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River Hall Country Club

About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Style Traditional
Par 72
Length 7124 yards
Slope 132
Rating 74.1

Course Details

Year Built 2007
Fairways 419 Bermuda Grass
Greens Tif-Eagle Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Davis Love III (2007) Paul Cowley (2007)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes
Practice Hole Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted American Express, Cash, Mastercard, and Visa
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes, members only

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Lounge, Banquet Facilities, Locker Rooms

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Available Sports

Tennis, Bocce

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4.8
420 Reviews (420)
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Reviews 1
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

This course is well maintained.

Course is not to hard to play and in great shape. People are friendly and price is fair for the quality of the course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 110
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

First class gem hidden in the country

I have played here about ten times. I am never disappointed. I absolutely love everything about the club from staff to the course.. My favorite course in SW florida by far...

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Enjoyable Round

This facility never disappoints. The staff is very friendly. The clubhouse and locker rooms are on point. And course conditions very good. There are some holes with fairway sod work being done. But, overall the course is in really nice shape. Greens are quick and hold well struck shots. Not the most interesting layout, but very playable. Generous landing areas with strategically placed bunkers make for a fun round of golf.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Not worth The Drive

Course was average but not very interesting. Out of the way to get to. No water to speak of and very wide open. For someone who likes to spray the ball around allot. This is it!

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 21
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

typica Davis Love Couse

River Hall is touted as being this great course in the Ft. Myers area but in fact is another boring Davis Love design. Have played 3 other of his courses and they're pretty much all boring with little character. Just my opinion from someone that plays hundreds of different courses. People at River Hall are extremely friendly from the pro shop to the starter to the bartender. Great practice facilities. Driving range, chipping and putting areas. Greens were so so and some of the fairways were in need of a lot of grass which is typical of FL. courses. Course is probably ok for the typical snowbird but for the advanced golfer it's pretty disappointing.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Extremely Slow Pace of Play

The Starter was friendly and helpful.

We did not find the course interesting even though it was designed by a famous PGA golfer. We would have enjoyed the course much more if we didn't have to wait at EVERY hole.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
7e384556-2de7-5f7c-bcd8-703c40744e46
Commented on 03/22/2016

We’re sorry for the slower pace of play on Saturday. It was the final round of the club’s Men’s Invitational and though we anticipated a bit slower pace, we probably tried to accommodate more players than actually ended up being possible following the field. Regularly, River Hall’s pace of play is right at 4 hours. We hope that you will give us another opportunity to exceed your expectations in the future.

Played On
Reviews 21
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Walked

Nice Track

Played River Hall for the first time on a Saturday. Went out in the afternoon and the pace of play was very good. Played behind a foursome of couples, but still played in two hours. After they quit after the first nine, our foursome played in 1:45. That's great this time of year in Florida. Much better conditions and people than playing Sanibal Island for less money.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

River Hall - Tight lies and alot of water.

A very nice place to play golf with a friendly staff. Generous fairways on most holes. Miss the fairway though, and you might find some water. Tight lies and fast greens. Member's tees make the course about 5600 yards, the next tees back will make it a fair course for the better player.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Love the layout

Good practice facility. Only negatives are pace of play and at the turn they inserted a foursome of members in front of us. We were told that members have right of way. This was a foursome of two men, two women starting on number ten. We had waited almost every hole on front nine. Barely able to finish before dark. No respect for fact we paid a substantial green fee.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
7e384556-2de7-5f7c-bcd8-703c40744e46
Commented on 02/10/2016

Thank you for taking the time to leave us your feedback. We apologize for the slow pace of play. We value your business and would love to talk to you more about this. If you would like, please contact our General Manager Jim Hafner at (239) 694-9113 to discuss this further. Thank you.

Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

Pace of Play

Pace was a tad slow, took about 4:20. Wasn't so much that it took that long but the back nine seems to back up every time I play there. Despite that it's a great track. Only issue is getting in 18 this time of the year if you tee off after 1. Soon not to be an issue

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
7e384556-2de7-5f7c-bcd8-703c40744e46
Commented on 02/12/2016

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We appreciate your feedback. Thank you for your business and we hope to see you again.

Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

A little pricey but nice course

Greens were in pretty good shape. Seems ball makes are not repaired by players and take away from others enjoyment. Fairways were excellent and rough was just tough enough. Overall I enjoyed the round shot well and the staff was friendly!

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
7e384556-2de7-5f7c-bcd8-703c40744e46
Commented on 02/10/2016

Thank you for your feedback. We are glad to hear you enjoyed the course and hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

the best

From the time you arrive until the time you leave the entire staff will take very good care of you. The course is always in top condition. This is a hidden gem. I thank all of the staff for making all of my outings great.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
7e384556-2de7-5f7c-bcd8-703c40744e46
Commented on 01/11/2016

Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us a review. Your feedback is greatly appreciated. We aim to make your experience great and are so happy to hear we accomplished that goal! We hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Well run

I was amazed at the organization of the staff. I had a 8:20 tee time and at 8 the starter rounded up my group. As first timers he told us about the course and told us to be ready in 10 minutes. On the 3rd hole a ranger came by to remind the group to stay on pace and we did. Nice course for beginners with wide fairways and not too much water. This was a very nice course and great value.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
7e384556-2de7-5f7c-bcd8-703c40744e46
Commented on 02/12/2016

Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us a review. Your feedback is very important to us. We are so glad to hear you enjoyed your day with us and we hope to see you back again!

