GolfPass Icon
Rating Index Rating
Tooltip Information Icon
3.1
193 Reviews (193)
5 Stars
28
4 Stars
40
3 Stars
45
2 Stars
32
1 Stars
48
Conditions
2.4
Value
3.8
Layout
3.3
Friendliness
4.1
Pace
3.9
Amenities
3.5
71.2%
Recommend this course
117 out of 193 reviews
Read Reviews
Average Rating
Avg Rating
3.2
10 Reviews (10)
5 Stars
1
4 Stars
4
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
0
Conditions
2.9
Value
4.4
Layout
3.2
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.3
90.0%
Recommend this course
9 out of 10 reviews
Read Reviews
Average Rating
Avg Rating
3.4
22 Reviews (22)
5 Stars
4
4 Stars
8
3 Stars
4
2 Stars
5
1 Stars
1
Conditions
2.5
Value
4.2
Layout
3.6
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.4
81.8%
Recommend this course
18 out of 22 reviews
Read Reviews

About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Executive
Par 61
Length 3570 yards
Slope N/A
Rating N/A
Book a Tee Time at
Van Buren Golf Center
Powered by GolfNow.com

Course Details

Year Built 1997
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Murray Nonhoff

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Shirt required

Food & Beverage

Snacks

Available Facilities

Clubhouse
The Best Way To Book Is With GolfPass+
waivedfees
10 rounds of waived fees
golf ball.svg
$120 in tee time credits
teetime protection.svg
Tee Time Protection
redeemtrophy
Redeem GolfPass points

Reviews

3.1
193 Reviews (193)
Advanced Filters
Overall Rating
Recommended
Handicap
Age
Type of Golfer
Gender
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

A Good Time

I like this course. It's simple. Very happy that they're rebuilding the pro shop.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Played On
Reviews 34
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing

Poor executive course

First time playing here. The fairways and tee boxes are trashed. Many tee boxes don’t even have the white markers to play off of. Tons of mud and ruts in the fairways. The layout is horrible. It gets very confusing when you can’t figure out where hole 4 ends and hole 5 begins. They need more signage pointing players in the right direction. This entire course can be played with a 7 iron and a putter. I like executive courses for their really short play, but the conditions here were rock bottom. I know the owners also own Indian Hills and Jurupa Hills as well as Hidden Valley. This little course obviously is the “red headed step child” of the four. Sad. I won’t be back here. For $17.00, it’s totally not worth it. The only good thing was the driving range.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The course is great

I have play this course five times four during the day and one time at night. I defenetly enjoing playing during the day, great field good lenght to play in twohours, nice land scape i cant waite to do my next reservation. Great service abd great prize

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 31
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Needs Work

For a $6 Hot Deal one can hardly complain too much. This is a 9-hole executive golf course with a great driving range (both turf and artificial hitting areas), along with a putting green. Surprisedly there is also a nice little bar on the premises with big screen tvs, food, and a variety of beers. The course unfortunately needs work. The tee boxes are ill-kept with some of the blue tees looking liked they've been placed in the rough. The fairways could use a dose of weed killer and the rough is unevenly cut and deep in many places. Over watering has also left many areas in both the rough and fairways muddy and swampy and rutted with tire marks. The greens are good, but the bunkers seemed to be ignored by the grounds crews. This could really be a gem of a little practice course with some better maintenance. Would most likely not play more than once a year in current conditions.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

You get what you pay for

Star was friendly and accommodating but other than that, the course had a bad layout, the pace of play was extremely slow. Seems like everyone started at the same time.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Good little course

A buddy and I just got done playing another course and we didn't want to go get stuck in traffic so looked up this place and saw they had a special for $6/player we jumped on it and it was a good choice. Played in 1.5 hours conditions were nothing to brag about but greens and approach areas were in great shape! Pro shop and bar staff were friendly and range and practice areas looked decent as well.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

Best Value

I had a great time at Van Buren Golf. Great staff, Great Bar, and covered driving range. 9 holes of fun! I took advantage of one of their promotions and well worth it.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Walked

EXCELLENT COURSE FOR BEGINNERS

All went well,gave us a 1/2 hour earier start.Fun little course.we all had fun,would play again.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course to learn on.

Had a good time golfing this smaller golf course. This is good to work on your short game. You will only use your driver once or twice. However what I really enjoyed was that planes fly over every 5 minutes. It's just cool to see and the view in hole 7&8 right next to the airport where my favorites. I'm definitely going back.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 27
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

45 for 4

I walked off the course after the 3rd hole. 45 minutes to play 2&1/2 holes. I was sent out as a single with a twosome in front and a foursome on front of them. Arrived at every hole with the foursome waiting to tee off. Never again. I informed the pro shop staff that that was crazy. They didn't even offer me so much as a bucket of balls for my time .

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 25
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

A bit deceiving.... very disappointed .

So to start ... I passed by the course often and couldn't help but notice the range being lit up at night, which was cool. As far as the range, practice green, and chipping green go, I would give it 2 thumbs up, personally ..

