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El Rio Golf Club
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El Rio Golf Course in Fort Myers is a player-friendly layout that will appeal to players of all skill levels. It's an ideal course for beginners who are looking to get in some practice on a full-length course. The layout consists of mostly par 3s and most of the holes are on the shorter side. Though it's a seemingly simple design, the greens have slopes that range from subtle to dramatic, which can make determining your approach to them a daunting task. Trees that line the fairways demand accuracy but the landing areas are generous. El Rio Golf Course has a pace of play that makes it convenient if you're looking for a quick round and the layout is gentle enough for beginners, and even junior players, to tackle with confidence.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's | 60 | 3004 yards | 57.1 | 90 |
| Ladies' | 60 | 2401 yards | 53.1 | 81 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 57.1/98 | 271 | 179 | 135 | 144 | 201 | 83 | 162 | 160 | 123 | 1458 | 232 | 161 | 144 | 194 | 188 | 133 | 179 | 162 | 153 | 1546 | 3004 |
| Red W: 53.1/100 | 227 | 148 | 107 | 122 | 125 | 58 | 118 | 129 | 96 | 1130 | 197 | 130 | 103 | 163 | 162 | 114 | 147 | 140 | 115 | 1271 | 2401 |
| Handicap | 13 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |||
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 60 |
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Photo submitted by u409589654 on 12/17/2025
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Love the challenges of making me play my short game. Photo submitted by 3215055223 on 06/12/2025
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Photo submitted by u356173135 on 06/02/2024
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Photo submitted by u356173135 on 06/02/2024
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Photo submitted by mskocik32 on 04/07/2023
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Not the best picture of the course, just the best one I could find Photo submitted by X8eIG0U5DgBVXgDsQ9Qe on 08/23/2022
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Photo submitted by Steve2741645 on 06/07/2021
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Photo submitted by Gerryjoey on 02/22/2021
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Photo submitted by u1759294886 on 01/18/2021
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Photo submitted by u1759294886 on 01/18/2021
No Nine hole rates with 90+ degrees?
This course needs to offer couples rate for 9 holes after 3pm or so. They are leaving a bunch of money on the table by not doing 9 hole rates at all. They need the money as the course conditions have gotten much worse over time. There's many brown dead grass spots, plain dirt spots, and greens have alot of dead grass. Here's a picture of ninth fairway for example.
We appreciate you taking the time to leave us a review. We would love to know how we can earn those last two stars next time! Thanks for playing El Rio Golf Club.
We appreciate the review. You rated us 3-stars which means there is room to improve on your recent experience at El Rio Golf Club. Let us know, in the comments, how and where you would like to see changes from the course. Thanks for the feedback!
Goat Track/ with rude employee
Do not waste your money at this course. Extremely RUDE, condescending woman working the counter on the afternoon of the 16th of April 2021. I’m fairly confident she must be a relative of the owner because she shouldn’t be allowed to interact with customers. This place charges full price even if you only golf 9 holes. They could have simply charged us for one full round of golf but instead chose to charge 40.00 for nine holes stating that was the company policy. News flash, your company policy sucks as does your course. With all the money you are extorting from customers, put some of it back into the course. Tee to green is terrible. No exceptions, no excuses. With so many other options within 5-10 minutes of this goat track I would suggest potential golfers take an extra minute or two and do a search. If you choose this sorry excuse for a course, you will be very disappointed. Unfortunately the other couple we golfed with made the tee time. They were as disappointed and dissatisfied as we were. If zero stars were available, this place wouldn’t have rated one.
Very disappointed
My wife booked a tee time for Monday. She thought it was Tuesday at 3:10. We got ready and when we got there a man came in from outside and said what can I held you with. I said I have a tee time for 3:10. He said: No you don't. I said my wife booked it. He said the last tee time today is 2pm. When I asked if there was any way we could play he said we would have to be done by 5. He said what we would have to pay was the same and could not give us a deal even though there is no way we could play 18 holes. We did not appreciate his attitude at all. We are full time residents and I wanted my wife to play somethiing different. The last time I played here with some friends visiting from out of state we had a hard time figuring where the next hole was located because it was not marked well. The fairways are really close to each other. We live close to there and I don't think they will ever get any of our money.
Thank you for taking the time to review the course. We take single star feedback very seriously at our course. You are welcome to comment further or reach out to our team in the golf shop. We always appreciate the feedback. Thank you for playing El Rio Golf Club.
Tee boxes?
Tee boxes need a fair amount of work...very little grass, and the pace of play was slow...
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting El Rio Golf Club, and we hope to see you again in the future.
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are sorry to see that your overall experience was anything short of 5 stars, but we hope you'll give us another try in the near future. Thanks for choosing El Rio Golf Club.
Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We are sorry to see that your overall experience was anything short of 5 stars, but we hope you'll give us another try in the near future. Thanks for choosing El Rio Golf Club.
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