About
Riverside Golf Club is appropriately named. The course sits in a floodplain along the Trinity River with water in play on seemingly every hole. This is a combination links-style/traditional layout that is surprisingly difficult for a municipal course. Great holes abound on the Roger Packard layout, which requires the rare combination of length and accuracy when playing from the tips.
Holes 4-6 offer one of the better stretches of golf, starting with a 462-yard par 4 that is cut in the landing area by pesky fairway bunkers, and features a long approach into an elevated green that is surrounded by water and slopes back-to-front. Club down on no. 4 because leaving it short still offers the chance for an up-and-down. No. 5 is a good par 3, especially from the middle tees where it generally plays as a short iron. Watch for the front pin placement, which can leave you with a long downhill putt if the tee shot is too long. Water looms to the right but it takes a bad shank to dunk it in the drink. No. 6 goes 543 yards, doglegging left along the Trinity with water fronting the green. The tee shot must be long and straight, and anything too far right leaves a precarious second shot around the bend.
The back side is the more fun of the two, taking you through good combinations of holes that offer excellent birdie opportunities if you’re on your game. You'll need those birds when you come down the home stretch.
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Golfer Photos
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Photo submitted by u5118160 on 06/27/2025
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Photo submitted by Masematt on 06/21/2023
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Photo submitted by u314159892591 on 09/29/2020
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Photo submitted by dwaz777 on 09/26/2020
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Morning on the Range before round Photo submitted by p51Clarkie on 10/06/2019
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Photo submitted by InkedGolfer80 on 09/04/2018
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Photo submitted by InkedGolfer80 on 09/04/2018
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Photo submitted by InkedGolfer80 on 09/04/2018
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Photo submitted by InkedGolfer80 on 09/04/2018
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Photo submitted by InkedGolfer80 on 09/04/2018
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Photo submitted by InkedGolfer80 on 09/04/2018
Golfer Reviews
They Will Steal
Don't bother booking online, they will just charge you full Sunday morning price once you arrive anyway. Then when i confront the shady practice, all i got was "i only work here once a week, I cannot do anything". Then tells me I need to come back and talk to the GM to get the $60 overcharge back?! Then the GM isn't even there! What a way to steal people's money and then make it difficult to even confront and make correct. Waste of time. The course sucks, it's poorly maintained. The tee times are too close together so get ready for a marathon 5.5 hours round of pure scat.
True Greens, Needs TLC
The greens are average speed and roll true. The bunkers are unplayable and have lots of rocks. There are lots of dead pan spot in the several fairways. You get what you pay for. You can enjoy the course as long as you leave your course condition expectations at home.
I'll be back
Friendly and engaging staff. Most tee boxes were in good shape however, a few need some TLC. Most fairways had good grass in spite of the hot weather. Greens were very nice and rolled true. Golf carts could use GPS in them. It was difficult to find the 150 or 100 yd markings in the fairway. Overall good track and challenging.
Seen better times.
Saw a great deal on golfnow and jump on it. Haven't played here in a couple of years and like layout but there was several bare spots and bunkers were in non playable condition. Fun course too play.
Nice Course for price
Overall the course is enjoyable and in fairly good condition. Greens in great shape. Front desk staff is really friendly. Only thing about this course is there are some dog leg holes along the river that are just silly. Landing spot is crazy small or blind. Fairway bunkers are full of grass and weeds.
But overall a nice course to jump on for a quick round. I played late wed morning as a single and casually played with only catching one group who let me play through. Excellent pace of play.
Riverside eh
I was spraying the ball to both sides of the fairwary all day - the greens and fairways are in great shape for the Texas heat - but if you get off the fairways you will get hit with some really nasty ruts, holes and bone breaking hits - the course is due for some dozer work and sod - weeds have taken over much of the back nine - the sand traps haven't been paid any attention all year - they are overgrown w/ weeds and if you rake them it will be their first raking in months - the edges haven't been cut this year - if the grounskeeper has been fired I'd understand the conditions - they are bad -
Nice track
First time playing course. Fun track! They’ve had a lot of rain so fairways were in great condition and the greens were receptable but very very fast. Fun play!
Perhaps a bad day to go
Due to the rains, the driving range was closed. I usually like to warm up with a small bucket And golf carts were cart path only. A couple of holes were washed out but overall the course was in pretty good shape. Pace of play was slow. Staff was friendly and golf cart girl made it around af few times during the round.