River Vale Country Club

Our 5pm tee time was available, inexpensive, and reserved by an eternal optimist. Chances were we wouldn’t complete the whole round in daylight, and technically that was true. But we played 17 with no problem and only had problems seeing on 18. So credit to everyone who enabled a 3:45 round on Sunday evening.

Greens are awesome! Many reviews paint them as impossible, but they hold shots well, are well-maintained by the staff, and really make your approach shots a key to scoring well. You want to be close.

Overall a great experience. Will we back!

This course was definitely nice and worth the money, but I was bit confused why I wasn’t allowed to be in my own cart. I booked this round as a solo and was never told I was going to be forced to ride with the rest of the group (and also figured this wouldn’t happen anymore since COVID). The experience was fine but it’s more the principle of it.

Promised myself I would start writing reviews on here since I generally rely on them myself on GolfNow. Course is in fantastic shape and matches the value of any of public course in area or near Crystal Springs. Greens are very challenging, have to have good pace on putts and be able to hold shots. As an under 10 handicap, this course mixes well with value, conditions, and atmosphere. Played a few times already this year and will definitely be back.

RVCC is always a fun track to play that provides some challenging holes and consistently speedy greens. the round this time was much slower than I have played in the past but other than that, another great experience. The ranger was present but clearly didn't move people along or was tasked with a the impossible challenge of a busy Friday am. All in all... I will be back again.

nice course but too many elevated greens and elevated tee box. With a bad foot, I had to stop after 10 holes. Women's tees make for a very long course

Interesting and challenging golf course. The greens were quick and most of the pin placements were extremely challenging. If shots landed in the wrong spot on the green, a 3 or 4 four putt was likely.

My only problem with the course was the pace of play; 4 hours and 55 minutes is too long for a round of golf. I would suggest a few rangers on the course to see to it that a reasonable pace of play is maintained.

They mad it it a challenge and the greens were purposely pitched with the hole at the high point which increased the difficulty.

But how else do you learn ?

Always enjoy a round at River Vale! I love the course layout and the greens are the fastest public course greens you will find in the area. The course is fair if you play from the proper tee boxes. I have never had issues with pace of play and their practice facility is great. My only complaint is that they still charge $75 for a 4:00PM Tee Time on a Friday. We were lucky the group in front of us was running late, so we got to jump ahead and hardly had to wait. This allowed us to finish just as the sun was setting (4 hour round). I also think for their price tag that they should include a small bucket of balls, but overall great track.

Fantastic club in Bergen county. Great for golfers of all abilities. Very fun layout and tremendous country club like greens. Can’t wait to play Rivervale again.

I started playing this course many many years ago haven’t played in a good 10 years it is in great shape from tee to green could play every day

Course is in excellent condition. Very fast greens . Tee’s and fairway great shape. Offering driving range and chipping green. Played after 3pm , great value .

Bar and restaurant are a bonus . This course is a must play , if wanting to experience a country club setting. Nice mix of long and short holes. Bunkers are in wonderful shape. A few holes have water in play. Overall one of the best course in Northern Jersey.