River Oaks Golf Club

I haven't played this course since it was Rio La Paz. After playing it as River Oaks, I can see why I haven't played here for quite some time.

Driving Range - very expensive. A small bucket of 35 balls was $7. Even though we hit from the ground, it was all dirt, very little grass. 2 stars out of 5

Tee boxes - horrible condition. You would be hard pressed to find a level spot on the tee boxes. If you did find something to hit from, there was a good chance that there was a hole right under where your foot stood. 2 stars out of 5

Fairways - overall, not too bad but a there was a lot of wetness on the ground. The fairways were mowed. 4 stars out of 5

Greens - mediocre at best - Almost every green had bad areas that need to be cut out and replaced with grass. Twice I had a shot land in one of these bad areas and saw it bounce in some other direction. Very disappointed. 2 stars out of 5.

Layout - I usually play white tees however I found that a majority of the par 4's were 325 or less from the whites. Also one hole we almost got hit by a ball from the group behind us because blind hill in front of the tee box. 2 stars out of 5

Overall, I was disappointed with River Oaks. I will probably not come here. Also for some reason, there were a lot of flies everywhere.

Everyone at RO is friendly and attentive. Always a pleasure to play here.

Overall, this is a enjoyable course to play with a diverse set of holes which are well-designed and can fool you into aiming in the wrong places if you’re not careful. Good value for the money, very walkable, seems to move along fairly quickly.

Right now, the conditions aren’t the best, but not bad. My only real complaint about the course would be the tee boxes, specifically that the majority of them are crowned, so it’s not always easy to find a flat lie.

Greens were in great shape for post-summer conditions--firm, quick and smooth. Tee areas need to be mowed lower and rather rough. Fairways in very good shape. Rough on sides of fairways makes the course play much longer. Like to see a garbage can on each tee--I only saw one or two on the entire course. I didn't see a restroom on the course--only at the clubhouse. Pace of play is a hit-or-miss. I got lucky and teed off before several very slow groups. No marshalls on the course.

Great condition and very fun layout. My only negative was there were no yardage markers on the course.

Walkable course with lots of bunkers and doglegs to be found here, smallish greens with slope and some undulation, but nothing ridiculous. Conditions are a bit rough in spots right now and course is a little soft, but overall not bad. Pace was a little slow but that was because a group jumped in between other groups in front of us. Good value compared to a lot of the other courses in the area.

Very well groomed course! and interesting design. Friendly pro shop. And a very good price.

My first negative review ever... Normally the front 9 is fine with a 1:30-1:45 pace... but better plan on 3 hrs on the back nine. Staff have apparently been instructed by mgmt to start any walk-ups onto the 10th to max revenues. Last two visits, at the turn, there were 8 to 10 ppl on the 10th tee that didn't play the front. The 10th, 11th n 12th are a sh1t-show. Never playing here again. $50 for 9?... May as well play Yocha Dehe.

Staff doing a good job with limited resources. Good fairways,

greens average after a difficult summer.

We enjoyed our round at River Oaks. The greens had been aerated about 3 weeks before and were still recuperating. Grass on greens was still long and greens were bumpy and didn't run very true. The rest of the course was in very nice shape and I'm sure the greens are better now after another week or so. Looking forward to playing it again soon.