Since I was in the area, I decided to give River Island CC a shot. It’s a decent layout but the conditions are average to below average. I will say that the staff are super friendly and very accom... Continue »

Since I was in the area, I decided to give River Island CC a shot. It’s a decent layout but the conditions are average to below average. I will say that the staff are super friendly and very accommodating.

The layout is semi-flat but has some minor elevation changes in the 20’ drop range that if your drive hits those areas, you can get some nice extra yardage. Fairways were generous in width but did have some cleverly placed trees if you tried to hug the corner too tight. Most holes are straight forward with only some minor dog legs in them. The track does cross the river a few times with some forced carries off the tee but all were very manageable only being 50-100 yards out.

I did like some of the huge rock formations that lined a couple of the holes.

As for the conditions. The greens were a mixed batch of a decent to poor. Some were nice and smooth and others were beat up with brown spots, disease, and tons of divots. Fairways were ok but all had a lot of brown and hardpan dirt mixed in with the green areas.

Tee boxes were slightly below average on the Par 4-5’s and were pretty chewed up on the par 3’s. The two traps I were in were decent given the overall conditions of the course. Both had a thin layer of sand on top of hardpan dirt.

My central valley partner is on the IR list right now so I couldn’t take advantage of the golf moose special. For the regular rack rate, I’d say pass on this course but with the Golf Moose deal it’s doable. Not the deal of the century but you won’t feel as if you were just sold a used car by an auto thief.