RiverPines Golf Course

We played this course for the first time as a foursome. The tee boxes were so dry that we had a hard time placing tee’s into the ground.

We were told by the course Marshall several times that we were 14 minutes behind optimum pace and to speed it up. It was our intent to keep the pace going so as to not slow down the twosome behind us. The marshal came back a few times and would park at the tee box, not saying anything and making us uncomfortable. We were all able to hit our drives successfully, and he drove away. We were hit into once and we told the Marshall that the twosome could move ahead of us, I don’t know if the Marshall told them this, but the twosome never played through. The greens were in terrible shape, with dry spots, patches of no bent grass and lots of unrepaired divots. Pro shop staff were kind and helpful. Due to the course condition and passive aggressive behavior of the Marshall, I can’t recommend this course to anyone. We won’t be playing here again.

My only helpful feedback would be the condition of the greens.

Grass in most areas around fairways is like a sponge and swallows your ball. Spent most time looking for my ball than playing even when you hit a very nice and straight shot down the fairway. Grass needs to be cut shorter in the whole course just way too high for acceptance. Did get 3 nice birdies

Convenient, nice layout and great staff. Opportunities with on course amenities and bag drop (not eager to help load / unload golf bag)

I have played RiverPines many times. I like the layout, especially the back side. The course was very wet and soggy - that was the only downside.

Course is a great track and the facilities are nice. Course is in good shape but greens are beat up really bad. All in all not bad but truly only a mid course good at $50 robbery at 90

This is not a negative review.... Just my thoughts.....my round was $60 and I feel I got what I expected for that amount. The greens on the front 9 are rough... really rough. The back nine was a little better, but 18 was the worst of the day,

The rough is insane. If you hit the ball 1 foot off the fairway, there is a good chance you wont find it. With so many blind tee shots, you need to hit the fairway or you will be reloading.due to a lost ball when you can't find it.

Tee boxes are... well.... about what you would expect for $60... rough.

In short, it is all relative. If you want to play a nice course, there are several others in the area at $100 that provide a much better overall experience.

On a positive note, the pace was better than I realized. Our foursome finished in under 4 hours. We waited on most shots on the back 9, but the group in front of us was waiting most of the time as well.

I found the sand traps to be really really good the few times I was in one.

Perhaps I will give it another shot later in the year if I cant get a time someplace else. I will be checking reviews to see if it gets any better.

Enjoyed the course - wish a couple more par 5s could make it par 72.

Staff was great. Starter and ranger were helpful.

Hadn’t played here in 8 years. Plan to play again much sooner. :-)

The good: greens in good shape, enjoyable layout, fairways and bunkers in good shape.

The bad; all grass except for fairways and greens is Bermuda which is 3"+ tall. If your ball rolls off the fairway at all, especially on drives, good luck finding your ball. Everyone in the foursome lost 6-10 balls within a step or two of the fairways and greens because the rough was allowed to grow too tall and thus you must be standing direcly over the ball to see it.

Very frustrating to lose balls that on almost every other golf course would be easy to see/find.

Until they do a better job of keeping the rough grass cut low enough not to 'swallow' balls, I won't be back