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1 Stars
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Conditions
4.2
Value
3.8
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.6
89.9%
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421 out of 467 reviews
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4.3
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4.2
Value
3.7
Layout
4.5
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.6
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4.8
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4.2
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Conditions
4.0
Value
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Layout
4.2
Pace
3.8
Amenities
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4.7
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Course Highlights
Riverwinds delivers a challenging, well-maintained layout with fairways and greens consistently drawing praise from recent players. Friendly, attentive staff and a smooth pace of play make each round a worthwhile experience.

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7072 yards
Slope 135
Rating 73.8

Ron Jaworski’s Riverwinds Golf & Tennis Club is situated along a scenic stretch of grassland between the banks of the Woodbury Creek and the deep harbor marina on the Delaware River. Its location gives it the feel of traditional seaside links courses found in Scotland and Ireland, which is further enforced by the sod-wall bunkers that lurk near the greens. The layout features plenty of water and incorporates the surrounding wetlands as well. One unique feature of the golf course is that the routing winds across a mile-long twisting burn, creating a visually interesting setting. Riverwinds begins with a gentle, mostly flat front nine but the mounding becomes more aggressive as you move onto the back. All of the holes face a different direction, which means you’ll most likely be using all the clubs in your bag to tackle the crosswinds and rugged terrain.

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Course Details

Year Built 2002
Golf Season March - November
Architect Ed Shearon

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Proper attire is required. No denim, sweatpants or bathing suits are permitted. Collared shirts or proper turtlenecks are considered proper attire.

Available Facilities

Locker Rooms

Available Sports

Fitness, Tennis

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4.3
467 Reviews (467)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Dinner 6
Patio Dining 6
Course Challenges Include:
Plays Long 22
Thick Rough 21
Bunkers 20
This course/club is great for:
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 27
Locals 20
Advanced Golfers 15
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 24
Near the Airport 18
Worth the Drive 17

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Reviews 5
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Meh

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.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
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First Time Playing

Good Course, Great Staff, Lousy Greens

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.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

A+ Aside from Pace in front of us

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.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

cinque105

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.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 18
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Slow play

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

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course

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

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Slow Play

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

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 15-19
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

A Gem on the Delaware River

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.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Challenging Layout, Greens Need Matinence

Overall it was a challenging course, the rough... was well ...rough, was a bit confusing at times from the tee box, familiarity would breed better results, the only gripe I really have is the greens were n terrible shape, I just don't understand why players don't fix there pitch marks, The greens had marks/ holes all over them on every green, kinda ruins the round when u know it would be a miracle for a one putt- it woulD have to richocet off a divot to go on and a couple greens had these white things all over from the trees and they were actually like little pebbles could putt on them either, if the greens were in better shape it would be a great overall golfing experience

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Loved the challenge

The rough was a little high, some of the greens could of been in better shape. Overall it was good.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 28
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Every year it gets better

I've been playing this course regularly for about 6 years. Staff is always friendly. Course has been upgraded. Before u had to take 20 balls bc the rough was super high. They've been cut, fairways r great and the greens were exceptional. Great practice area. The only thing lacking is the driving range

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 36
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice course

River winds is a nice course with a few challenging holes. Pace of play is usually pretty slow. No club house so no real food after a round. No driving range so forget warming up before you play. Staff is friendly at least, other then that eh.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Better than before

I have played this course often in the past but, I have stayed away recently because of how they let the course get away from them. This is the first time that I have been back there since Ron Jaworski has taken over the course and it as in good of shape since I played there the first week that the course opened.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Aeration

I've played this course many times and it has improved greatly over the years. However, when I showed up for my tee time I was made aware that they were aerating the back nine and I would have to play the front twice. Annoying to say the least as the course did NOT disclose this information when I booked online. I then asked about the turn as there would undoubtedly be players teeing off the first as I rounded the ninth. I was assured there wouldn't be an issue. As I drove up to the first hole again there were no less 20 young high schoolers waiting to tee off. We jumped in front of them as we should have only to have a ranger find is on the first fairway questioning our decision to tee off and our pace of play. This could easily have been avoided by adding the aeration icon to the tee time and reflects poorly on management. I can only hope in the future that they show a little more diligence in listing accurate course conditions.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Fair weather
Used cart

over priced

Course conditions were very poor. Greens were horrible, goose droppings all over, traps were not raked (or the lack of adequate rakes) and pin positions were not clearly defined by flag markers. A few of the greens were aerated and not told to me at the start of my round. For the price per round that they charge it is highly overvalued. Will not return unless it's a free round.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Poor weather
Used cart

Booking was too easy!

Booking and paying on-line was too easy! The course can be challenging with the wind. Had a lot of run and #17 is, "Always a Pleasure". Can't wait to play again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

A day at river winds

Course was in great shape tee box to green no food on course and no club house at turn

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 23
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

SLOW

Play was slow waited EVERY SHOT NO Marshal. Makes for an unpleasant day and I happened to play well so I'm not blaming a poor round on slow play But it was not a fun time. Will not play again!!!

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 21
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

One hole and out

Booked a tee time as a single. Got to the course and was told singles had to be paired with a threesome - even though the course was practically deserted. So I had to wait 15 minutes until a threesome showed up. They were 3 beginners, hit it all over the place, and the lowest score among the 3 on the first hole was a 10. Took 30 minutes to play one hole. I couldn't take it, left after ONE HOLE. $40 down the drain.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great Day

Course was good shape. We played as a twosome and played the round in 3 hours. Pace of play was perfect. The staff was great and friendly.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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