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Value
4.3
Layout
4.6
Friendliness
4.4
Pace
4.0
Amenities
4.2
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About

Holes 18
Type Private
Par 71
Length 6381 yards
Slope 136
Rating 72.3

Course Details

Year Built 1986
Fairways Tifway 419 Bermuda Grass
Greens Tif-Eagle Bermuda Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Tom Kite (1994) Roy Bechtol (1994)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
Clubs Yes
GPS Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Proper attire is required.

Food & Beverage

Snacks, Grill, Catering

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities, Playground

Available Sports

Fitness, Tennis

Accolades

  • Golf Advisor: Top Courses in Texas (2017 #15)

Reviews

4.4
163 Reviews (163)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 6
Course Challenges Include:
Elevation Changes 35
Forced Carries 26
Narrow Fairways 26
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 26
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 24
Locals 15
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 22
Worth the Drive 17
Convenient to the City 9

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Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

Target Golf

Riverplace is target golf at its best. The course is short on yardage, but not on challenge. It is beautiful and is kept in great shape. You really need to know where to miss on this course because it can be punishing. It is kept in great shape and is a great golfing experience.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

A great course, fun to play

First time played this course it's a fun course. The green are super fast. Use the cheat sheet, help a lot. The fairway always demand a draw tee shot. Highly recommend it.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

One of the best courses in Austin - Riverplace

Scenic with great vistas and challenging shot making needed. Terrific value

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 28
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Texas Advisor
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Just like Colorado

Great staff, from the parking lot with Michael to Glenn in the pro shop, both of them explaining the course. Tip... follow the tip sheet for each hole that they provide! If you can't, it will be a long day. Not a beginner course. Felt like I was playing a course from back home in Colorado, with the elevation changes, slopes, and undulations. Fairways and greens in great condition, they only thing that keeps it from getting a 5 for course conditions was the temporary tee boxes on 3-4 holes. Can't wait to get back out here. Great job River Place CC!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Average weather
Used cart

Tough course. Excellent greens

If you do not shoot below 90 this would be a tough course. Still worth the money

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Lots of contours

Excellent greens, great views, a little tricky due to unforgivable ravines in front of many greens, depending on tees used layups can be wise.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 0-4
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Fair weather
Used cart

Great deal for 10 bucks!

recently redone bunkers were great although I only hit into 1. Greens are coming along well. "cheat sheet" giving before you head out has useful information. Very short course that requires some precise distance shots.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Good course

This course is very good and beautiful. Green is very good condition. This course is short less than 6000yards but it is not short to play. Course is little hard and also have lot of challenges. I want to go to play again if I have chance.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Beautiful course

In my opinion, This is one of the best courses around central Texas. If you can make the time you won't be disappointed.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

what a beautiful and challenging course

A beautiful course located in the NW hills of Austin looked better than ever with all the rain we have had the last several weeks. The tee boxes are in great shape and as always set to trick you and challenge you with your set up teeing up.
The fairways are challenging as ever with a perfect lawn maintenance and incline direction so if you slice your tee box shot, good luck! As always, aim to the left side of the uphill so the ball rolls to the middle of the farway. It is better said than done.
The greens are wide and open but the outage edges need some work to make them perfect.

Enjoy it...

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Beautiful course

I hadn't played Riverplace in over 15 years and had forgotten how beautiful the course was. My partner kept proclaiming, "I love this course!" It would be my first choice to take a visitor to get a taste of Texas hill country golf.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Bring your A game or plenty of balls

Extremely hilly and dangerous course. I can see how it would be fun to play the 3rd or 4th time but the first couple of times will beat you up now matter how good of a golfer you are. Now that I have taken my licks and lost my share of balls, I'm ready to go back and take on this punishing course and see what I'm made of.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

The course was nice some greens were not in good condition

Would play this course again to figure it out. Some of the hole were very tricky but fun.putting was difficult greens were very fast are very slow. Which made for fun overall the round was very entertaining.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Beautiful course

Breathtaking views of Hill Country scenery. A fun and interesting layout with significant elevation changes. Despite not being a long course it is quite challenging. Fair-sized fairways but very penal rough. Course was in great condition except for new sand in bunkers that hadn't settled in yet, so short-irons that carried in tended to plug deeply. Friendly, accommodating staff.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once every three months
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

beautiful course

Excellent course design, plenty challenging yet forgiving. Greens and fairways are what you'd expect for this type of course. Plush and smooth. Great views, not crowded. Valet service, and beverage cart non existent the day we played. That along with non GPS carts left a little something to be desired. Overall a great experience otherwise.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Beautiful Course, highly recommended

Everything about this course was great. Well kept and the beautiful weather contributed nicely. This course is TOUGH though. Lots of blind shots, hazards, and a couple narrow fairways.

The only complaint I have was the guy in the pro shop. I made a mistake when booking so I called the course to make an extremely small change and he bit my head off. The same guy (recognized his voice, very distinct) was there when I checked in and was polite, but definitely condescending. The course marshals were all awesome though as was everyone else with whom I interacted. If it weren't for that pro shop guy, I would be heavily considering membership to this course; it's that good. A must play.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

beautiful course, not for anyone over a 10 handicap

No doubt this is a beautiful golf course, but it's just not fun to play unless you are very low handicap.
There is almost no room for error on any shot, and the shots you do hit down the middle of the fairway can often times roll through/off the fairway due to severe inclines and into a ravine.

I challenge anyone to tell me where to hit the ball on #14. Any shot in the fairway will leave you with a shot with the ball is at least 6"-10" below your feet.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

The course is well maintained.

The staff was really helpful and friendly at all levels. The course was in great shape especially compared to other courses in the area at this time of year. The layout is beautiful. Really a great total gold experience!

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great vistas

Course is beautiful look forward to playing it every year. Staff is polite and very helpful. Professionalism abounds

Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 8
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

River Place

Have always enjoyed playing this course. Staff was very friendly.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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