TxAg79

It's been at least a year since I last played Riverside. The course was in great shape, with smooth-rolling greens. The fairways were in good shape, but over-watered with soggy areas and standing water in some places. Riverside has greatly improved the sand bunkers. Before some of the bunkers were hard-packed dirt/sand, whereas now the bunkers are all sand. There were some holes with small piles of sand in the bunkers waiting to be spread.
Pace of play was good for about the first 5 holes, then we waited on every shot for the remainder of the round. Total time of play was about 4.5 hours, but it could have been 30 minutes less.
We saw the cart-girl 5 or 6 times during the round, which I considered often enough.
The gas-power carts are equipped with GPS which worked great for yardage. The cart did not have the small club/ball washer unit, which I think is a plus.
Overall, I was impressed with the course conditions, and seeing improvements being made. We will play Riverside again, soon.

Golf courses in this area have not greened up yet, and Bear Creek East was no exception. Fairways were thin, and greens were a mottled variety of grass and surface thickness, but rolled fast and true. The weather was brutal with temps in the 40's and the wind howling at 25 - 30 mph. Pace of play was slow for the front 9, but we finished the back 9 in about 90 minutes.

We were a foursome of brothers-in-law, and played the 18 hole round in less than 4 hours. The course was in great shape and I considered the aerated greens to be very playable, without too much effect on the line and roll of our putts. Texas Star is very challenging, with several blind tee shots and plenty of elevation change from tee to green on most of the holes. Don't miss having a meal at Raven's Grille. It has one of the best (and largest) chicken-fried steaks in the DFW area. All in all, we had a great day and really enjoyed playing Texas Star GC.