7e384556-2de7-5f7c-bcd8-703c40744e46
Commented on 02/11/2016

Thank you so much for your feedback! We are so glad to hear you enjoyed your experience with us and our staff as well. We hope to see you again soon.

Played On
Reviews 22
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Long and boring with mean employees

This course has so much potential but was very bland. If you like a very long course with wide open fairway you'll love this. If you prefer a more interesting course, water, trees, a mix of challenges , you'll be quickly bored.
The starter was very nasty with me. They were NOT busy yet tried to pair my husband and I up with 2 twenty something year old kids. We asked to go out alone and the starter was very rude and abrasive. I asked for our money back and suddenly they resolved the issue. Rude and snobby.
We won't return. We were bored.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
7e384556-2de7-5f7c-bcd8-703c40744e46
Commented on 02/11/2016

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We take your feedback very seriously and would love to discuss your experience more in depth. Please contact our General Manager, Jim Hafner at (239) 694-9113. Thank you.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

A rural touch of heaven

Beautiful course with breath taking views - offers several challenging holes.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
7e384556-2de7-5f7c-bcd8-703c40744e46
Commented on 01/11/2016

Thank you for the kind words and great review! We appreciate your feedback and hope to see you on the course again soon!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Beautiful Course

We chose the windiest day of the year to play River Hall. The course is open in design with wide fairways. We had trouble
just standing but had a fantastic day. Would recommend everyone visit it at least once. Will definitely go back again.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
7e384556-2de7-5f7c-bcd8-703c40744e46
Commented on 01/11/2016

Thank you for playing River Hall and taking the time to review your experience. Unfortunately, we cannot control the wind although we wish we could! We are happy to hear you plan to revisit us. Fingers crossed for less wind on your next outing!

Played On
Reviews 53
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Very nice course

The course was in great condition and there´s good practice area and free range balls so you get alot for your money!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
7e384556-2de7-5f7c-bcd8-703c40744e46
Commented on 01/11/2016

Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us a review. We genuinely appreciate your feedback. We are so glad you utilized our practice area and enjoyed the course. Hope to see you again!

Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

really fun to play

this is a great golf coarse. there is always lots of room to land your drive. before play, they have 3 par 3 practice holes you can play before your round.has real nice grass tees on the range.
ive played some coarses that cost twice as much and had bad rounds because it was too hard.you will play good here and have fun. best of all, the greens are awesome and are very well desighed. i dont 3 putt here, the ball goes where i aimed. play it, you will have fun and will be back. jimmy<")))))><

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Fairly Easy
7e384556-2de7-5f7c-bcd8-703c40744e46
Commented on 01/11/2016

Jimmy, thank you for the review! Your feedback is greatly appreciated. We are so excited to hear you enjoyed your visit and will be back to see us!

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

Pace of play was brutal!

I played with a few buddies shortly after 1 o'clock on a Tuesday in December. The outside staff was very friendly and helped to show us around as it was our first time at the course. The woman in the Golf Shop seemed very unhappy and was not friendly at all. The facilities are outstanding as they have grass tees on the range, and great short game areas for practice. The Pace of Play was awful as we were immediately waiting on every shot starting on the first tee. The group we were waiting on eventually caught up to more groups which caused even more congestion. The group behind us was even hitting into us at times. When we asked a staff member about the pace of play, he said that it's always very slow as their marshal finishes his shift at 12 o'clock and they try to get as many players on the course as possible. All in all it was a decent course and for the price and I would play it again. I would just be sure to play early in the morning so the pace of play isn't awful.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Excellent
7e384556-2de7-5f7c-bcd8-703c40744e46
Commented on 12/09/2015

Thank you for playing River Hall and taking the time to review your experience. We appreciate your kind words about the round and course in general and will use the challenges you outlined to fine tune our daily operation. A typical round at River Hall takes between 4 hours and 4 hours and 15 minutes. We do have rangers on the course to assist with pace of play and any other needs players may have until late afternoon and we encourage players to use the call button on their GPS unit or to call the pro shop directly if they are in need of that assistance. It sounds like you received some inaccurate information from one of our team members about those procedures and we sincerely apologize for the confusion.

We are happy that even considering the pace of play challenge you encountered that day, you thought enough of River Hall to say that you would return and recommend us to your friends. If you would like to discuss your experience with us in more detail, please feel free to contact our manager Jim Hafner at (239) 313-4653. We are grateful for your business and look forward to seeing you at River Hall again soon.

Played On
Reviews 8
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great golf course

People are great, the course is top shelf and the weather was a little windy. I hope you can fix the weather for me next time, cause I will be back.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
7e384556-2de7-5f7c-bcd8-703c40744e46
Commented on 12/04/2015

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review- we appreciate your feedback. Unfortunately, we cannot control the weather but we can assure you our friendly staff will be looking forward to your next visit!

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