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Conditions
3.3
Value
4.0
Layout
4.3
Friendliness
3.9
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.3
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 7018 yards
Slope 140
Rating 74.2

Editor's Note: Course closed for business in 2018.

Course Details

Year Built 1996
Fairways 419 Bermuda
Greens Crenshaw Bent
Golf Season Year round
Architect Dan Maples (1996)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes
GPS Yes
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

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

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed No
Single Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes
Dress code Proper golf attire.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

Reviews

3.7
262 Reviews (262)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 12
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 29
Water Hazards 26
Elevation Changes 25
This course/club is great for:
Locals 30
Advanced Golfers 25
Seniors 18
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 18
Convenient to the City 16
At a Resort 12

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Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

The greens will take some time to recover after being punched a couple of weeks ago.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Little River golf course

Booked with Golf now - very easy. no problems at course at sign in. Excellent value.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

You get your moneies worth!

This course is certainly not what it used to be...certainly in financial difficulty. But, if you can get past this the venue is still awesome & a great deal. It has just been airated & they are charging $20 until March 8th & $30 after....can't go wrong! I have always loved this course & every time we come down from Canada we play here! Hope someone buys this great course!

Conditions Poor
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

The course should be Cheaper because of condition.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart
Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Beautiful Course/Location

I've played Little River on multiple occasions in the past. I had family in town for thanksgiving holiday, so I thought I would bring them over to play 18 holes. The grass on the tee boxes were extremely high along with some of the fairways. The greens were in fair condition and played well. The golfing pace was a little congested. Overall, we had a good day on the course.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice course

We had the course to ourselves. Great golf for the price. The greens have some damage. It is fairly long. Reasonably maintained. Unfortunately, it is bank owned.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

This course is a terrific layout. Hopefully, there can be an investor that can bring this course up to the standards intended. As good a layout as there is.

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Not a great experience

Terribly slow pace, ranger didn't do anything to address, condition ok, but at least $10 over priced, fire ant hills everywhere, unfortunately my friend stepped on one and suffered numerous bites. Just not a great experience.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 28
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Free state

Fairways Good.. Greens need work. Cart paths in places will jar your-------------loose. Average course and good value for the rate.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Average
Friendliness Fair
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Don't waste your money

Horrible greens! Umnowed fairways! Don't waste your time!

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Horrible Conditions Everywhere

Little River has deteriorated into a barely playable course. The greens (see the pictures for yourself) were almost dead, bumpy and unplayable. The cart paths were impassable. I really would like my money back. What serious golfer would play this course? They hadn't even mowed many areas in and around some of the fairways.
We will never go back. Golfnow needs to look into some of these courses and take them off the website. Not worth the money.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Problems in their Future?

I live in the area and typically play this course a half dozen or more times per year (usually when a very good rate and my group's schedule come together). Generally the course is in pretty good condition and there are no "ominous signs of problems, etc".

We played today and I noticed that things seemed to (quite suddenly) be going downhill. Several of the bunkers are now as much mud as they are sand (not all of them by any means, but this has been a building problem.

SOME of the greens are showing real signs of summer stress. While this is not unusual for bent grass in this area in the summer, this has not been a tough summer to date. At this point it didn't present a serious playing issue, but a few of the greens were 'close to the edge' in that regard.

But what was really eye opening was the fairways. Some of them (bermuda) were VERY nice. Others were clearly burned out, more brown than green, and darned ugly (although playable at this point). This has not been a super hot/dry summer, so my best guess is that they have a watering system problem that they haven't resolved. It was most odd as some fairways were just super.

Hopefully this is a temporary problem as I like this course and in the past few years the conditioning has been good or better. But I felt like this information should be posted here.

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Just golfin

Staff was great,pace of play excellent,fairways was ok,greens not good .will play again in late fall when the greens get healthy If the course is still open.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

This course has a great layout.

The course was nicely designed and some what challenging but the greens needed some attention. Several greens had holes drilled into them by some kind of wasp.

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Windy weather
Used cart

Quickest Round Ever

Started on the tenth hole and only ran into one person the whole round. Zipped around all eighteen in 2hrs and 15min. The fairways are cut a little on the high side so there is no roll at all so it plays longer than the stated yardage. I liked the design, had some pretty holes and some nice forced carries across water. Will put this on my list to play again next time I'm in the area.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 29
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Great course , wide open

We loved this course . Played talamore the day before but like little river better!
The staff was so nice !! Thanks for having us ! We will be back. Can't beat the price!

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