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3.7
1444 Reviews (1444)
5 Stars
296
4 Stars
632
3 Stars
290
2 Stars
115
1 Stars
111
Conditions
3.5
Value
4.0
Layout
3.7
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
3.6
Amenities
3.5
78.0%
Recommend this course
1111 out of 1444 reviews
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3.4
40 Reviews (40)
5 Stars
7
4 Stars
14
3 Stars
11
2 Stars
2
1 Stars
6
Conditions
3.1
Value
3.7
Layout
3.6
Pace
3.3
Amenities
3.2
StaffFriendliness
3.9
67.5%
Recommend this course
27 out of 40 reviews
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3.6
101 Reviews (101)
5 Stars
28
4 Stars
37
3 Stars
19
2 Stars
5
1 Stars
12
Conditions
3.5
Value
4.0
Layout
3.7
Pace
3.5
Amenities
3.4
StaffFriendliness
4.2
75.2%
Recommend this course
76 out of 101 reviews
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Course Highlights
Well-kept fairways, smooth-rolling greens, and GPS-equipped carts deliver a quality round at a price that consistently impresses golfers. The staff's welcoming and friendly approach makes every visit feel genuinely enjoyable.

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 Grass
Greens Bent/Poa Grass
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
Golf School/Academy Yes - "Orange County Golf Learning Center"
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

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Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Single Allowed Yes
Walking Allowed Yes
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Reviews

3.7
1444 Reviews (1444)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 15
19th Hole Specials 12
Amazing Food 12
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 51
Narrow Fairways 31
Bunkers 26
This course/club is great for:
Locals 49
Seniors 22
Advanced Golfers 19
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 50
Near Local Attractions 15
Near the Airport 14

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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 25
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 102
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 102
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
Played On
Reviews 4
1.0
First Time Playing

Just an ugly course

This course was weird. The river running down the middle was mostly empty and the bridges crossing them looked like they were build by someone’s uncle. You are packed in so tight to other holes that we almost got hit be at least 3 bad shots from other groups. Then there are some holes with no fairway. None. Just a steep hill that’s rock hard and

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 16
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played

River Bed Has Taken Over

OK, so if you’ve played this course, you know and have excepted that you’re going to Cris cross the river bed. However, due to the historic rainfall in California, the size of this riverbed and leftover sand and sediment has increased by about 50% in width. So it means holes number 13 and 15. For example have little to no fairway. In fact I think whole number 13 is now part three because there’s zero fairway left of course the golf course does not tell you this or offer any discount to their rates even though a substantial portion of the golf course that tracks along, the riverbed has been taken away.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Poor
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 34
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Very slow play

Usually like playing this track, it’s quirky but fun, but place of play was super slow. Need to speed things up and maybe space the groups more, especially since so much construction is going on

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
First Time Playing

This course has a bad design on top of bad conditions.

If this place was maintained to high levels it could be a fun and unique course. But unfortunately it is terribly maintained. Good and well thought out shots end up stuck in deep rough that hides the ball. Rough around greens make chip shots not playable. If you go for the hole, the greens are small. Overall a terrible course that doesn't make any sense. It would just be better off as a park/nature reserve.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 5
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 165
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Temporarily 9 holes only

Due to the recent rain, the 10th~ 18th holes were unavailable.

However, it was a fun course with very well maintained greens.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
4.0
Verified Purchaser

True River but No View

When booking, there was nothing in my reservation that said it was for 9 Holes. When I thought I was getting a deal, I was actually getting ripped off.

Full 18 holes is normally nice at Riverview. But 9 holes that were made up on the fly and No Card or Cart to tell you the Layout or Distances, was truly disappointing.

Not sure what’s going on when you have a course designed around a river, that you can’t access the full course because of the river? Makes no sense. That’s when the course is supposed to be at its Best. Isn’t it?

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great Value

For the money, especially in this area, the cost can't be beat.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Unless you’re just starting to play, don’t wast your money

Tee time ended up being on a modified nine, for a few bucks off, and paid full price for bucket on in managed range. Weather has been crappy, so to maintain must be tough but players should be warned and/or appropriately discounted.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
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