The Club at River Wilderness

The course is laid out well but the fairways are in bad shape. I didn’t enjoy hitting off dirt rather than grass

For the price, can't complain about the course. Not in good shape but playable. Enjoyed the actual layout though the pace of play was slow - only got 17 holes in due to slow play in front of us. Get a ranger out there wishing people along and please either have drinkable water on the course or a beverage cart available.

They should give me back my money. Fairways are brutal. Tee boxes are worse, greens are fair. Waste of money.

Years ago we used to enjoy playing The Club at River Wilderness. The course used to be in pretty good shape. Yesterday, February 19th, we played the course again and came away very disappointed. Notwithstanding the fact it had rained a lot the day before the course is in poor condition. There is hardly any grass in the fairways and so the course is mostly MUD. The grass is too short to cut. It does not look like fertilizing and over-seeding are even occurring. Now money has been spent upgrading the buildings. The new patio and furniture look fine. Sadly, the course conditions are in decline. Our rating for the course itself Is a generous 3.9 out of 5.. We sincerely hope there will be action to save and preserve what used to be a better quality golf facility.

Overall impression is positive. Staff was awesome from check in to finish. Greens putted reasonably well (this is winter golf). I can imagine they are better in growing season but they are ok for winter greens, just slow. The sand bunkers are well maintained for a course that gets a lot of play. The only negative comment I have about the whole experience is the dry, sparse fairways. If they don't water the fairways, they are going from a fairly good golf course to something you wouldn't want to play. There's a lot of water that comes into play as the fairways dogleg around it so shot placement and being able to work the ball is critical. Overall evaluation is it's a course I would return to and that's not the case with everything in this area.

Enjoyed our round at Bent Tree. Staff was excellent. For the money, best course we’ve played in the Bradenton-Sarasota area. We’ll be back.

I have played nearly 100 rounds of golf in FL and this is BY FAR, the worst conditioned course tee to green. The greens were slow, but rolled ok

Friendly pro shop staff that provided us with course information. Unfortunately the course is in rough shape; especially the fairways. The layout is quite interesting.

Played this course twice whilst on holiday from the UK in late January 2024 on consecutive days. The course has a bit of a European Spain or Portugal feel to it and given the cost of some rounds in the area offers real value for money. It would be fair to say the fairways needed some attention or just additional growth coming through but I really liked the layout of the course & if you played pick & place on the fairways this wasn't an issue.
The bunkers were in good condition & although some greens were sanded in parts they all putted very truly and at a good pace so cannot really be faulted, it is how they play that counts, not how they look!
We played off the Blue tees as it was a similar yardage to back home & it provided a good test of golf, would be tough off the black tees.
Staff here are so friendly, as were the locals having been paired up on the 2nd round & this could be an excellent course with a little more investment but then you might not get to play it at the current prices!

Course layout is great. However, the course is in dire need of water. Tees and fairways are poor condition and grass is sparse. Green were fair at best. Bunkers were in good condition. No plans to play it again.