I booked my round and thought to my self 16 bucks for 9 isn't bad at all . After I finished the first hole I got the feeling I should go get my $16 back ... The course is a bit confusing at first if you've never played it . But that wasn't even the bad part . It's hard to describe, but basically the fairways look like they been over seeded over watered and completely destroyed, there are greens placed in the most random places (in the middle of the fairway on the way to hole ) . The rough looks like it's just super long crab grass . And there's no fringes , it goes from fairway straight dropping off into greens . As for the greens themselves , they look like they are well kept, maybe a bit over watered and rolled a bit too much , but they were decent . As far as my round went, i shot 3 over on nine holes and mostly because I refused to go looking for a couple of balls that went off line (which I found on the holes coming back) . I guess for me, I was very disappointed at how bad the course was being cared for . I would definitely not be playing there again. But what do you expect for 16 bucks .

Conditions Poor
Value Good
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 121
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played

Good Learning Course

Second time playing here with 13 yr old son. It's really a good place to teach my son to play. The fact that there is only 9 hole is also a plus. Thank you for a nice time.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 31
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great value

Nice course to practice short game. Fairways and greens in excellent condition.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played

Worst manager behavior

The blonde female manager at this course has a terrible attitude we must have caught her on a bad day, but her attitude was unexceptable to a paying customer she raised her voice and even used foul language towards us and her friends she was playing with were even saying foul words toward us because we were unaware that they had changed it over to night course, we were being as polite as possible to her and her friends and they still treated us like trash, I just couldn't belive it. We will never return to this course again because of how mistreated we were. The manager was terrible, I feel sorry for the employees that have to work with her.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Avoid It

Wow. With the overall decent reviews I was expecting a decent course. I have to believe that the course wrote some of the previous ones....

- The only grass that looked like it had been even remotely maintained was the greens.

- The rest of the "grass" was whatever species of weed felt like growing there.

- There is no fairway or tees. The tees were just placed someplace random that was cut into a square

- They had some tee boxes that looked nice, but they were for the "night course". I think they plan on everyone playing at night so they can't see what is around them.

- Half the course smells like sewage

- The tiny driving range causes there to be range balls all over the course from people hitting over the nets

I usually don't expect much when booking a course like this. But you don't event get the little bit that you pay for at this place (I paid $5 per person through golfnow).

I usually don't write reviews because I rarely care enough to do so. But this place was such a disaster that I felt I needed to at least warn anyone considering it.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap Don't know
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Hard hat!!!

The layout is good, but when the course is full you will need to bring your hard hat.. Hole 4 runs in to hole 3, when playing hole 7 you need to carry a flag the hills will hide your location.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Nearby Courses
Riverside, California
Public
3.9259718447
1366
Riverside, California
Public
4.0802338554
1352
Norco, California
Public
4.1178483604
2052
Mira Loma, California
Public
1.5402298851
30
Riverside, California
Private
5.0
1
Riverside, California
Public
4.3333
3
Riverside, California
Semi-Private
4.1115790713
2277
Riverside, California
Private
4.0173208713
261
Corona, California
Public
3.4353592332
994
Ontario, California
Public
2.7297286495
152
Colton, California
Public
3.5179
112
Corona, California
Public
3.9006366105
1713
Golf Packages
MB2.1.jfif

Monarch Beach Resort Stay & Play Package

CLICK BELOW
ORANGE COUNTY, CA | Enjoy lodging accommodations at the Waldorf-Astoria Monarch Beach, the Ritz-Carlton Laguna Nigel, the Montage Laguna Beach, or the Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resort & Spa and golf at Monarch Beach Golf Links.

Monarch Beach Resort Stay & Play Package

CLICK BELOW
ORANGE COUNTY, CA | Enjoy lodging accommodations at the Waldorf-Astoria Monarch Beach, the Ritz-Carlton Laguna Nigel, the Montage Laguna Beach, or the Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resort & Spa and golf at Monarch Beach Golf Links.

The OC Golf Getaway Package

CLICK BELOW
ORANGE COUNTY, CA | Enjoy 3 nights’ accommodations at the Waldorf-Astoria Monarch Beach and 2 rounds of golf at Monarch Beach Golf Links and Tustin Ranch Golf Club.

Bella Verde Golf Getaway Package

CLICK BELOW FOR PRICING
MONTEBELLO, CA | Enjoy 2 nights’ accommodations at Home2 Suites Los Angeles Montebello, 4 9-hole rounds of golf at Bella Verde Golf Club – Championship Course, and 2 6-hole rounds of golf at Bella Verde Golf Club – Par-3 Course.

The Palm Mountain Resort & Spa Stay & Play Package

CLICK BELOW
PALM SPRINGS, CA | Enjoy up to 5 nights’ accommodations at Palm Mountain Resort & Spa and up to 4 rounds of golf at your choice of Indian Canyons – South Course, Indian Canyons – North Course, The Classic Club, Tahquitz Creek – Resort Course, and Tahquitz Creek – Legend Course.
Now Reading
  • Home

  • Memberships

  • Library

  • Account