every green. Unfortunate that people don't have enough respect for the course to take a few seconds to repair their pitchmarks.

Overall it was a fun course and one that I would play again.

Arrived to the bag drop with the attendant smoking a cigarette no greeting. When I asked if I could load my clubs he said not until the rest of your group arrive. Whatever.

Fairways and greens at little to be desired. Tees were divot cities and te greens looked like Normandy beach with the pitchmarks.

Rough was thick and tall. It has to be with this layout to give the course some bite. However there was enough mown grass clumps to make it impossible to find the ball Of the 4 fairways I missed, 3 were under grass clumps. Bush league even for a public track.

Each cart ha a sign stating to keep a 4 to 4 1/2 hr round an they closely monitor for slow play and reserve the right to make you skip a hole. LIES!!!! Never saw a ranger all day and the group ahead of us were at times a hole and a half behind the group ahead of them.

Lost a future customer.

What a nice layout. Challenging, but fair test. All they have to do is mow and roll the greens once in a while and it'd be great.

It wasn't until 13 holes into our round did a marshal monitor any pace of play in front of us. There were times we waited about 10 minutes at a tee for the group(s) ahead. Weren't able to complete the full 18 holes because carts had to be back at clubhouse by 8:30 although there was still enough light to complete the final two holes. Other than that, beautiful course well maintained and challenging enough - wish my first experience was better.

Had rained the night before so we seniors could not use our carts to get to our golf balls in the fairway which made for long walks between shots. Fairways are wide, greens were in good shape and the view of the Philadelphia skyline is breathtaking. However, the consensus of the group was that the rough was to high and the forced carries over the environmental protected areas was a negative.

They need a ranger to keep the pace going. The course is in great shape but the pace was terrible

Lots of hills
Greens were in great shape
Beautiful course
Rude cart girl
Overall good value
Will definitely return to play

Management putting too many players on course. My round exceeded 5 hours just to the 16th. Had enough and gave up.

The course is in the best condition in the 10 years I have been playing it. When Ron took it over he made it much more player friendly, greatly improved the condition of the fairways, greens, and tees and put much needed drainage in the traps so they are perfect now. I would highly recommend this course to anyone as they added gold tees to make it senior friendly. The starter and rangers were very helpful courteous and had lots of fun kidding with them. Unlike other courses they have great personalities. Last time I played the greens were excellent. With the multiple set of tees you can experience many different difficulty levels of play. The whites are 6600 which for me is perfect challenge. My friend used the senior tees and he raved that is was "senior friendly". The value for the money is great. The grill at 10th tee provides hamburgers and hot dogs that are very good. The scenic views along the Delaware were awesome and island green with all the boats docked in the water made you feel like you were on a Caribbean island playing a tpc type hole. Can't say enough about the course and the employees.