Riverside Golf Course

I used to like this course, but I think I got tired of hitting into greens that were half sand. I spend enough time in the sand, so you’ll have to excuse my desire for a green that is 100% grass.
Please get this place fixed up. I have played about 20 rounds here, and I think I’m going to take a break until I hear of some improvement. Even if you have to charge more, it would be worth it.

Well priced for a municipal course. It was late in the season, so sand traps appeared to be in the middle of winterizing or refinishing, and greens had been sanded in spots. Wide open fairways on most holes. Lots of very old trees on the course. Only a few water hazards. A great place to have fun and enjoy being on a golf course instead of at work!

Worst golf course of my life. Be prepared to lose multiple balls even for an average golfer. These greens are rough. I wouldn’t come here ever again. Even for the price its not worth it. You get what you pay for.

Pros:
— I now have a Unilocal account because I felt compelled to warn people about this golf course.
— As of this month it is BYOB.
— I heard coyotes howling. Pretty sweet.
Cons:
— The fairways are bad. The rough is un-​mowed. OB is a barren wasteland.
— There is more grass growing in some of the bunkers than on the greens.
— Feral pigs have rooted up half of the greens; probably explains the coyotes.
— It is not cheap (~$ 40/​round); you can play better courses for half the price.
— Water in the coolers on the course is warm, probably not refilled daily.
— Hole #1 is inexplicably either a par 3 or a par 4 depending on which tees you’re playing.
Verdict:
I am viscerally angry writing this review for the Saturday I wasted here.

Worst golf course I’ve ever seen, greens look like they have been rooted up by pigs, «fairways» are crap and bunkers are as hard as the cart path. I would be hard pressed to play this course for free much less the outrageous rates they are asking for. Also no marshall and jerk kids driving into people, avoid like the plague.

No option to leave ⁰⁄₅ so i’ll put 1 star.
Where to start…
We paid 42 a person, and honestly i’m not sure where this money even goes. The fairways are a combination of hardened mud and burned grass. If you don’t hit the fairway, you will either be unable to find your ball (due to poor maintenance), or you won’t be able to hit your ball (due to poor maintenance). When you finally get to the green after essentially weed wacking your ball out of whichever hole it’s in, you’re treated to a sandy/​muddy/​overgrown monstrosity. Good luck judging your putts.
In conclusion, please spend 10 more dollars and play somewhere 50x as good. come to think of it, i think the money spent on this course is actually put towards the cart paths. That’s the only good part about this course.

This is my first Unilocal review, but thought it was necessary to save others from spending $ 40+ on this TERRIBLE course.
Greens were sand traps and sand traps were concrete. Good luck finding your ball in the fringe… its lost forever. The only upside is that you can find other people’s balls right next to the fairway! Your weekends are too short to waste your time here. This place needs some help ASAP.

Where to start…
To say the course is in rough shape would be a compliment. Not a single green is intact with most of them being more sandtrap than green. The grass on the greens is dying and what’s left is so long that you need a wedge to putt. The fairways are dry and rock hard while the second cut is so thick that you spend more time looking for your ball than playing even if you hit a decent tee shot (I have never found so many golf balls right off the fairway because they are buried under grass and others couldn’t find them). There are fallen tree branches everywhere including on some of the greens. The sandtraps are more like concrete than sand.
I played with two others who played this course ~1 year ago and the say the course has nose dived since then! This course is a terrible representation of golf and this is quite obvious because we played almost the entire round on a Friday afternoon without seeing other golfers.
One of my fellow golfers said he overheard someone in the clubhouse discussing some type of fungus that is supposedly destroying their grass which is understandable and not their fault… however it hasn’t stopped them from charging full price and not warning golfers of the horrendous conditions!
Really hope they can turn it around as this course could be fun with it’s manageable distances, great views and wonderful location!

I would give this a zero star if I could. The greens were part sand trap, part burned grass. The fairways are too hard to take divots. Worse golf course I’ve ever been to. There was no starter no marshal, everyone was just let off on the course causing extended delays in playing each hole. We had 4 groups each on different parts of each hole trying to play.

