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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
Nice course.
Play was very slow, five hour round. The course was fun to play and I will play there again.
Great course overall
This course is a great time when the weather is nice. The course plays fast and the greens are great. Nice mix of different shots off the tees and pin selection. This course is challenging for all levels of play. Great lay out and use of the surrounding area. When you get out on the course you will forget real fast that you are in the city thanks to the lush texas shrubbery.
Fun course
For the money it's a good value. Folks are nice and follow golfers are good people. Would play it again.
Challenging Course
Rewards accuracy; penalizes missing fairways. Course is in good shape, including the greens. Staff is friendly and helpful.
Friendly staff, good condition, usually not crowded
The twilight rate of $25 is a steal. The course is usually not super crowded so it's easy to go off as a single and play 18 with time to spare.
Love the gps in the carts, friendly staff, Nice facilities. Overall I would recommend this course to anyone.
Nice track
I was in Dallas for work and got stuck over the weekend. Did a quick search for a course and found this gem. It was reasonably priced. As I pulled up to he course the clubhouse looked like a mobile home and the course seemed a bit brown. I was surprised. The clubhouse wasn't much, but I'm not there to hangout in the clubhouse. The fairways were green and the greens were nice. They were recovering from some aeration earlier. All in all though it was a good, challenging course. I would avoid playing late in the day like me. It was 112°!
Ready spoils the game
Before long they will be asking you to not even get ok of the cart to hit the ball. Just to speed up the game more. All in. Effort to get more people on the course to get more money.
First Timer
First time playing this course and I have to say it was challenging. Several holes have blind tees shot or blind second shots. Relatively hilly. The only bad thing I really have to say about the course is they recently aerated the greens so they didn't roll true. Other than that it was a nice day and not crowded at all. I will play this course again.
Great Course
Great course. Great conditions. SLOW ROUND! Nice cart girls
Great course with wonderful features
Each time I have played the course it presences a different challenge which makes this course a joy to play ..
First Time at Riverside
Had a great time, but only got to play 9 holes because the heat got to us. Course manager gave us a rain check for the back 9 which I thought was a great customer oriented gesture. Thank You. Even though we were a threesome, we were a little rusty so allowed a few groups to play through and they were friendly about our slow play. Overall we had a good time and will be back.
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.
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