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3.7
1071 Reviews (1071)
5 Stars
360
4 Stars
502
3 Stars
138
2 Stars
38
1 Stars
33
Conditions
3.8
Value
3.8
Layout
4.0
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
3.3
Amenities
3.4
75.0%
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942 out of 1071 reviews
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3.7
31 Reviews (31)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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1 Stars
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Conditions
3.8
Value
3.7
Layout
3.9
Pace
3.2
Amenities
3.4
StaffFriendliness
4.5
71.0%
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22 out of 31 reviews
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3.6
54 Reviews (54)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
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1 Stars
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Conditions
3.7
Value
3.8
Layout
3.9
Pace
3.1
Amenities
3.4
StaffFriendliness
4.4
70.4%
Recommend this course
38 out of 54 reviews
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Course Highlights
Fairways and greens are consistently well-maintained, with recent rounds showing the course in some of its best shape in years. The thoughtful hole layout offers rewarding scoring opportunities at a price point that delivers strong value.

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

3.7
1071 Reviews (1071)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 8
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 46
Water Hazards 45
Forced Carries 26
This course/club is great for:
Locals 37
Advanced Golfers 24
Beginners 15
This Course's Location is:
Near the Airport 47
Convenient to the City 40
Near Local Attractions 17

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Reviews 7
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

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.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

course

The greens are very nice from most courses around the area.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

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!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

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.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

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.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

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!!

Mario -
Handicap - 3

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

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.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

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.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

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!

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

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.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Used cart

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.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Fair weather
Used cart

Short course, but worth it!

The course is a little short in my opinion, but for the price it's well worth it. I was impressed with the condition of the course, especially with the little rain we've had.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Used cart

Nice course for the price

Course was in good shape, greens showed old cups in several places but didn't affect the putts. Otherwise the course was in nice shape. Got around in 4 hours and it was busy. Will definitely play there again.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Decent course, unfriendly staff

The course was decent with some interesting holes. I'll probably go back if I'm in the area again. The only downside was the one man working the proshop and cash register was very unfriendly and pocketed the change I was due when I paid my golf now fees. Then at the turn he charged me and my buddy $6 for 2 sodas which is way out of line with most courses in the area. And of course he didn't smile or say thank you.

Don't go for the service, go for the golf course.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Very disappointed

The course wasn't in the best shape. Lots of divots in fairways that hadn't been filled. It seemed like they would put the hole on one part of the green about 50 times before moving it to a different area. You could see where the holes used to be and weren't repaired well at all. The guy in the pro shop was very rude. I played 9 and told him the pace of play was bad and he was just rude about it. Definitely never spending my money there ever again.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
First Time Playing
Average weather
Used cart

Grounds need work

First time to play at the course. Probably wont go back for the price. The previous cuts for the holes were very noticeable and inconvenient when putting. No Marshall was on the course urging slow groups to speed up or telling them to let groups play through. Bunkers were not raked prior to the start of the first round. I could go play Chester ditto for the same quality at half the price. Improve the pace of play and grounds quality and ill come back

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Average weather
Used cart

Nice property, needs upgrade

Shot maker course. Need to move the ball, right to left mostly. Nice property, not well maintained. Then again, the grass is dormant. Practice range is too close to open golf, open water that looked like sprinkler failures, and about 36 different pin locations on every green. Cannot putt a 10 ft putt without going over 2 or more other pin locations.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

Great Course and good value. The greens are always in good condition.

Great course. Hole 18 has got to be the toughest finishing hole in the DFW metroplex.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 71
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Fair weather
Used cart

fast greens were a challenge

had an early tee time, had to wait 1 1/2 hours for frost delay. the course was in very good winter time condition. have always liked the layout of this course.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

great layout

great course layout, challenging to go low, but gives you enough places to bail out. requires some course management. greens are usually in good shape usually plays long with the wind

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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