Played the Vinyard course on 10/10/08. Morning tee time. Pace of play was very good. The course is in good shape. Greens were rolling smooth and fast despite the recent maintenance. Hole #10 is still being worked on, so they have made this a par 3 until the fairway work is completed. Overall, it is a beautiful course with scenic views. The River Ridge pro shop staff were professional & friendly. Cart girl came around a couple times during our round. I used their internet site web reservation service to book our tee time. A good golf experience for the money.

Played in the morning on 9/26/08. Staff was friendly and efficient. Pace of play was good. This was my first time playing the course, and having some local knowledge will help you manage your way around the course. Need to stay on the fairway off the tee, or you could easily lose your ball. Rough is thick and can grab the club. Pay attention to the pin placements because many of the greens are tiered. Greens putting surfaces were in excellent condition. Bunkers are tough because of their depth and very thin layer of sand on top. Overall the course is in very good shape right now.

Played the course on 8/15/08 in the morning. The course is in good shape overall. Bunker sand is thin on top and hard packed under that so you have to be careful when executing your shot. Greens were in great shape. Cart girl came around 3 or 4 times during the round and the staff provided excellent service. When we called to ask for a marshall to speed up the pace of play for the group ahead of us, they immediately sent the marshall out and we did not have to wait on the group for the rest of the round. Bonus: If you take an online survey you can get a $5 off coupon to use for your next round.

Played on 8/8/08. Early AM tee time. Pace of play was very good. The course is in good shape. Tee boxes, fairways, and rough are OK. Some of the fairways near the front of the greens are not in good shape with some bare spots and bumpy inconsistent grass growth. Greens are in very good condition, receptive (except for #6), fairly consistent and smooth, but there were some bare patches at the outer fringe of a couple of the greens. Bunkers are difficult because there is a thin layer of sand on top, and then it is hard packed underneath so your wedge will bounce off this instead of digging through.

Played on Friday July 25th. Course is in fair shape. Tee boxes OK. Fairways had some bare spots but not too bad. The rough is thick in places and you could have difficulty finding your ball. The greens are in good shape. They are pockmarked because players are not fixing their pitch marks. We had a 6:15AM tee time, and pace of play was excellent, as we finished our round in under 4 hours. Not a long course, but challenging with some narrow fairways, small greens, and undulated greens.

Played the course on Friday 6/20/08 with a 7:30AM tee time. Pace of play was a little slow on the front, but we did not wait at all playing the back side, probably due to the extreme high temps that day. Tee boxes and fairways were average with divots and bare spots in areas. Bunker sand is a little thin. Greens are in very good condition; soft and receptive, rolling pretty fast. It's a great course to play in the heat of summer because there is usually a breeze and you can find tree shade on all parts of the course. Cart girl came by 3 or 4 times during the round, and the pro shop staff are friendly and efficient.

Played on 6/5/08, Thursday (6:52AM tee time). Went out as a 2some and completed our round in a little over 3 hours, which I think is the fastest round I've ever played here. The course is in good shape. They are planting new trees on various holes, which will come into play if you are not on the fairway. Greens were soft and receptive, but fairly smooth rolling. Little sand still showing on some of the back nine greens.

Played on Friday 5/30/08, noon tee time w/TheBigDog, miguelgolf2007, & yoondaman316. First time playing with these GreensKeeper.org members. The course had every hole open and no major construction visible. Tee boxes were in average shape. Fairways in poor to average condition. There were lots of bare dirt areas on the fairways, especially where the new sprinker piping was installed. Off the fairway in the rough can be inconsistent, from bare dirt to patchy grass to 2"-3" high. Greens have a very spongy feeling when walking on them, approach shots land softly with deep pitch marks, but they are fairly smooth. Slow on the uphill, but very fast on the downhill putts. Pace of play was excellent as we completed our round in a little over 4 hours.

Played on the morning of 5/26/08. Although the course policy is not to allow a group of 5 out before 9:00AM on weekends & Holidays, they let a group of 5 play in front of us, and our time was 8:13AM. They need to enforce their policy, or why bother with having one. deano & gbecker414 were also part of my group. Tee boxes were in average shape. Fairways were OK, but there are bare spots in many areas, making for a tough lie if your ball happened to land in one. Rough was OK, and bunkers average. Greens were in good shape. Soft and receptive to approach shots. A real challenge to putt well since they are very contoured and fast downhill.

Played on Friday morning May 23rd with LEWGVLINSURANCE, Big_Al, & deano. Windy, raining, & cold weather made for difficult scoring conditions. The course is in average condition; tee boxes and fairways have lots of divots, some bare spots, so they are not in good shape; the rough is consistent but high enough in some areas, that you could lose your ball; Bunkers OK; greens are in good shape but a little bumpy.

Played Saturday 5/3/08. 8:20AM time. Round took 5 hours but not too bad. It seems to get much busier and slower if you have an afternoon tee time. The course is in fair shape. The greens have been recently sanded are are bumpy but getting better. Once they roll all of the greens, it will greatly improve the putting surfaces. I recommend getting an early tee time on the weekends, and the food at the course is OK.

Played on 4/25/08. The course is in fair shape. They are punching a few of the fairways, so there are those hole plugs scattered throughout those fairways which will limit the amount of roll. The greens are in good shape.
I think they have trimmed back some of the large tree branches near the tee boxes. Our tee time was 7:40AM and we started off on the back nine for some reason, but it did not affect pace of play or cause any delays at the turn. Staff is friendly and courteous, and the cart girl came around 3 times during our round. I recommend eating lunch at the clubhouse restaurant where the food and service is excellent.