Riverside Golf Course

We played on a perfect day for golf.

We played in mid February and this was one of the only courses that had a morning tee time available for 2 golfers (booked 2 days in advance).

The best part of the course are the greens and fairway bunkers. The greens roll smooth and the fairway bunkers had fresh white sand. Tee boxes were also in nice shape.

Apparently new irrigation system was installed but the fairways haven’t showed it yet. Most of the grass in fairways and rough was dormant which resulted in very right lies and hard pan conditions.. being from up north and playing most of my golf on bentgrass and zoysia grasses I had a difficult time striking the ball effectively.

It appeared like playing two different nines. The front nine had older manufactured houses / trailers that were very close and “in play” as one of the gentleman we got paired up with found out. He rattled one off the trailer and was met by the owner scolding him for his errant shot,

When back nine was more wide open and is routed through a newer and much nicer manufactured home community.. these home and pavers in driveways and nice screened in living areas with pools.

The community also has some nice amenities with pools and tennis courts. There is a golf cart in every garage and I assume this is where many of the members live and they take pride in their yards and community.

If you are visiting in town this is a great place to play your first round to knock the rust off. It was one of the better places to play with a rate under 50 bucks.I would compare conditions to Buffalo creek or Manatee golf courses.

Overall a fun course with great people.

I gave the course overall 2 stars because the only decent thing about the course is the greens, they roll decent and are running at a 8 maybe 9 on the stimp. The layout of the course is okay.

Another negative is that when they have members playing, there is no ranger so they play slow and there's no one to move players along.

The picture is of the 14th hole, some areas need to be marked off as ground under repair.

Late getting us off 1st tee. Very slow play 4.75 hour rd. Fairways have very little grass hard to hit good shots. Greens were decent. Traps very good.

Greens are in really good shape and roll smooth and true. The 7 min tee times cause the course to be too full and we waited on every shot. This is not uncommon in the area as this was my 3 rd course and they all had 7 min tee times and slow play. Fairways were dormant Bermuda grass which they did not overseed so the lies in the fairways was tight but playable. Overall I will play again before I leave Florida

I was skeptical about playing at Riverside. I heard from others it was in poor condition. Wow, was I suprised! The bunkers were well groomed with fresh white fluffy sand. The greens were in great shape, very green and maintained well. The fairways were good, however there is work to be done in some areas. The newly installed irrigation system will help immensely. Give it another year or two and the fairways will be in great shape. You can tell they are investigating heavily into the place. However, my only issue I had is the front nine is very tight and houses are very close. That's not a style of couse I like. That's just my personal preference. The back nine is more open and scenic. It was a great change. Pace of play was good but weather wasn't great so it wasn't busy.

My only recommendation is have more offerings for snacks for purchase. Also, inform people there is no turn and stock up on supplies for the 18 holes.

Well done folks. Your course will is beautiful and it will be even better in a few years.

It has come a long way since last year. I have no doubt next year will be even better because of the new irrigation.

Riverside is a little gem in the local area with great golf layout at a really good price. Try it, you’ll like it.

Unfortunately the dry season has caught up with them. I’ll feel it will get better when the rains come back.

This course has improved over tge last 3 years quite a bit! The staff has always been fantastic, always friendly, knowledgeable. The course has its challenges, but the fairways have improved INCREDIBLY! Love the location to me, the community is great! The restaurant is ALWAYS good food, lots of fun!

Challenging course but houses to close to some of the fair ways

Some people need to just play an forward tee. Rangers should slow groups n watch for a couple holes