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4.0
247 Reviews (247)
5 Stars
70
4 Stars
82
3 Stars
43
2 Stars
19
1 Stars
33
Conditions
3.7
Value
4.2
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.3
Amenities
3.5
90.3%
Recommend this course
187 out of 247 reviews
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4.1
12 Reviews (12)
5 Stars
5
4 Stars
4
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
0
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.3
Layout
4.6
Pace
4.3
Amenities
3.5
StaffFriendliness
4.7
91.7%
Recommend this course
11 out of 12 reviews
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4.1
37 Reviews (37)
5 Stars
12
4 Stars
19
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
1
1 Stars
0
Conditions
4.0
Value
4.3
Layout
4.4
Pace
4.4
Amenities
3.6
StaffFriendliness
4.7
97.3%
Recommend this course
36 out of 37 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Public/Municipal
Par 72
Length 5952 yards
Slope 119
Rating 69.3
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Course Details

Year Built 1968
Golf Season Open: 3/01 Closed: 11/01
Architect Dick Nugent (1968)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Bunker Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

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

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Snacks

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4.0
247 Reviews (247)
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
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First Time Playing

The course is not maintained well

Fairways and tee boxes are very dry! Could have used a hammer on some of the tee boxes. Got a lot of run on the ball in the fairways, unfortunately I got a lot of weird bounces that too some shots into one of the many ponds on the course. Also there were a lot of geese everywhere on the course and a lot of goose poop, even on the greens! Won't go back, until it rains.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 64
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played

Short but Sporty

Always liked River Oaks, just wish that the conditioning of the course could improve some. The course is rather short, but has enough trouble to keep any other than elite golfers honest.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 90
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Friendly staff

Always love to play this course each hole has its own character you will use all the clubs in you're bag. And you need to say high to all the staff.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Course is decent but had several golfers cut in ahead of us which greatly slowed down pace. It happened in front nine then again on back nine. Greatly disappointed. But learned a lesson

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Challenging enough

Course is challenging enough on some holes to make for interesting play.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Decent course for the money

This course is a great place to play for beginner to moderate golfers. There wasn't a lot of bunkers or water hazards and it is open enough to hit a stray shot or two and not lose a dozen golf balls. The back nine had some tight fairways on short holes to make it more challenging and overall is not a bad place to play. The length of the course is great for someone who doesn't hit the "long ball".

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice front nine, disappointing back nine, extremely slow

The pace of play was terrible - the round took 6 hours to finish with carts. The holes on the back 9 were quite terrible - much less visually appealing than the front 9 and all the holes on the back were very narrow. Combining the stop start nature of the play with this narrowness made it very hard to get in any kind of rhythm or score well.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

for the price it was a good course

The course is not maintained great. The fairways are long and the sand is terrible. But the greens are in decent shape.

I went there for a quick round since i had a few hours to kill in the afternoon. I ended up pairing up with a guy i met there.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Wet weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

It's ok for the price!

The staff was very nice and they were happy to help with getting things ready. The course was very wet and muddy. Some areas were not accessible due to the flooding.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 33
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Course is looking great

Played on a windy but warm day and the course was playing good. Not much roll if any due to soft fairways. Greens look really good and were soft. Putts rolling smooth. No debris in the fairway or greens and pace of play was good for it to be a busy day.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Muni golf

Went off with golf buddy's as a 3 some the course was in decent shape for this late in the season. River oaks finally has new golf carts hooray! the Fairways were good shape with the exception of hole# 4. There is always casual water on that hole due to the pond on your right. The green were running very slow due to the excessive moisture they were soggy with the exception of hole #16 which ran average.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 90
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Nice place

Very friendly staff nice course sand traps could use face lift otherwise good for the price.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

River Oaks

The staff was quite friendly and helpful. The course condition was slightly better than expected for a county course that had received a few inches of rain in the previous 24 hours. My only issue with River Oaks is the course design. There is no need to hit driver on any hole, including the par 5's.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Much water and dead trees

One of my best rounds of the year

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
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Commented on 07/29/2016

HI Vince!

Thank you for taking the time to write this review. We are glad to hear that your best round of the year was played at River Oaks! We did experience heavy rain the week that you played at our course. Due to the natural environment of our course, we unfortunately do tend to experience some flooding after heavy rains. We do our best to actively communicate the current course conditions with each guest, especially in the event that they are not up to our usual par. We aim to provide a fun and enjoyable golfing experience to each guest and hope you will be back to golf again soon!

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

River oaks

The manager pompous and arrogant

Five and a half hour round totally could have been

avoided if he didn't start everyone

on number 10 which was a par three

Should have staggered start times on 1 and 10

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