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Riverside Golf Club
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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.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 72 | 6957 yards | 74.4 | 132 |
| Blue | 72 | 6389 yards | 71.5 | 126 |
| White | 72 | 5783 yards | 68.4 | 119 |
| Red (W) | 72 | 5247 yards | 69.5 | 113 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 74.1/131 | 442 | 504 | 377 | 462 | 212 | 543 | 434 | 198 | 450 | 3622 | 402 | 544 | 355 | 181 | 545 | 325 | 179 | 366 | 438 | 3335 | 6957 |
| Blue M: 71.2/128 | 392 | 472 | 358 | 402 | 154 | 512 | 404 | 175 | 411 | 3280 | 371 | 506 | 320 | 155 | 515 | 320 | 168 | 343 | 411 | 3109 | 6389 |
| White M: 69.0/120 W: 75.2/126 | 352 | 422 | 327 | 371 | 121 | 486 | 279 | 155 | 394 | 2907 | 337 | 474 | 292 | 123 | 490 | 317 | 141 | 320 | 383 | 2877 | 5784 |
| Silver M: 67.0/118 W: 72.4/122 | 340 | 410 | 295 | 320 | 100 | 471 | 275 | 140 | 382 | 2733 | 290 | 440 | 275 | 110 | 480 | 315 | 98 | 310 | 375 | 2693 | 5426 |
| Red W: 70.8/120 | 330 | 407 | 276 | 300 | 84 | 463 | 270 | 134 | 376 | 2640 | 286 | 427 | 263 | 96 | 471 | 313 | 92 | 296 | 363 | 2607 | 5247 |
| Handicap | 13 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 2 | |||
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
| Handicap (W) | 14 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 1 |
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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 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
Good value - challenging layout
First time to play. Course and greens in very good condition. Food was delicious! Friendly staff. Not much else to comment on. Great day at golf with my son. Highly recommend this mid priced quality facility.
Greens are the best municipal greens
Best greens I have played in the Dallas area. No markings or blight, the greens rolled smooth.
Enjoyed the links style layout. First time on course, so played conservative, not knowing the doglegs or terrain around the greens or up the fairway.
Definite new playing course for me, as I look to break 80.
Great shot shapers course.
This place is so under rated. People always talk noise. about a 40$ city course. If you want perfect everything then you will pay triple this price. The course layout is cool. Lots of water. Lots of well laid out clover bunkers. Par3s are well thought out. Par 5s are all interesting. Bunkers need to drain a little better. You won’t find many courses this challenging for the price.
Awesome course
Great layout. Great course conditions. One of the best values in DFW without question. I will be back many times. I play to a 5 HC and normally play from the blues but I played from the tips here and it was a great combination of challenge and enjoyment. Highly recommend this course.
Windy Beauty, Eyes Open!
This course is a challenge, especially on windy days. Some holes wind along the river (7 comes to mind), all the par 3’s have water in play except 16, which doesn’t need it as it’s a 180-195 yard shot uphill over a deep valley to a 2-tier green. I shot 92 and was proud of it!
I really enjoyed my round, course was in great shape from tee to green. I only have two critics:
Pace of play was a bit slow, round took nearly 5 hours. Hard to avoid at midday in the spring in DFW so no biggie.
Some of the holes crest scenarios where you run the risk of being hit into. On the front I believe the approach and green of 3, tee of 4, and fairway for 7 really almost overlap. On the back it’s fine for the most part, except 15 tee. People on the driving range were easily reaching the tee box and sending balls bouncing by us into the river. My group took turns watching so we didn’t get hit. I really think a net on the back left of the range should be put up.
But overall I had a great time, would definitely recommend and play again. Just keep your eyes open!!!
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