River Oaks GC
A view over the water from River Oaks Golf Club
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4.2
786 Reviews (786)
5 Stars
277
4 Stars
366
3 Stars
98
2 Stars
30
1 Stars
15
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.4
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
4.4
Amenities
3.8
93.2%
Recommend this course
712 out of 786 reviews
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4.2
24 Reviews (24)
5 Stars
9
4 Stars
11
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.4
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.3
91.7%
Recommend this course
22 out of 24 reviews
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4.2
42 Reviews (42)
5 Stars
14
4 Stars
22
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.2
Value
4.4
Layout
4.4
Pace
4.5
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.3
95.2%
Recommend this course
40 out of 42 reviews
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Course Highlights
River Oaks consistently delivers well-maintained fairways, smooth greens, and a thoughtfully designed layout that rewards smart target selection. Friendly staff and a reliably quick pace of play make this a strong value for golfers in the area.

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Holes 18
Type Public
Par 71
Length 6467 yards
Slope 125
Rating 70.9
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Course Details

Year Built 2000
Greens Blue Grass

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill

Available Facilities

Clubhouse
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Reviews

4.2
786 Reviews (786)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 13
Patio Dining 8
Watching the Game 7
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 27
Water Hazards 26
Undulating Greens 13
This course/club is great for:
Locals 26
Seniors 25
Walkers 25
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 23
Near the Airport 6

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Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Water

Several holes with water challenges - which is fun.

Absolutely no drinking water stations on course - which is awful and will keep me from playing there in the Sacramento valley heat. Get some water stations on the course!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 45
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Wonderful Round of Golf

Had a wonderful time. It was a very windy day, but otherwise every,thing was perfect.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great round

Place has unbelievable breakfast burritos. Course was in good shape. Was a gray round

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

. The greens were a little fuzzy and slow but overall the course was in great shape. It’s great to see all the ponds full again.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 45
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Great Day of Golf

Had a wonderful time. The course is in great condition considering all the recent rain. The only complainant would be the windy conditions.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 51
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Greens rolling slow

Course was good, the greens look like a different grass is taking them over maybe? They rolled slow, and kinda weird hard to get balls to check up, they'd roll out. Hopefully they get better with better weather coming

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 45
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Awesome

Had a great time. The pace of play and the weather were perfect. The fairways were still soggy in places, but the greens were in great shape.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Cold weather
Used cart
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 51
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice March day

The course is holding up very well with the amount of rain we have had .

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Hadn’t played River Oaks since last year late summer. Conditions appeared better. Work was done on the bunkers and were mainly playable despite the heavy recent rain. The course has a relaxed feel, there is no starter or Marshall so you line up according to your time. Luckily a single ahead of us Joe invited us to join him so we teed off 15 min early 845.

Fairways were in good shape as well as the greens. Greens rolled decent, they felt a little spongy but maybe due to the excess water nevertheless it didn’t affect the roll of the putts to be problematic. Water hazards were full (which was nice to see) unlike the last time we played and were dried out, (end of summer). The layout makes club selection important on certain holes due to water hazards, especially #16. Had a great time!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 31
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Despite all the rain, course in very good shape

I played the day after the rain storms. Surprisingly to me the course was not as wet as I would thought. Very playable. Very few standing water. The greens were in excellent condition and looked great. Glad I played here. Played as a twosome, walking and carrying my own bag. Played in 3 hours, 15 minutes.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 40
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 17
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course in great shape, but the tea boxes could use a little work.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
First Time Playing

Overpriced

For what it is (IMO) it's way overpriced. Course layout is trash, found myself checking the map quite a bit because i wasn't sure where the green was located (everything is bunched together and looks the same) . Honestly i could have played darkhorse for a couple bucks more and i probably should have.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 181
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 100 Contributor
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Slow pace of the play but friendly players.

Perfect weather but very frustrating pace of the play, probably due to frost delay. No player assistance or pace. Good sand bunkers and fairways except a few wet spots. There is no restaurant where you can enjoy the post play relaxation and fellowship. No adequate indoor seating place but good outdoor seating which is acceptable. Players are super friendly to one another. Configurations of the course are really downsides where you can see almost all 9 holes at same spots. Greens are fast at some holes and very slow at the other holes. Quite erratic.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 40
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The course was in very good condition for the amount of rain that we had during January!! The course staff and groundskeepers had to also deal with downed trees from severe winds!!! Which have been mostly cleaned up already!!!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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