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Value
3.2
Layout
3.4
Friendliness
4.1
Pace
4.1
Amenities
2.9
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 68
Length 4615 yards
Slope 100
Rating 62.5

Course Details

Year Built 1985
Golf Season Year round
Architect Ron Garl (1985)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range No
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed Soft spikes only
Fivesomes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Regulation golf shirts. No tank tops or cut off jeans.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Grill, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Reviews

2.6
211 Reviews (211)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 10
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 18
Narrow Fairways 15
Bunkers 9
This course/club is great for:
Locals 18
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 17
Seniors 16
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 10
Worth the Drive 10
Convenient to the City 6

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Played On
Reviews 92
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

requires maintenance

front was closed ... when open, course will be more playable

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Poor
Response from on 05/15/2018:
Hello, on behalf of the River Ridge Golf Club staff, we appreciate you taking the time to address your concerns as we are always looking to improve. We are sorry to hear that you were not happy with the conditions of the course but still hope you enjoyed your round. Again, we appreciate your feedback and hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 46
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Response from on 05/14/2018:
Hello, thank you for taking the time to review our course, River Ridge Golf Club, in the New Port Richey, Florida area. We appreciate your dedication to playing our course over the years but are very sorry to hear your recent experience with us may have been poor due to the course conditions. Thank you for choosing our course, and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 9
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Nine holes closed

Love the course layout, great staff, BUT.... last spring they closed the front nine due to terrible course conditions - hogs digging up fairway, and just plain, bad condition. I called the course from up north on September 4, as I will be heading back South soon, and lo and behold, the front nine is still closed, with no definite reopening date.

Please get it up to snuff soon, or you will be losing all your customers, and the course in general! We want you open and fully operational! Would NOT recommend this course as it is at present.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Narrow fairways ate a challenge

A great course to play if you want some challenges. Granted the wild hogs caused enough damage to close the front nine, but the back nine will give you a run for your money. And stop by their restaurant if you want to try some great food.......

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 17
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Response from on 04/20/2018:
Hello, thank you for taking the time to review our course, River Ridge Golf Club, in the New Port Richey area. We appreciate your dedication to playing our course over the years but are very sorry to hear your recent experience with us may have been poor due to the course conditions. We greatly value your feedback as we work towards any necessary improvements, and hope you will notice some of these improvements during your next round with us. Thank you for choosing our course, and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Please stop saying your sorry-FIX IT

This course should be closed until it's repaired.
The green are un-puttable and the fairways are full of weeds.
My god-just Fix this place or shut it down.
Every response from RR says that they are sorry but nothing is being done!!!!
Please FIX THIS COURSE OR CLOSE IT!!!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Extremely Easy
Response from on 04/16/2018:
Hello, thank you for taking the time to review our course, River Ridge Golf Club, in the New Port Richey, Florida area. We are sorry to see that you may have had a poor customer experience with us and that the course may not have been in the best shape when you played. Any additional feedback is greatly appreciated so that we can improve your experience with us in the future. Thank you for choosing to golf with us and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Playing in the Weeds

This is the worst course condition out of any of the local golf courses. As my playing partner said, "I will not play here again even if it were free". The "greens" are brown, full of dirt, tons of weeds, and bad spots everywhere. I know they said that they have had some wild boar issues lately, but that doesn't excuse having virtually no fairways (all dirt and weeds). The whole course should be considered a sand trap.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Response from on 04/13/2018:
Hello, We would like to thank you for your comments and issues of concern. We regret not having met your expectations. We will address these issues with our management team. This will allow us to focus on areas of opportunity. We hope that you and your partner will give us another try in the near future.
Played On
Reviews 1
1.0
Previously Played

The people were very nice and people I played with Renee's the course was in the worst shape of any course I have played in on in my life unfortunate that they are open pigs had holes all over courses and greens could not be putted...

