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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.
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Conditions3.7
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Value3.8
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Layout3.9
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Friendliness4.4
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Pace3.4
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Amenities3.4
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
Windy after a rainstorm
Course in nice shape in general for March. Greens are amazing for March. How much time does it take to pull the weeds out of the center of the greens? Still very nice. There were 2 5-somes on the course. The first group was great and encouraged us to play through without incident and the second group was not. The round stalled at the 14th and took too long to finish. Really you permit 5 some?
Great layout... sub par conditions
Great staff. Course could be top course if they would hire greenskeeper or spend $ to bring turf up to par... excuse pun. They just never have made leap to great... so just average
course has no easy holes
Loved the layout,the par 5's will test you.You must hit a good tee shot to have a chance to birdie or par them.Put this course on your list to play
Good shape for winter
Played on a Friday afternoon and course was in good shape for this time of year. Staff was very courteous and helpful. Not much you can do this time of year, but all of the bunkers were maintained and greens were as good as could be expected.
Great condition for this time of year
The course boasts some of best greens I've played this whole winter. Overall the course is very enjoyable, especially for the money. Despite this round being fairly chilly, it was a great experience. Will definitely be back here in the near future.
Two Thumbs Up
For this time of year, course in great shape. Smooth and receptive greens, nice fairways. If we can only keep the Trinity River from tearing into the course, we can enjoy this gem for quite some time.
Shut Up Bundle Up And Tee Up
39 degrees. No one on the course but us. Wonderful!!! Greens were receptive to a good approach and rolled true. They were extremely fast down grain and broke hard if you babied a short putt.
Fairways were well maintained. I was very impressed with the bunkers (I was in three of them). Really good sand with the exception of the par four 15th. The fairway bunker sand is almost hard pan. There is a lot of erosion along the creek, so if you hit a shot near the edge, be careful.
Always fun to play.
Had a lot of rain a couple days prior. The course was still very playable except for the bunkers. Can't wait to go back again.
Early December and the greens were still perfect, tough course
First two times I played this course in the past week. Loved every part of it, the layout, the greens, everything *except the wind. If you don't hit the ball with control, there are a number of holes on this course that will devour your game.
This course has very tough par 3's, short par 4's that will test your game, and an awesome par 5 that is a true par 5 for anyone.
I played one day in the cold and 20 mph winds, the next day in perfect 50 degree windless day.
Great course very reasonable!
Our Group had a great time. Pace of play was slow however the weather was perfect. Number 18 will challenge even the best players. Golf course is in good shape.
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