RiverPines Golf Course

Great course, true greens. But will only play here when I can get a hot deal. Not worth $68 a round in my opinion. Great staff. Very respectful.

Was a beautiful spring day! Greens almost full recovered from aeration. Love the layout of this little course. We had a good day and this remains our go to course in the Atlanta area.

Staff was friendly. Hot deal came with free range balls. Pace of play was great since it was on a monday and ground was still wet from past night's rain. Course was in good condition for early spring and I expect it to get better. Tee boxes were in good condition. Greens were in decent shape. Course was not challenging but a few holes make you think about your shots. Very fun and enjoyable will be back again. Great overall value.

2.5 hours on the front. A little better pace on the back but pretty slow for noon on a Thursday.

Overall, very fun course and very fair rates.

It has been a while since I last played River Pines and was disappointed. Fairways and greens were in poor shape and it's looks like very liitle is being invested back into the course for improvements. Even with a hot deal, the course is not worth playing until the course improves.

Traveled from Canton to play this course and was not disappointed. With the windy conditions, it played very well. Greens were in good shape for being recently aerated. Look forward to returning. Staff at pro shop was very friendly and accommodating.

The course was in good condition. Greens were recently punched but very playable. Staff was very friendly. I have played this course many times and have always enjoyed my round.

Played River Pines for the first time Saturday in December. The pro shop and starters very friendly and helpful, course was pretty clean of leaves, bunkers were groomed. Two issues - there was no rough to define fairways and the greens were only fair. Other public courses in area have much better greens, and are priced lower. It looked like they made some patches but that doesn’t create uniform surface until they fill in.

One thing that was nice - walkers welcome at a discount. Too many courses in area are in developments and don’t allow walking. I’ll do so next time I play.

Thanks to Hurricane Irma, I was forced to leave Florida for a safe haven in Georgia. Shortly after arriving I checked the Web for golf courses in Duluth, GA, and chose RiverPines Golf Course as the course I would play. This 18 hole championship golf course is located 40 miles Northeast of Atlanta, tucked away in Johns Creek and nestled along the Chattahoochee River.

     First impression is everything, and my first impression of RiverPines Golf is highly favorable. Their location is convenient. Their website is well designed, informative, and I like the online tee time scheduling. They have a catchy slogan; "Created by nature and enhanced by man". RiverPines Golf Course is rugged, with woodland beauty in a destinctive natural setting. It's moderately long in length measuring 6602 from the tips, but challenging for all skill sets. The fairways are winding and sloping with trees lining both sides of the fairway. The course is hilly, with a few blind tee shots. I normally do not like blind tee shots, however the exception to my rule was hole #18. It is a very steep uphill, 396 yard, par 4 with a ridge that is about 75 feet high and approximately 150 yards from the Blue tee, which must be cleared in ordered to score well. Once the ridge is cleared there is about fifty yards of flat landing area before the fairway starts a downward slope towards the green. If your tee shot heads left of the fairway over the ridge, prepare yourself for a hunting expedition on an upward sloping, sidehill, full of thick foliage, tall grass, and trees. The chance of finding your ball is slim, however if you are lucky, your ball might just bounce off the sidehill and kick back to the fairway. Conversely, if your tee shot heads right of the fairway over the ridge, pray that it finds the fairway sand traps, because the chances of you finding your ball on the right side, off the fairway is exponentially less than on the left side of the fairway.  You will need the Golf Gods in your search party to find your ball on the fairway dropoff, which is very steep, with tall rolling grass, thick ground covering foliage, rocks, trees and maybe a snake. Near the 100 yard marker the fairway slope seems to level off ever so mildly for about 15 yards, before continuing it's downward slope. The approach shot to the green from 90 yards is an uphill shot. The green is a peninsula green, sloping from back to front, undulating and relatively fast. This hole is best played with No Fear!

     There are a few signature holes on the course (#6, #13, and #17), but my favorite is hole #17. It is a short, dogleg right, par 5 (495 yd) with the Chattahoochee River running the full length of the hole and left of the fairway  Fronting the dogleg is a large pond, and through the fairway are waste bunkers, trees, bushes, thick rolling grass and a meandering stream. Finally, the meandering stream cuts across the fairway in front of the green. The approach shot into this well protected small green can quickly turn Eagle thoughts into buzzard bogey hatchings. Be patient, play this hole wisely and the Birdie will come to you.

     This course is challenging with a slope rating of 71.1/132 from the Championship tees. The pace of play was brisk, with no hold ups and a round completed in 3.5 hours. The day I played it was sunny, 80 degrees, with a mild wind. The course was in good condition.

     What I really like about RiverPines Golf Course is their commitment to customer satisfaction and family fun, including a 9 hole par 3 golf course to entertain beginners and to brush up on short game skills. The course offers a driving range, chipping area, practice bunkers, putting greens and a irresistible clubhouse with a modern pro-shop and grille. RiverPines Golf also has a strong female presence and half the pro shop is dedicated to women shoppers. I look forward to my next round of golf at RiverPines Golf Course.