The River Club
About
River Club is a popular Ron Garl-designed golf course famous for its unique moundings and positioning of grass and pot bunkers. Front nine are open with all elevated greens. River Club's back nine at are cut into the woods. There is water on 16 holes.
Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
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Gold | 72 | 7026 yards | 74.4 | 144 |
Blue | 72 | 6614 yards | 72.1 | 137 |
White | 72 | 6102 yards | 69.6 | 128 |
Green | 71 | 5495 yards | 66.7 | 117 |
Red (W) | 72 | 5056 yards | 69.0 | 120 |
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Black M: 73.4/147 | 415 | 203 | 542 | 369 | 587 | 354 | 428 | 168 | 345 | 3411 | 403 | 422 | 195 | 523 | 434 | 169 | 398 | 517 | 358 | 3419 | 6830 |
Blue M: 71.2/136 | 389 | 184 | 506 | 358 | 541 | 322 | 375 | 152 | 311 | 3138 | 392 | 378 | 172 | 501 | 394 | 162 | 377 | 489 | 322 | 3187 | 6325 |
White M: 69.3/122 W: 74.1/140 | 361 | 155 | 480 | 316 | 506 | 297 | 347 | 144 | 278 | 2884 | 360 | 347 | 162 | 481 | 359 | 147 | 355 | 454 | 310 | 2975 | 5859 |
Silver M: 67.3/118 W: 71.6/134 | 340 | 135 | 446 | 269 | 416 | 288 | 328 | 136 | 269 | 2627 | 282 | 332 | 152 | 425 | 353 | 136 | 348 | 438 | 299 | 2765 | 5392 |
Red M: 64.5/113 W: 69.0/118 | 317 | 103 | 390 | 247 | 416 | 256 | 287 | 81 | 246 | 2343 | 267 | 297 | 134 | 388 | 328 | 104 | 325 | 416 | 175 | 2434 | 4777 |
Orange M: 60.7/105 W: 62.7/106 | 240 | 103 | 295 | 238 | 305 | 200 | 216 | 81 | 200 | 1878 | 210 | 222 | 134 | 284 | 265 | 104 | 325 | 283 | 175 | 2002 | 3880 |
Handicap | 4 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 13 | |||
Par | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 72 |
Handicap (W) | 4 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 7 |
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Photo submitted by spencerlee2468 on 04/09/2024
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Photo submitted by spencerlee2468 on 04/09/2024
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Photo submitted by spencerlee2468 on 07/28/2023
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Photo submitted by ScottJWatson on 03/17/2023
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Photo submitted by WBlaaub17 on 02/25/2023
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Photo submitted by u9680216 on 11/24/2022
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Photo submitted by u9680216 on 11/24/2022
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Photo submitted by u314161997663 on 10/22/2022
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Photo submitted by spencerlee2468 on 01/06/2022
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#9 Photo submitted by spencerlee2468 on 01/06/2022
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#15 Photo submitted by spencerlee2468 on 01/06/2022
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#16 Photo submitted by spencerlee2468 on 01/06/2022
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Photo submitted by u9992629 on 08/21/2021
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Photo submitted by u9992629 on 08/21/2021
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Photo submitted by u9992629 on 08/21/2021
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Photo submitted by u9992629 on 08/21/2021
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Photo submitted by u9992629 on 08/21/2021
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Photo submitted by u9992629 on 08/21/2021
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16 hole Photo submitted by keithO45 on 04/06/2021
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Photo submitted by KmFxEgiDSobcaDBKC1OK on 04/02/2021
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My 3 boys. Great day. Photo submitted by jkevross on 12/26/2020
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16th green Photo submitted by u000007755293 on 11/03/2020
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# 6 tee box. Photo submitted by gonzo1347 on 10/26/2019
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Photo submitted by KingOsi on 09/30/2019
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16th hole island green Photo submitted by goufer on 04/27/2013
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16th fairway looking at the island green 120 yards out. Photo submitted by uBPJW1379BP on 04/12/2013
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Photo submitted by Tom3815047 on 11/02/2012
Ranger issue
We waited on nearly every hole and were ahead of our pace the entire round according to our cart. We started out 9 minutes ahead but with the constant waiting got to 1-2 minutes ahead. Then the ranger tells us we were behind. Where were we supposed to go?! There was no place for us to go, so we just continued the “hurry up and wait” golf round. All other staff were very nice, but that left a bad impression. I won’t go back.
River Club
The owners have worked hard at improving the course. With mature trees, lots of water and sand, it is a course that requires accurate drives and a good short game.
OK course
Lots of play because of the price, means a lot of damage on tee boxes and greens. Pretty short with smaller greens. Amenities are pretty good, no cart out in the later afternoon.
For the first 9 holes had a 5 some in front of us.
River Club
Booked a tee time for 1:16 and arrived early to go to the driving range.
Upon arrival, we learned our tee time had been changed to 1:32 without any advance notice.
Had to wait a good 15 minutes for someone to take us to the range as no carts available.
Nice layout but the greens were slow and somewhat bumpy.
5 on the tee box
For starters the round took 5 hours & 20 minutes, second I’ve played for 40 plus years and have never been told not even asked that we are going to stick a fifth player with you from the start totally unacceptable worst round that I have ever had to play will never go back 👎👎👎👎👎
Predictable
It’s nice to have a course where you almost always know what you are going to get in all these categories.
River Club at Lakewood Ranch
Local public course with a forgiving amount of room on most holes. Fair to Good condition but improving recently especially on the greens. Good Value but slow play resulting in a 5:30 round. Tough to get a rhythm going due to the long waits on most holes. Overall, I liked the layout and enjoyed the course.
Good public course and reasonable
A little confusion at the starter, then slow play.
I’d go back but it’s a busy place
Very enjoyable round
Played here while on holiday with some friends who are also visiting. First time playing here and very impressed. All the staff were really friendly and helpful. Course marshal was great, and stopped to have a chat with us a couple of times and told us where we might see some alligators on the course. Thought the course was in great condition and really enjoyed the layout, lots of really interesting holes with no two alike. We played on a Sunday afternoon, so had fully expected it to be a bit busy, however after we called a couple of two-balls through early on we pretty much had the course to ourselves. Pace of play was excellent. We probably took a bit longer than we should (8 minutes over pace according to cart gps) but we were enjoying the scenery, and as there was no one in front or behind us, it didn’t matter. We’ve played some more expensive courses over here and this was just as good, so real value for money. I’d recommend the course to anyone and may well play here again before we return home.
Nice round with buddy's
I really like the layout. Played white for the first time. I think I would prefer something between White and blue. Course is very wet but we enjoyed our round. Would have been better at 3 - 3.5 hours with a 7:08 tee time. One group in front of us and we waited on almost every hole.
Pace of Play
This course has done nothing to alleviate the pace of play issue. Course is not worth 80 dollars to spend 5 hours to play golf. Pay a little more and go somewhere else. Greens are mediocre at best and fairways are bare. Had multiple bad/barren lies from the fairway. #9 green was littered with debris from the tree next to it. Tee boxes are barren and filled with divots. Overall not a great golf experience.