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Value
4.3
Layout
4.6
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
4.0
Amenities
4.2
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About

Holes 18
Type Private
Par 71
Length 6381 yards
Slope 136
Rating 72.3

Course Details

Year Built 1986
Fairways Tifway 419 Bermuda Grass
Greens Tif-Eagle Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Tom Kite (1994) Roy Bechtol (1994)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes
GPS Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Proper attire is required.

Food & Beverage

Snacks, Grill, Catering

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities, Playground

Available Sports

Fitness, Tennis

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top Courses in Texas (2017 #15)

Reviews

4.4
163 Reviews (163)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 6
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 35
Forced Carries 26
Narrow Fairways 26
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 26
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 24
Locals 15
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 22
Worth the Drive 17
Convenient to the City 9

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Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great experience!

Friendly staff. Course was in good condition. Greens were excellent. Pace of play was good. Drink cart came by 3 times in 18 holes and the attendant was pretty and friendly.

This course is very challenging. Bring your A game or plenty of extra balls! An extra tough course for those who have difficulty finding the fairway. Not a long course, but very tight. Several risk-reward opportunities.

The staff offered us a cheat sheet guide to all 18 holes. It was very helpful and dead on reliable. This course has a lot of elevation change, and several blind shots. I use Golfshot App on my iPhone, and the pics are great, but they do not show the elevation changes.

Highly recommend this course. Very beautiful views of the hill country around Austin. This course compares well to Barton Springs, though just a a notch below. I think Falcon Head is similar with it's vast amount of elevation change, but Falcon Head is wider and more forgiving.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Nice course. Poor customer service

River place is a good course with great views of the hill country. Fairways are pretty tight and greens are fast/tricky. Be prepared to lose some golf balls. Had a terrible customer service experience with the pro shop guy. No personality, not friendly and totally screwed up our transaction. I don't know if he was new but we booked through golf now and he couldn't figure out how to split the charges between 2 people. I tried paying for my portion and then he swiped my friend's credit card twice later after I arrived and explained that my transaction had been deleted and had to put the whole charge on my friend's card. After the round we looked at the receipt only to find out that he ended up charging our two rounds, beers, and a sleeve a balls my friend purchased all on my card! We also had a twilight tee time of 5:01 and this guy tried putting us behind 2 groups on hole 10 when the first hole was wide open. Never had an experience like this before at any course. May not come back for a while. Beware of Steve in the pro shop!

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

New favorite course in Austin

Gorgeous course that plays through the hills. Lots of elevation changes, tiny greens, and ball eating cliffs. Bring your A game.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 20-24
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

River Place - first time

Fun course to play and I plan on playing it again.
The course is shorter than the yardage indicates. Many of the holes are downhill with long rolls. Most of the holes have ravines in front - I had to lay up a few times. Its challenging but you can have a good score.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

This course needs water stations on the course

Nice course staff in pro shop were not offensive but not the friendliest either. No drink cart or water stations on the course. Greens were very slow and grainy.
Beautiful views and overall pretty course

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Poor weather
Used cart

River Place--Always Worth the Time and Price

The weather was awful; heavy mist to rain with a temperature in the low 50's. The pro shop staff was professional, friendly, informative and genuinely nice about everything. The course is placement oriented and can be quite challenging to most golfers, but it was in great shape. The scenery is awesome and the course remains one of my favorites in Texas. The only thing better than the taste of the food from the grill was the price!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Challange for all Golfers

Very friendly staff and great course. Have to be careful off the tee if you like to use your driver. If you miss the fairway big numbers will come. Lots of elevation changes so be prepared to go up or down a few clubs to reach the green.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

River Place

Tough layout - canyon golf - not a good enough golfer for this course - don't know how the Texas winter has been but the course was in surprisingly bad shape. Tee boxes were heavily sanded, greens were also rough and sanded. Had heard the course was tough but usually in good shape. Don't know what happened here. Staff was helpful and friendly. Club house was in total disarray.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Hill country golf at its best

River Place is a great course and was a wonderful experience for our group. If you want to experience some serious undulations and spectacular views, try this one. The staff was really nice. You can't hit your driver at the range is about the only complaint I could have about the place.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course

Anytime you can get deal here take it.* *************************************++++

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Nice course, nice people

Private course with friendly regulars, very quick pace of play

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great view, challenging course

This is my first time playing here and I would consider it a challenging course with all the hills, trees, valleys and creeks. If you don't want to lose a lot of balls, ask for the cheat sheet from the pro shop to help you have a better game plan. Overall, it's a great course and I would definitely revisit again

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Poor weather
Used cart

Still a good, solid country club

Second time playing Riverplace, and it never fails to disappoint. Good layout, well conditioned and helpful staff make this an easy round in Austin if you are not up for some of the better known, higher profile courses.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Good course

Other than it being 36 degrees when I played, I loved the course. Can't wait to play it when the weather is nice.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

beautiful scenery adventurous cart driving

This course is cut out of the beautiful canyons of Austin... that being said it is both the strength and the weakness of this course .... got out of town guests... 10 handicap or less.... bring m on They will be mesmerized by the scenery and it will ease the pain of great shots careening off the fairway hills into the abyss.. Conditions were minimal... sloppy cart path trimming fuzzy greens.... staff definitely had that nose up country club attitude. Ergonomics of cart area and clubhouse pitiful... not to mention bring your hiking boots for the walk from the parking lot... pre round warm up a joke on this pitiful... don't hit your woods range All in all what a disappointment too much money $ 50.00 even with golf now discount More wannabe country club then the real deal

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Always a pleasure

Come from Canada twice a year and I never missed a round at River Place. Staff are always super friendly, you never felt that you're a guest in a private club. Course condition are always pristine and course drained pretty well after heavy rain last night and last week (cart path only though). Mixture of long and very short holes: putted for eagle on 15th, ended with gimme bird! Some elevated greens make club selection and wind guess crucial. Always a pleasure to come back.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Challenging but beautiful course

Great course which requires you to play smart to avoid hitting too far off the course or you will not find your ball. Great condition and excellent views at every hole.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

The course has great elevation changes along with great views.

Enjoyed the course very much, you have to place your shots perfectly on most holes. The cheat sheet they gave us for each hole on where to hit was a great help. It was our first time playing this course.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Tight off the tee and beautiful scenery

The course is in excellent shape and is an enjoyable layout. So far the best course I have played since moving to central Texas. The course is set up for conservative target golf off the tee, but most holes also have small landing areas further up the fairway that allow for risk/reward shots with driver. Multiple blind tee shots increase the difficulty of the course. The pro shop offers a print out of tips on how to play each hole, which I found very helpful off the tee. I look forward to going back.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Challenging but fair

Based on other reviews we were prepared for a tough round, but this course is so beautiful, it was easy to focus on our game with few distractions. We didn't hear any traffic, construction or other players. Staff is friendly & helpful. Carts are basic without any GPS, and many holes are blind - overall a fun, interesting course.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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