Pros: Friendly staff, well designed with many great holes, good character, adequately maintained for course with it’s greens fees.
Cons: Parking/​clubhouse hard to find, 1^st tee hard to find. Signage on course not existent or helpful.
You have to turn in your cart well before the sun is actually down. They are upfront about this and I understand those employees work all day and deserve to go home. But if you’re a twilight golfer look elsewhere because you’ll have to stop with sunlight still left!
I’d recommend checking it out. Good course for the money, rich history, good character. But for the money there are better options.

You know the expression you get what you pay for. Well this pretty much sums up riverside. I will give it a little slack since there was some rain recently, but even so the course is in poor shape.
The maps at each tee box aren’t legible anymore and flow between the holes is a little odd. Some of the greens were soft and some were concrete. So no good feel for the course.
There isn’t much difference between the fairway and the rough. And on some of the holes the rough is covered with stones and branches — good luck finding your ball in a pebble field.
All and all they could clean it up and make it average — but spend the $ 3 extra and go somewhere else for now.

This place evidently used to be the Austin Country Club. I can see how it used to be. It’s alright, but for the price, I’d rather go to Jimmy Clay or Roy Kizer.

Ok so it’s not Pebble Beach or TPC Sawgrass but it gets the job done. Perfect spot if you want a nice quiet afternoon round and don’t want to spend a lot of money. The course and greens are well kept and the course isn’t that difficult. They have coupon offers online and also offer student discounts. So if you have a student ID and come in the late afternoon your green fees will be around $ 20. That’s a deal for this place. The only drawback of this place is that it’s connected to the Austin Community College. So if school is in session there’s a lof random non-​golfers just walking about on the golf course which can get distracting.

This is one of my favorite courses. Designed by renowned golf course architect, Perry Maxwell, Riverside was once Austin Country Club. Ben Crenshaw and Tom Kite played here when they were young. Harvey Penick once lived behind the fifth tee. It’s a challenging, yet fun course. Beautiful large trees frame the fairways. It’s not unusual to see deer running across the course.
There are many great holes: #2 looks like a short, easy par-​4, but don’t be fooled. A long, narrow green is protected by a creek. A par can be turned into a double with one mistake. #6 has a small green, protected by two bunkers. A tough par. #14 is a driveable par-​4. Three good shots gets you a birdie. # 16 is a tough hole. With a good drive, you will still have a long approach shot. Par here is almost like a birdie.
Riverside is always enjoyable to play. It’s the kind of course if you play well, you can go low. If you play poorly, you won’t mind so much because it’s so pretty.

Always go in the later afternoon, for those prices $ 25 or less it is well worth it, would not pay more though. Very open and pretty simple/​easy course. I am in no way the best golfer, and usually play bogey golf here. Even if you have a bad fade you are safe here as there are few trouble spots with ob, most of the time you can play from the other fairways. Will say a great place for someone new to golf to come out and play a full 18 at, not much worry about rate of play, and def. alot easier of a course for a new comer. Over all 2.5 out of 5 for me.

Played this course sometime in March, 2011 and I’ll say it wasn’t the best course I’ve played. Very rough greens, rough fairways, pretty much rough all around. For the same amount of money, you can play Jimmy Clay and have a much better experience. No driving range, small putting green, not much here guys. I don’t recommend playing this course anytime close to this post.

Riverside is for the days when you just want to go out and play golf but don’t want to spend much money. You can easily get a tee time here for Under $ 30 and sometimes under $ 25. Unfortunately the course conditions sometimes reflect the price that you pay. I’ve often seen huge patches of dirt in the middle of fairways. That being said it serves it’s purpose as a cheap way to play the game we all love.

Riverside was a decent place to play for a hot Sunday afternoon. The course used to be the old Austin Country Club… so their are lots of big trees and big, open fairways. I don’t think it’s maintained as it probably once was as a Country Club. Some of the greens were in pretty bad shape, there is no driving range for pre-​game practice, the tee boxes are somewhat difficult to find… but overall it was a nice experience.
I would definitely go back to this course… hopefully I can have a better game!