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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
Friendly staff, good golf course
Took a buddy from out of town to play his first round of the year. We had a blast. The course was recovering from rain so it was 90 degrees with the carts. Lots of approach shots over hazards. That and the wind made it quite a challenge. Great staff. It was nice to have a beverage cart out on a Monday, especially with my favorite IPA. Cheers!
Excellent
This has quickly become my favorite course. Exceptional staff and always in excellent condition. Challenging layout, but not so difficult the average golfer can’t enjoy themselves.
Slowest Round of golf I’ve ever played.
To start, had to sit there waiting for a cart because they don’t have enough to accommodate for all golfers. After which we played the slowest round of golf ever on a course that is getting eaten alive by the river and I’m not good shape at all. Layout is horrible and tee boxes are right in line with fairways. Whoever designed it needs to never design another. Not sure how it got 4 stars.
Never got thirsty!
Course conditions were very playable even with one hole still holding water (but it was ripped off) and the greens were in great shape. Weather was cool in the AM at tee time but warned quickly and Taya, out cart girl, was readily available and quick too serve us so we didn't keep players waiting. It was great to hear that they staff three beverages cart seven days a week. So many others courses struggle to match this feature. I think we found out spring and summer favorite course.
Love Riverside
I've played here countless times. Course is tough enough for any golfer. The water really makes you control your tee shot, the greens make you control your 2nd shots. 18 is one of the toughest pars 4s around but I still come back with hopes of conquering it
Great for the Money
Winter conditions. Cart paths in awful disrepair. Some tee boxes have no grass. Greens in great shape. No GPS on carts.
Rough kept course
Good value w coupons, easy to get on. Needs course guides as holes are hidden.
Decent course
Pace of play has never been issue with this course so I always enjoy that. Cart girl comes around frequently which is even better. Fairways are in pretty bad shape and the greens are in so so shape. Some challenging holes on the front 9 with blind tee shots but overall not a bad course.
Conditions good for winter
Overall good compared to many public courses I have played over past two months. Greens a little bumpier than normal. Most fairways in good dormant shape.
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