About
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.
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Golfer Photos
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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
Golfer Reviews
Reasonable
A good course for the not so serious golfer. We are an older couple and enjoyed the course. Played in 3 hours waited some but not a big deal and would play again
To dangerous for me
Friendly staff here. Pace of play was good considering how busy it was but almost got hit by several golf balls on the back nine. Front nine was fine. Greens were below average but held fine.
It was a golf day
.No where to park at facility. Had to park across the street in grass. Had to wait for carts and guard our turn. Fairways poor condition. Greens were terrible, bare mostly. January was very wet, but everywhere else we have played was in much better shape. Holes are pretty tight next to each other, two occasions of very near misses being struck.
Too many players scheduled. Par 60 took nearly 4.5 hours.
Won't teturn
Bring your hard hat
The course design is very dangerous. Lucky to come back alive. Tees and greens are way too close. Balls where flying over are heads all day. The 10th fairway and driving range are overlapping almost lost my life twice. Fairways and greens are terrible. What can I say!! They would have to pay me to play this golf course again.
Kevin & Trish
Wear A Hard Hat
Very poor course layout. Example is the 10th hole runs parallel to the driving range with no protection. Too many parallel fairways and golf balls flying into your fairway often.
Rain out
We were rained out due to all the rain we had recently and the course conditions. The good thing is the staff contacted us first thing in the a.m. to reschedule our golf. I was very pleased that they contacted us, before we had to contact them. We.really like this course and the staff is always accommodating and friendly. We look forward to playing as soon as the sun comes back out...
Slow pace of play
The pace of play is extremely slow even for an executive course
Reasonable Value
This is a Par 60 track that is in ok shape. The course of play as very slow. If not for the GolfNow rate we would have been very unhappy .
While I would recommend the course to others it would have to be at tle low GolfNow rate.
Big storm
I had a reservation for Sunday and a BIG storm came threw the area Saturday night. I thought the course would have issues so I called to confirm tee time and was told back 9 closed and no carts. I was pleased when they gave me a tee time the next day same time. They said there was no one to pick up tree branches that day. So the next day when I played, all over were branches of trees all around greens a little difficult finding balls. I thought some maintence people would have cleaned things up in 48 hrs. But I they couldn't, other than that happy with course. Price Fair for being " in season"
Practice for short game
This is a nice, inexpensive course to work on your short game. It was crowded and many were not about to let you play through. We finally skipped the 15th hole, played the16th hole and then were able to go back to the skipped hole. We then got back on track to 17. All this was done while the foursome was putting on the 15th and was playing the 16th. Golf etiquette is a word they never heard.
Dangerous Layout
If you play this course, wear a hard hat!
Tees and greens are adjacent, and fairways are parallel, so players are hitting into each other all the time, since most of the holes are par threes. Some tee boxes are hiddeen by vegetation, so the players teeing off on the hole behind them cannot see them. One tee box is hidden behind a stand of palms, and the cart path crosses right in front of the tee box. Seriously? I wonder how many players get hit by golf balls here.
Make sure your liability and medical insurance is up to date.
El Rio
This is a fun executive course that is in great condition. It has some challenging holes such as the 17th which is a tight dogleg Par 3.
elrio short course
Always loved this course for an executive type course but the fairways don't seem to be taken care of properly. There is no such thing as bump and run. You get the distance you hit in air. No roll. Greens are okay but not as good as in previous years
Great course
Awesome. Course was in great shape and the staff very friendly. Don't let the description of executive course fool you. You better have your short irons down !! I would recommend this course. We will definitely be back. Thanks
A good course to practice with your irons!
Course offer a variety of par three yardages that allows use of every club in your bag!
Good day on the course
Nice executive course. Great place to practice with irons typically do no have opportunity to use on regulation course. Mostly straight forward golf holes with a few water hazards. Traps need new sand but fortunately didn't go in any so it was a non issue. Great day, quick pace.
Nice executive course.
Course was quite nice and we'll maintained for an executive course. Not too much water, never lost a ball. Still had a few challenging holes. Great to work on your iron game.
A Fort Myers Must Play!
Nice Course somewhat Challenging, Staff was excellent, Clean Carts. Cold Beer ! , Great Dogs, be back asap!
A "Dogleg par 3" Are you serious??? How is this played; ricochet off a tree from your tee shot on to the green then a regulation 2 putt for Par? Or are you thinking two shots to the green and with a "birdie" putt you get a par???? Seriously.