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3.6
163 Reviews (163)
5 Stars
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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1 Stars
5
Conditions
3.0
Value
3.2
Layout
3.7
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.6
59.9%
Recommend this course
138 out of 163 reviews
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3.3
7 Reviews (7)
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Conditions
2.6
Value
2.6
Layout
3.3
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.4
StaffFriendliness
4.4
42.9%
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3 out of 7 reviews
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3.3
7 Reviews (7)
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4 Stars
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Conditions
2.6
Value
2.6
Layout
3.3
Pace
4.0
Amenities
3.4
StaffFriendliness
4.4
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Style Desert/Traditional
Par 72
Length 7115 yards
Slope 126
Rating 73.1

Previously known as El Rio Country Club.

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Course Details

Year Built 2004
Fairways Winter Rye Grass
Greens Winter Rye Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Matt Dye (2004)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fee
Clubs Yes
GPS Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Amex MasterCard Visa Discover card(s) Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code All golfers are required to have a collared shirt or appropriate golf attire. T-Shirts, cutoffs, and swimwear are not permitted.

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Meeting Facilities

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top 25 Most Improved U.S. Golf Courses (2021 #24)

Reviews

3.6
163 Reviews (163)
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Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Marginal for the money

Greens were in good shape but slow. There was more grass on the greens than the fairways, which has literally no grass and there were a lot of sand areas as well. The bunkers were unplayable hard rock gravel.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 37
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

First try

The course conditions were a little disappointing
Tee boxes and greens were lush grass ( greens were lush but very slow)
Fairways were either dormant or dried out, made for hitting off some hard pan lyes.
Concern was with the fivesome that magically showed up ahead of us on the second hole, this caused waiting on tee box and approach shots.
My biggest concern with group of five playing ahead of us was their disregard for the signage which added to the degradation of the course.
They were oblivious to the cart paths or signage as they would pull right up to the tee markers on tee boxes, drive right up next to green and drive down fairways on par three’s.
No course Marshall’s to be seen.
Otherwise friendly staff

Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
2.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

EL Rio

Good course for the money. Greens were in good shape!

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 27
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Nice course, dormant grass except greens which are very nice

Greens are very nice, fairways are not over seeded, tee boxes not over seeded. No protection from wind. Course plays fast with dormant grass. Very nice people in club house.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Average
Value Poor
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Nice course for the senior golfer!

This course was in average condition.
It is very forgiving with wide fairways.
Very nice staff!
We enjoyed playing it.

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

Before holiday so real quiet. Went by myself and only few groups around. Was windy and course pretty long. From east coast so grass different. Brown and dry but well irrigated and soft. Will definitely play again

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 60
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 10
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good value

The course was in good condition for the time of year. The staff are super friendly and welcoming. We will play again and recommend to anyone travelling to this area.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 27
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

We had a Good Time!

Course was very good for the senior player. Very open and forgiving. Tee boxes were ok, the greens were in great shape! We would have played again, but a tournament and the wind conditions didn't let it work. I will play again when back town!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 37
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing

Enjoyable round and excellent value.

Played El Rio for my first time on a Saturday morning. Course wasn’t busy, so pace was great. Conditions were better than I expected. Greens were great, fairways pretty good. Plush but not soaked with water, so the ball rolled out decent. Bunkers aren’t great as is typical on courses in this area (and understandable due to the wind), lots of small pebbles. The course layout strikes a good balance between giving some challenge while being forgiving for the higher handicapper. #8, 9, & 18 were particularly fun holes to play.

Overall this was an excellent value and an enjoyable round for $55 plus tax and including complimentary range balls. Way better conditions than nearby Los Lagos, not even a close comparison, El Rio is a better layout, way better kept, and cheaper too.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Played On
Reviews 15
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

El Rio

Windy, windy, windy. Greens were good but slow. Rough was high, had to stand over the ball to find it. Fairways really good.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Hot weather
Walked

Had to sneak on to get in my 2nd nine which I paid for but wouldn't honor

Everything was great when I went there on Mon. Aug 1st, met Eric, chatted with him, Went inside, chatted with the gal who filled up my water bottles. Finished 9 holes using a cart, but paid for 18 through GolfNow's hot deals program.

But it was so brutally hot that I needed a short break before playing the other 9 and needed to go somewhere else to fill up my water bottles (everything was closed at the course when I finished my first nine). I left my cart next to where I had parked my van and a note asking them to please not take my cart away because I was coming back in a little while to resume on the back nine.

But lo and behold, when I got back they had whisked my cart away and there was no way to finish playing what I had paid for unless I sneaked on and walked which I wasn't prepared to do on THAT day.

So for revenge, I went there 2 days later, parked in the desert near the 11th tee boxes, put my clubs on my trolley and hoofed it in the still brutal heat and completed the 9 holes anyway, playing 11- 18, then 10, feeling totally satisfied that I had avenged my misfortune caused by someone on the staff at El Rio.

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Moderate
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Commented on 10/16/2023

Great story. Glad you got in a full round on them!! Thanks for sharing

Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Walked

Paid for 18 and was banned from playing 9 of those

Everything was very good except for the fact that it was so hot and humid that I had to actually leave the course after 9 holes to rest a bit and refill my water thermoses because the pro shop and all facilities were closed after the first nine. I left a note on the cart for them NOT to take it away because I was coming right back. But they DID take it away and locked the keys to all the carts. There was someone in the pro shop at that time so I knocked and the man just scowled at me.

This was when I made the decision to actually SNEAK ON to the course after I gave it another couple of hours to rest and recuperate from the first nine. Without a cart a cart except for my tote cart and in stifling heat and humitity I toughed it through nine more holes to get my money's worth.

But aside from that one humbling experience the experience was truly unique and fantatstic.

Conditions Fair
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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