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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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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
Great Value
GPS on carts sells me on this course. You just don't see that very often for the price Riverside charges. Course was in great shape. Greens were soft but fast creating what I would consider optimal short game conditions. This was the first time I've played this course and I will be playing again soon within a week and I am sure I will shoot 5 strokes better having played the course once before.
Excellent shape
Course was in great shape especially with all the rain we have had. Great central location is a plus.
Fun, convenient course
The staff was welcoming and friendly. I felt like they appreciated the business. The starter managed the first tee efficiently and without being heavy handed. The course was in good shape. The course design has a nice mix of looks from the tee. Some holes are wide open for driver and others are a little tighter and require more thought. If you like to shape the ball from the tee this will be fun for you. The greens are small so knowing the right approach angle is helpful. We played in four hours flat. The carts have GPS and were accurate to the flags on the day we played. I'll definitely play this one again.
Very Good Overall
Best I have seen this course in years. Greens are a bit on the slow side due to recent aerification, but the fairways are excellent ! Greens are receptive and roll nice.
Great course in great shape...
I can't find anything negative to say about this course. If I were being picky, I would mention the airport nearby and the planes flying overhead. But even those didn't bother me once I got on the course and starting enjoying the round. Great deal on Golfnow.com that came with a sleeve of ProV-1's and I would highly recommend this course to anyone looking for true greens and manicured fairways...especially low handicappers that enjoy a test from the tips.
If you get a chance, play this course. You won't be disappointed.
Riverside
Have played this course several times and must say this was the best condition I have ever seen it in, from tee to green it looked and played great. Not sure what has changed but it was a much better course than I remember it being,
Great Value
Great value for a course in great condition. The greens are like carpets and fairways are in good condition as well.
Still a great course
I love playing this course because they greens stay in great shape. It was really slow this time because of singles and twosomes that wouldn't join and play together but other than that it was great.
course
The greens are very nice from most courses around the area.
Great track
Excellent course all around. Greens is great condition. Lots of water, which adds to the aesthetics of the course. Very well
Laid out. Play it!
Great early morning round
We played a 7:08am Sunday morning twosome and finished in 3 hours 15 min. Tee box to green the course was in great shape. Challenging layout that requires a lot of smart shots so you can't just grip it and rip it. Great bang for the buck.
Good Expierence
Worth a trip out to play. Good public course. Not sure how this description is too short so I am adding these words.
Nice Layout
I was visiting the area and decided to play here. Where I am from there's not many golf courses, so lower supply means higher demand and so course fees are higher than this area. This is a course in great condition and the fact that it's $39 to play with a cart, it's a heck of a bargain. Tee boxes - great. Fairways -great. Greens are excellent. Now, you might think my standards are low, but I am a member of a club, and our course is very nice. Nicer than this course, And I play in Las Vegas all the time, Badlands, Rio Secco, Bali Hai, Royal Links, to name a few. Point is, for the money this course is great and challenging. Small greens so be accurate with your approaches. Greens roll true so that is nice. Carts are a little older, but they get you from point A to point B and they have GPS, so those with negative comments on the carts make me laugh. Hard to please some people! I understand everyone wants great value for their money. But some people are just flat out snobby and ridiculous. For Petes sake people, you should be happy you can afford to spend money on playing golf. Many people have a hard time making ends meet for life's necessities. So relax and just enjoy yourself!!! Go play here!!
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Handicap - 3
Great for the money
Course is always in great shape, greens aren't super fast but usually roll true. Interesting layout with fun holes. Lots of water and sometimes can be super windy but a great value course in the area.
Not bad
2 complaints: Too many twosomes made for a slow round. Bunkers were in terrible shape, but it had rained the night before.
Other than that, really like the course.
Love this long course
This is a long course of par 4s and par 5s, it's extremely fun and challenging course. This is one of favorites in central dfw!
Watch out
A good golf course. A true links style course.
Wind a major factor. Par 5s are really good with a great finishing (difficult) hole. Fun round.
Fun Quick Round
I liked the pace of play at this course. The greens were in good shape. I did not like some of the layout of the course. Too many blind shots.
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