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3.8
1417 Reviews (1417)
5 Stars
290
4 Stars
623
3 Stars
282
2 Stars
114
1 Stars
108
Conditions
3.6
Value
4.1
Layout
3.7
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
3.6
Amenities
3.5
78.2%
Recommend this course
1092 out of 1417 reviews
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3.3
36 Reviews (36)
5 Stars
5
4 Stars
15
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
6
Conditions
3.1
Value
3.7
Layout
3.4
Pace
3.0
Amenities
3.0
StaffFriendliness
3.9
66.7%
Recommend this course
24 out of 36 reviews
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3.7
97 Reviews (97)
5 Stars
27
4 Stars
39
3 Stars
16
2 Stars
5
1 Stars
10
Conditions
3.6
Value
4.0
Layout
3.7
Pace
3.5
Amenities
3.4
StaffFriendliness
4.2
76.3%
Recommend this course
74 out of 97 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 70
Length 6190 yards
Slope 120
Rating 68.4

Situated within the Santa Ana Riverbed, River View Golf Course is conveniently located just minutes from Disneyland, Anaheim, and Long Beach. The course's design intertwines with the river, providing challenging hazards on several holes. The narrow layout also features elevated greens that rarely offer a flat lie and are fiercely guarded by sand. Accuracy is a necessity throughout this golf course. Although it offers a fair amount of challenges, there is also ample room off the tees that makes the course more accessible for beginners. River View G.C. is also popular for its practice facilities, which include a driving range with targets and the county's largest putting course. While the other facilities may be modest, River View offers an affordable game that is one of Orange County's best values.

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Course Details

Year Built 1970
Fairways Bermuda
Greens Bent/Poa
Golf Season Year round
Architect David Pfaff

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes. Single rider carts are available for an additional charge. No carry on coolers or alcohol
GPS Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Single Allowed Yes
Walking Allowed Yes
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3.8
1417 Reviews (1417)
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Reviews 7
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
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Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
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4.0
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Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
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Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played

One of the par 5 was made a temp par 3 no mention of this when you check in

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
2.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

First time player

Although the river is no longer there,I enjoyed my round of golf, Challenging course indeed,will return

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played

Cart didn’t work properly for this course

Quite literally moving the cart to the first tee, the parking brake in the golf cart didn’t work. Proceeded to not work again until tee box #8, and even then seemed a little unstable. With playing a course with hills, seems like a functional parking brake would be a priority. That, coupled with the holes around the bottom of the ravine sort of decaying slowly and not being fixed, this isn’t a course worth paying $40 per person to play. If they can fix some of these issues, I still think it could get back to that point again, but right now it isn’t worth the money.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great value

Greens excellent.

Best value in O.C.

Challenging target golf.

Fairways are a little rough but not bad.

Updated GPS very good.

Small little Cafe but the ladies that work it have been there for ever and make good food.

No bar but sell beer.

Great staff.

You did get a lot of beginners at the place because if the price and can slow the pace a little but usually moves good and 4.5 hours for a round.

The riverbed is to be treated as ground under repair and as such free drops out. DON'T DRIVE IN RIVERBEDS YOU'LL GET STUCK.

Been playing this course for over 35 years. Love it.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 45
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 23
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Worst pace of play management I’ve encountered

Played here for first time yesterday (I play 2x per week), thought I’d give it a shot even after hearing negative things about it.

1st, booked my tee time for 342p and was advised I’d be paired up with a 3some, that didn’t happen so I shot solo for the first 3 holes then the guys in front of me and I paired ourselves

2nd and most importantly — they allowed a group of 7 to play ahead of us and not one person in management did anything about it — the pace took so long that my group couldn’t finish our round and ended up leaving @ hole # 17 since we had to return carts by 730p

I’m cart was stuck on sand so one of the course employees was kind enough to assist; that’s the only positive experience I had @ riverview

Thoroughly disappointed at this course — and the course itself for the price is kinda silly.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 16
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

In 9 is open

The greens are in good conditions here.

Though the rain caused the hole to hole travel

a lot more challenging, the course is fun to play.

The fairways need some care, which I hope will be addressed to by the course management.

Close to the major cities.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Fun course

This course was fun and challenging and was not boring flat compared to other courses. I highly recommend this course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 24
Handicap 20-24
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

RIVERVIEW VIEW

I play this course a lot; it has eight elevated greens, and favors left-handed slicers. Right-handed players do well if they can draw their tee shots. Unfortunately for this course, it suffered at the hands of the Southern California 22/23 winter. However, the course management has a good history of returning fairways to acceptable surfaces. By July the course should be in great condition!

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 99
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Painfully slow round; no marshals to help

A useful course, but painfully slow going around, with no marshals (to help speed things up) seen in over 5 hours on the course. The river overflow recently damaged some of the fairways.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Walked
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Wacky course loved it

I just started playing golf and experienced several courses. I would say river view is a unique course and has its challenges. Would definitely come back.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 99
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Ultra slow play, and no marshall to help sort that.

5 hours of ultra-slow play behind 4 duffers. No marshall in sight during those 5 hours to help sort the problem. I need to find another course asap.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
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