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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 | 382 | 2876 | 5783 |
| 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 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
Good Course but Needs Time to Dry
The course needs a little time to dry out from the flooding. There is still casual water in some of the fairways, but overall, it’s a nice course.
Terrible pace of play.
Over 7 groups on the first hole. Tee time was 1:30, didn’t get off the first hole until 2PM. Didn’t finish the 2nd hole until 3PM. Over a 6 hour round because they had a tournament run late and still made everyone pay full price. 75$ is not worth no 6 hour round. They need to get multiple Marshall’s out there if they are gonna run the course like that.
Needs a Marshall
This course is awesome. The pace of play was what made the experience very bad. There is no Marshall on the course so it made my experience less enjoyable.
A Few Good Shots A Few Bad Ones
I got out about 25 minutes early, got past a two-some after the second hole, smooth sailing after that. Really enjoy the challenge and character of the course. Fairways were lush and green and the greens were difficult. Staff treated me very well as usual.
Course needs work
It took us 2 hrs 50 min to play 9 and we almost walked off. Thankfully, got around the slow group but they should have been marshalled. Nothing real special about this course but it is a challenging layout especially when it's windy as it's almost entirely north to south or vice versa. Green need work. Can't recommend it in its current condition
Prices up, quality down
This used to be one of the best bargains in DFW, with great greens (our groups number one priority, next to fast play). Unfortunately the greens, and the whole course has been taken over by weeds. Fairways are so so at best, and some of the tee boxes had been overseeded and the grass was longer than most places rough. Very disappointing, and not worth the elevated weekend rate.
Course conditions need work.
I know this is one of the cheaper courses and it’s good value for DFW but the poa annua coming up on the greens is concerning. The greens used to be better than other courses in the area, but it’s looking rough at the moment. Parts of the fairways are balding as well so iron play is very inconsistent. Finished about 30 minutes behind pace due to some slow player’s getting backed up throughout the afternoon but that is pretty normal.
Solid course. Greens ran smooth and fast. Few Bare spots in the fairways. Bunkers were hard and looked in rough shape. But fun layout overall and would play again
worse pace of play of any course
the whole course was backed up. always had 2 groups on a tee box and management would not do anything about speeding up the players causing issues. the tee times are too close together. greens are in good shape, sand is full of rocks on some holes, errant shots are always into another group. beware of booking on the weekend
greens are good and coming in
generally if fair conditions. Tee boxes need a lot of work and fairways are seeded and will come in about a month or so
Great off season round
Good time and nice course. Got paired up with 2 good guys.
Worth the round
Course was challenging, but attribute it to being a bad golfer. But was still fun course to play. There was a bit of a fair way pile up with the layout, tricky when you play like me. But moved on quickly.
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