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Response from on 04/09/2018:
Hello, thank you for taking the time to review our course, River Ridge Golf Club. We're sorry to hear the course may not have been in the best shape on the day of your round, and we appreciate your feedback regarding the greens so may work on any necessary improvements. It looks like you had a friendly experience with our staff and that your round was a great value for you, so we hope this improved your overall experience with us. Please try us again in the near future.
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Response from on 04/03/2018:
Hello, thank you for taking the time out of your busy day to review your experience with us, we truly appreciate your feedback and will certainly pass it along to our team. We hope to have another opportunity to welcome you back to the 5-star experience that you deserve.
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Previously Played

Maybe for a beginners but, probably not.

No Driving Range
Practice Green was in terrible condition
Starter sent us to first Tee and other Golfers at practice Green said they were next
Starter said Course was in rough condition do to wild hogs
Not one Green of 18 was in acceptable condition
Maintenance was burning brush near a tee box
Maintenance was clearing brush when the Course had more obvious immediate needs
Many of the Tee Boxes had incorrect yardage

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Response from on 04/03/2018:
Hello Dave, thank you for taking the time to review our course, River Ridge Golf Club, in the New Port Richey, Florida area. We are sorry to see that you may have had a poor customer experience with us and that the course may not have been in the best shape when you played. Any additional feedback is greatly appreciated so that we can improve your experience with us in the future. Thank you for choosing to golf with us and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Come back when repairs are made

Played course about a month ago and to see what happen to it is amazing. It looked like someone had took a bull dozer and destroyed tee boxes and fairways and greens. I questioned a grounds person and understand a large number of wild boars had done the damage. I think it will take months and thousands of dollars to bring back to where it was a month ago. Sad to loose a close by course.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Response from on 03/30/2018:
Hello, thank you for taking the time to review our course, River Ridge Golf Club, in the New Port Richey, Florida area. We are sorry to see that you may have had a poor customer experience with us and that the course may not have been in the best shape when you played. Any additional feedback is greatly appreciated so that we can improve your experience with us in the future. Thank you for choosing to golf with us and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 03/30/2018:
Hello, thank you for taking the time to review our course, River Ridge Golf Club, and for the 3 stars. We hope that you enjoyed playing our golf course and that you will see improvements in the course conditions the next time you are with us. It looks like you had a smooth round and a friendly experience with our staff, so we are glad to see that. Thank you for recommending our golf course, in the New Port Richey, and we look forward to seeing you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

A nice place to play a round

Best kept secret other than Paul's in Tarpon Springs...

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Bad shape

Really bad shape. The tee boxes are uneven and there’s weeds. The greens are mostly brown and in bad shape. The layout of the course has potential but needs a lot of work.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Response from on 04/03/2018:
Hello Rick, thank you for taking the time to review us, River Ridge Golf Club, in the New Port Richey, Florida area. We're very sorry to hear you may not have had the best recent customer experience with us due to the pace of play, and we greatly appreciate your feedback regarding the tee boxes so we may work towards any necessary improvements. Thank you for golfing with us, and we hope to see you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 31
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Short but beware.

For the value received you cant complain. The front nine is very short but the back will challenge you. Its a work in progress and you can see that they are trying hard to bring it back. A job well done. Be%er than you paid for.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Response from on 03/05/2018:
Hello, thank you for taking the time to review our course, River Ridge Golf Club, and for the 3 stars. We are sorry to see that the course may not have been in the best shape when you played and your feedback is appreciated. It looks like you had a friendly experience with our staff and that your round was a great value for you, so we hope this improved your overall experience with us. Thank you for your choosing our course, in the New Port Richey, Florida area, and we look forward to seeing you again soon.
Played On
Reviews 19
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Mind the alligators

It's a good practice course the greens are not the best but the wildlife around you makes up for it

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Response from on 02/26/2018:
Thanks so much for your review! We appreciate hearing feedback from our customers. We're glad that you enjoyed the course and the amazing Florida wildlife as well. Please visit us again soon.
Played On
Reviews 58
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Getting Beter

This is our 3rd year on this course. Each year the course is in better shape. They must learn to grow grass better, but course is greener than I have ever seen it.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

A nice place to play a round

This is a nice course close to home where the staff is great. The carts are clean, and the course was in good shape. The back nine will challenge your drives and putting game.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The fairways could be a bit better, but still enjoyed playing there ifn fact coming back this week too

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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