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 | 65.6 | 115 |
| Red | 70 | 5350 yards | 67.9 | 120 |
| 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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Photo submitted by jPEL6tP7T5NJ7J4wJsIB on 02/14/2026
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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
Fun , but very challenging.
Bring extra balls if you suck like.me. I lost 10. Good times though.
Great Day to be out
Greens were really nice, soft and smooth. Pace of play was good and didn’t have to wait much playing a tee time at noon. Finished the round in 4:30 hours so not bad.
Old school course
Old school course. Not kept in great shape. If you are looking for a resort type,/high end course, this is not it. The course is cut in and around a canal/river. Thus, the name river view.
However, it is a tough course. Must be able to play shots. 7 long par 3s and par 5s are deceptively difficult. Lot of approach shots to small elevated greens. Would be frustrating for a beginner. If your looking to get a round in and not pay a lot of money, this course would be an option.
Trash course
Rude staff and terrible conditions! Yardages on cart GPS were not accurate. Hole #17 didn't even have a flag/pin. Save your money and play elsewhere!
Trash
Rude staff & trash conditions! Save your money and go elsewhere.
Great layout great challenges
First time playing this course and I along with my playing group were happily surprised. This course offers a great challenge to all types of shots, while still making them doable for your every day golfer.. the Tee boxes were in good conditions and the greens were some of the best around. We were very pleased with the challenge of the Pin placement and green conditions for sure as recent locations didnt seen to take good care of them like they do here.. you will get a little sand on some of them but that doesn’t affect your puts all that much other than making them a little slower but able to attack the hole. The layout and terrain/elevation challenges were GREAT, and rally made you play and adjust your club selection. Carts had yardage devices on them and even USB charging ports as well. I would recommend this course to anyone and will definitely be coming back again.
Greens have just been seeded!
No one said a word about reseeding the greens so to my dissatisfaction and disappointment when I spiriached the first green, ”bam” , lots of sand!! Needless to say it was very disappointing at my putting...
Surprisingly nice, fun round
First on the course this morning before sunrise, lights on the first three holes aren't perfect but good enough. Got soaked by the end of the round but it was still really enjoyable. The course is an interesting/odd layout but a good mix of par 3's and 5's. Cart paths are a bit rough, a 4 wheel cart would have come in handy. Looking forward to playing again in better weather and with more familiarity.
Never again
I golf there 3 times a week and this is how we get treated! The cart staff was utterly rude! Said they like to keep a 4 hour pace when we played 4 hours 10 minutes and the 4some in front of us hit 8 drives per hole!
Interesting Round of Golf
If you have never played it is difficult to decide where you are going on several of the holes. For this part of Southern California we probably paid a good price; however, we are used to playing courses in Northern Nevada that are nicer for less.
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