Riverside Golf Course

Decided to play Riverside golf course for the first time in 20 years. Worst experience playing golf ever. My wife and I are not great golfers and play a little slow. We quit after 7 holes. Regulars at the course were rude. Cart guy was rude. Just a bad experience. Will never go back.

I play at Riverside about once every two months. I’d say that the staff and regulars have a bit of an overinflated sense of worth of the course. It’s no where nearly as nice as a many of the courses in the area. They have worked hard as of late installing new irrigation and cart paths but it’s still a muni. It attracts the same quality of person as other muni’s attract.

Course is fun to play, and I love 10, 11, 12. My favorite holes. They have done a lot of work to improve irrigation issues and added some cart paths.
A couple of the employees think you are doing them a favor by playing their. The little restaurant is always good.

this is not a 5-​star country club, so dont expect that. for being a public course, it is quite nice. just renovated. fairways and greens are decent. its cheap, not overcrowded. long enough to use woods regularly but not so long that you feel like you’re going to have a heart attack just walking it. views of san joaquin river and railroad bridge is pretty nice from back 9.

This course has a great layout and a ton of history. Coming from a former employee who has seen the quality of the place go from bad, the great, to bad again, these days it looks to be getting a little rugged.
So here’s the skinny. The course can be challenging. There are trees that line every fairway and out of bounds that come into play on a lot of the holes. If you get stuck in the trees too much, it could be a long day. The greens are small and their speed, depending on the time of year go from mediocre to slow. They are sometimes in really good condition and sometimes in poor condition. Kind of a crap shoot.
The fairways are troublesome sometimes too. In the winter the course has terrible drainage and there is standing water in the low spots everywhere. And with cartpaths non existent along the fairways people just drive everywhere and turn the place into mud. In the summer time though, the fairways have the potential to be quite nice.
In the end, the course is a lot of fun. The small greens will challenge you and the trees will wreak havok on your score if you find the shade too much. Would love to give the place 4 stars, but can’t do it with what it has looked like lately.

This review is about their food, not their golf course. They have a nice little restaurant that serves breakfast and lunch. The food is quite good and is very reasonable. A nice change of pace to eat at a place w/​a view.

Went here and watched a bunch of guys try their luck at the driving range. The staff was pretty friendly and helpful, even when one of the clubs broke on us. It definitely didn’t look high class or luxurious, but it was affordable and served it’s purpose.