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3.8
1039 Reviews (1039)
5 Stars
352
4 Stars
492
3 Stars
128
2 Stars
34
1 Stars
33
Conditions
3.7
Value
3.9
Layout
4.0
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
3.4
Amenities
3.4
78.5%
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919 out of 1039 reviews
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3.6
24 Reviews (24)
5 Stars
3
4 Stars
14
3 Stars
3
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
2
Conditions
3.7
Value
3.8
Layout
4.0
Pace
3.0
Amenities
3.4
StaffFriendliness
4.4
70.8%
Recommend this course
17 out of 24 reviews
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3.6
70 Reviews (70)
5 Stars
19
4 Stars
26
3 Stars
12
2 Stars
5
1 Stars
8
Conditions
3.6
Value
3.7
Layout
3.9
Pace
3.1
Amenities
3.3
StaffFriendliness
4.3
70.0%
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49 out of 70 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Links
Par 72
Length 6957 yards
Slope 132
Rating 74.4

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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Course Details

Year Built 1984
Golf Season Year round
Architect Roger Packard (1984) Dennis Wise (1984) Larry Packard

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
GPS Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker Yes
Golf Simulator Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Indoor Practice Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Available Facilities

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Reviews

3.8
1039 Reviews (1039)
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4.0
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Great layout!

Really fun layout. Tees, fairways and greens were in GREAT shape. The bunkers unfortunately were pretty bad... Definitely need more sand and attention. Overall a great value though.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
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I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing

Great course Great value

The golf course is in great condition. From the outside looking in it seems like it would be a very flat and wide open course so I was surprised to see so many big beautiful trees, dog legs around river bends, and quite massive slopes! My buddy and I had a really good time despite not playing well at all. The course is a great value for your buck. I’ll definitely come back.

A couple tips though:

It seems they don’t run bev cart service until after 9. So if you have an early tee time then stock up! Even though they limit you to 2 beers a golfer. (Which seems a bit weird to me when you’re not running a bev cart). We teed off at 7:50 and played the whole front 9 without a beverage. So we stocked up in the club house. Finally saw a bev cart at 10am and wasn’t enthused about the service. She wasn’t rude.. but wasn’t friendly either.

I’d have given this place 5 stars if they put a little more effort in to the food and beverage/service.

We still had a great time. Most importantly.. it’s a great course that’s well maintained at a great value and we’ll definitely come back!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
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Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
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Reviews 23
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

Where is the staff??

Course is actually in AMAZING condition from the freeze and how much rain we have recently gotten. No complaints as for the golf course itself. Pace of play was good. They made sure we started on time on the first tee which was nice

My biggest complaint is staff friendliness and access to the club house. 2 gentlemen working when we checked in were unprofessional and not personable. We win in to try and get food and drinks after the front nine and NO ONE was in the club house for 10 minutes while we waited. So no drinks or food from the club house. If you ask me not only is that highly annoying and highly unprofessional, but also for safety of the club house is ruined when NO ONE WHO WORKS THERE IS IN THE CLUB HOUSE. C’MON MAN.

But the course was good. Let’s not forget that. Just don’t expect to get any food during your round. Cart girl was around. Saw her twice. She was nice.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 50
I Recommend This Course
5.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

2 different 9s

Course has decent practice facility. Staff super friendly and helpful. The front nine is nothing to write home about and lots of crabgrass in the fairways Green's decent. Turn the back nine and you get a lot of wow factor if the front line match the back nine you might have a bucket Lister lots of water on the back cart girl every three holes super duper and friendly overall good experience need to just redesign the front nine and you got a gem.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 18
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Previously Played

Consistently Overbooked

I waited to review the course until I played it a few times to get a good idea of what to generally expect. This course is consistently overbooked. It seems as if there were foursomes going off every 5 or 6 minutes. The shortest round i have played there is 4 hours and 54 minutes. The last 2 times I've played the 18 took over 5 and a half hours. There is no Marshall to assist with pace of play unfortunately. That is my only complaint.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 34
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 41
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 492
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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