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The greens were in much better shape today so a definite improvement. The rest of the course features were very well taken care of and not too crowded for middle week play. This course has everything you need to have a good challenging round and good practice range. Carts are nice and quick and clubhouse and restaurant have good assortment of food and golf items.

Date : Saturday 9/16/17 at noon. Got there an hour early before tee time to gets some warm up practice and saw all kinds of youths dressed up in team color outfits along with many adults. Went into clubhouse get cart and was told there are none available due to tournament and need to wait. Ok, no problem I was there early anyways. Go practice and come back 15min before tee time and still no carts. They told me they will let me know when my tee time is announced to come get cart. So I go in when announced and no cart still. I wait inside where its nice and cool and about 10 min later a cart is available. So I sign in and am told to put my email address as well. I don't usually give out but since it's Riverside, ok no problem. So I tee off with 3 other guys. From there were playing up to 5th hole and about 2 hours have gone by because were sitting around waiting for the train of players in front of us that eventually bottlenecked where 2 or 3 groups with way too many players and carts were in line teeing off. The rest of the story speaks for itself and I just left and went home. Also the practice greens and some of the greens on some holes were in really bad shape, so making a good putt was impossible depending where your ball landed. The practice range didn't have any distance indicators or maybe I just didn't see them out there. So that was kind of strange. I hadn't played here for few months and never seen it this bad. I was told that Riverside usually don't have tournaments on weekends or in the afternoons but for some reason, they were allowed to happen on today. Needless to say, Iv'e always like this course but I think I'll just keep playing elsewhere from now on. On the plus side the new yamaha carts are nice and comfortable and fast so sitting around wasn't to hard on the behind nor driving over rough terrain so give them a A+ for that. Not sure whats going on there at Riverside but it definitely isn't what I remember when I played there a few months ago. I may try again in a couple months to see if things have changed but for now its just okay to play for now, just call and make sure there are not back to back tournaments especially on weekends.

The rest of the course is pretty nice. Greens are in bad shape due to what seems like weeds or patches of something growing within in the greens grass. Not able to get steady straight putrs unless you use a faster putt speed to make ball go straighter. If it wasn't for greens subparagraph conditions, the course would be all 5 stars.

This course is short and easy to walk, even for the older players. Playing in winter can add to the already poor fairway conditions but that's why you winter rules, lol :). Greens are about average but do offer some challenges depending on where you land. Beware though there are a load of roots in and around the side of fairways so if your ball goes way left or right. Look carefully or you may be in for a surprise. Overall course quality is a little under par but for the price you pay, can't really complain. Just take the good with the bad or is the other way around? Oh and one more thing, because of the low cost to play at this course expect it to be a little crowded so keep eye for other players hitting up behind you. Now the worst for last. Proshop customer service has a problem and its at the counter. Rude and rude and disrespectful making some players feel as if they were not welcome. Not sure if person was having a bad day at work or what but if you want to make and keep a good reputation for business then fix it otherwise if owners don't give a hoot. Expect more reviews like this.