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3.9
1418 Reviews (1418)
5 Stars
290
4 Stars
675
3 Stars
272
2 Stars
114
1 Stars
67
Conditions
3.8
Value
4.1
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
4.2
Pace
3.6
Amenities
3.8
84.0%
Recommend this course
1129 out of 1418 reviews
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Average Rating
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4.1
115 Reviews (115)
5 Stars
41
4 Stars
54
3 Stars
15
2 Stars
3
1 Stars
2
Conditions
4.1
Value
4.3
Layout
4.3
Pace
3.7
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.4
89.6%
Recommend this course
103 out of 115 reviews
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4.1
184 Reviews (184)
5 Stars
62
4 Stars
88
3 Stars
25
2 Stars
6
1 Stars
3
Conditions
4.0
Value
4.3
Layout
4.4
Pace
3.8
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.4
88.0%
Recommend this course
162 out of 184 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Par 72
Length 7026 yards
Slope 144
Rating 74.4

River Club is a popular Ron Garl-designed golf course famous for its unique moundings and positioning of grass and pot bunkers. Front nine are open with all elevated greens. River Club's back nine at are cut into the woods. There is water on 16 holes.

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Course Details

Year Built 1988
Greens Jones-Dwarf Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Ron Garl (1988)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees (with GPS)
Clubs Yes
GPS Yes
Pull-carts No

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Bunker No
Caddies No
Golf Simulator No
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes
Practice Hole No

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Appropriate golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Lounge, Banquet Facilities

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Available Sports

Tennis

Reviews

3.9
1418 Reviews (1418)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 43
Brunch 18
Watching the Game 10
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 78
Bunkers 74
Forced Carries 56
This course/club is great for:
Locals 58
Advanced Golfers 44
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 37
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 54
Worth the Drive 41
In the 'Burbs 32

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Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
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Previously Played

OK course

Lots of play because of the price, means a lot of damage on tee boxes and greens. Pretty short with smaller greens. Amenities are pretty good, no cart out in the later afternoon.

For the first 9 holes had a 5 some in front of us.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
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River Club

Booked a tee time for 1:16 and arrived early to go to the driving range.
Upon arrival, we learned our tee time had been changed to 1:32 without any advance notice.
Had to wait a good 15 minutes for someone to take us to the range as no carts available.
Nice layout but the greens were slow and somewhat bumpy.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Fair
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 79
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

5 on the tee box

For starters the round took 5 hours & 20 minutes, second I’ve played for 40 plus years and have never been told not even asked that we are going to stick a fifth player with you from the start totally unacceptable worst round that I have ever had to play will never go back 👎👎👎👎👎

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 79
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Predictable

It’s nice to have a course where you almost always know what you are going to get in all these categories.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

River Club at Lakewood Ranch

Local public course with a forgiving amount of room on most holes. Fair to Good condition but improving recently especially on the greens. Good Value but slow play resulting in a 5:30 round. Tough to get a rhythm going due to the long waits on most holes. Overall, I liked the layout and enjoyed the course.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Good public course and reasonable

A little confusion at the starter, then slow play.
I’d go back but it’s a busy place

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 13
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Will come back 🏌️‍♂️

Great layout pace of play great will go back and play next week ⛳️

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Very enjoyable round

Played here while on holiday with some friends who are also visiting. First time playing here and very impressed. All the staff were really friendly and helpful. Course marshal was great, and stopped to have a chat with us a couple of times and told us where we might see some alligators on the course. Thought the course was in great condition and really enjoyed the layout, lots of really interesting holes with no two alike. We played on a Sunday afternoon, so had fully expected it to be a bit busy, however after we called a couple of two-balls through early on we pretty much had the course to ourselves. Pace of play was excellent. We probably took a bit longer than we should (8 minutes over pace according to cart gps) but we were enjoying the scenery, and as there was no one in front or behind us, it didn’t matter. We’ve played some more expensive courses over here and this was just as good, so real value for money. I’d recommend the course to anyone and may well play here again before we return home.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Nice round with buddy's

I really like the layout. Played white for the first time. I think I would prefer something between White and blue. Course is very wet but we enjoyed our round. Would have been better at 3 - 3.5 hours with a 7:08 tee time. One group in front of us and we waited on almost every hole.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Pace of Play

This course has done nothing to alleviate the pace of play issue. Course is not worth 80 dollars to spend 5 hours to play golf. Pay a little more and go somewhere else. Greens are mediocre at best and fairways are bare. Had multiple bad/barren lies from the fairway. #9 green was littered with debris from the tree next to it. Tee boxes are barren and filled with divots. Overall not a great golf experience.

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

You need to stop here.

Staff were very friendly. Course was in good shape. Greens rolled well. Very reasonable green fees for what you get. Will definitely go back. If there was one negative is the course was very wet despite not having rain for several days.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice track

Pretty nice condition with some really interesting holes. Everything was green and well kept with closely mown boxes and fairways. Greens were in really good shape but a little on the slow side, around 7 speed. Really good value for this area. Highly recommended.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 10
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 Average
Played On
Reviews 18
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Difficulty Moderate
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