River View Golf Course
About
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.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 70 | 6190 yards | 68.4 | 120 |
| White | 70 | 5776 yards | 66.9 | 118 |
| Red | 70 | 5350 yards | 67.8 | 114 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue M: 68.4/120 W: 73.2/129 | 325 | 178 | 199 | 392 | 545 | 195 | 375 | 525 | 110 | 2844 | 198 | 340 | 470 | 548 | 160 | 480 | 418 | 538 | 194 | 3346 | 6190 |
| White M: 65.6/115 W: 71.5/125 | 305 | 164 | 185 | 363 | 528 | 181 | 355 | 477 | 96 | 2654 | 184 | 328 | 447 | 486 | 148 | 461 | 374 | 513 | 181 | 3122 | 5776 |
| Red W: 67.9/120 | 289 | 157 | 165 | 350 | 457 | 156 | 317 | 464 | 91 | 2446 | 172 | 313 | 436 | 454 | 140 | 434 | 357 | 429 | 169 | 2904 | 5350 |
| Handicap | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 14 | |||
| Par | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 70 |
| Handicap (W) | 9 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 18 |
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Reviewer Photos
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Photo submitted by kylejhunt on 06/17/2025
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Photo submitted by Justinschb on 06/25/2024
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Tricky short shot.. carry cart path, sand, fringe to small green. Photo submitted by FishNinJay on 06/12/2024
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Photo submitted by aldana90805 on 02/01/2024
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Photo submitted by motherguz on 12/18/2022
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Front nine. Photo submitted by u743036129 on 04/08/2022
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Back nine. Photo submitted by u743036129 on 04/08/2022
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Photo submitted by u000002589493 on 03/01/2022
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Photo submitted by Mashupgod on 06/07/2021
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Photo submitted by Melissa2013541 on 05/17/2021
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Photo submitted by u8519073 on 10/08/2020
Best Course
Fairways are beautiful, rain did make some of the fairways a little narrow but other than that the course is beautiful!!
Playable and Challenging
We had a good day, course conditions and greens were great considering it’s winter time and most courses are trying to survive.
River view impresses me every time I visit.
Not disappointed expect the extra charge for riding in separate carts when it was not busy at all and there were several available.
Price seemed a little excessive when golf now prices are supposed to “include cart”
interesting course
I was pleasantly surprised after playing this course. Interesting layout along the Santa Ana riverbed. Necessary to avoid shots into the riverbed, although much of it lists as free drop zone due to the constantly changing riverbed conditions after heavy rains. I definitely would play this course again because it had challenges, conditions of fairways were not too bad, greens were good, and for the money value was great. Biggest negative was the large number of leaves on tree lined parts of the fairway, likely due to seasonal drop.
Good Value for a challenging course
Got a hot deal with a couple of friends. First time at the course and it was definitely a challenge. If you miss the fairway on tee off then your gonna have a tough time. For the price I would recommend if you want to challenge yourself with tight fairways and uphill greens.
9 holes only!
Booking online shows 18 holes but only 9! Reduced to an executive course.
Before you book let people know that it’s only nine holes not 18
I was all set to play a nice round for 18 holes on the first day of the year then was told it would only be nine holes OK I get it because of the rains and the river being too high but poor course management did not properly explain how the temporary holes were laid out a lot of confusing lead to a lot of backed up of golfers which was pretty frustrating
Challenging layout
My first time playing here was one of challenge and intrigue. The course layout was tough for me because there seemed to be water to the right on most longer holes which was difficult as I have a tendency to slice a driver. The elevated greens on many were fun to attack and that was a highlight of the course. Greens were in superb condition much to my surprise.
The heavy rains of late have washed out some of the fairways, but the crew is working diligently on repairing them and I hope to play here again when things dry up a bit.
Will play again and I hope to score better on my next visit.
Quick 9
Due to the weather the course was only available to play nine. Lots of par threes so it moved quickly. They let you play another nine for a reasonable price overall good experience.
Only offering a 9 hole
Nice course, friendly Marshall.. good pace of play. Clean environment. They’re just only offering a 9 hole. They should have mentioned that earlier considering I drove over half an hour to get to the course. My friend and I planned for a 4 hour golf day and it messed up our plans but the course was nice.
Good shape… but modified 9 hole only layout
Only half course open and it’s a modified 9 hole layout with temp greens. I wish I knew that before waking up early this morning and making the 30 min drive here. I only found out when I checked in. Might want to call before booking and making the trip.
It’s usually in good condition and the full 18 hole is pretty cool so I’d recommend it.. just not today though. A little bummed, but oh well.
Disappointed
The course was in terrible condition & only 9 holes were open & they wouldn't let us play 18 holes
You know what you're signing up for
Peak price should be $50 with cart. If they would invest some money into the range and charge a little less, more people would play here. They over charge big time for what it is. Some holes are fun and others need some work. Greens are usually solid if people would fix their ball marks. I only play here on hot deals.
Total Value
This is a challenging course and you will not find a better course for the price
Great staff and course
The staff was great. The course had a few dead spots due to the amount of rain the area had earlier. Tight fairways and forgiving greens although some are small but challenging. The two ladies in the food shop were amazing and the breakfast burritos were awesome.
A BIT MUCH
My brothers and I played the day after it rained, so we already new the course was going to be re-routed. We decided to keep our tee time, but was told we could get a discounted rate. Well..... if you think $27 is a discounted rate, you've got another thing coming. we paid for basically an executive course. Mostly par3's. a bit much.
I really enjoy this course when it's fully open, would would never recommend it to someone if it's only 9 and the wash is full.
Slow Round but Serviceable
Round started at 9:30, pace of play was quite slow. Slow enough for a 5 hour round so, we weren't all that happy about that. It was a Saturday so it could have been slower. Course has some dry spots but wasn't unplayable. I would play it again for a hot deal or a serviceable replacement for a weekend round.