Played Monday morning in a annoying drizzle for most of the round. Course is still in good shape. Tee boxes were a little beat up and they had closed some boxes and combo the white and blue. Fairways... Continue »

Played Monday morning in a annoying drizzle for most of the round. Course is still in good shape. Tee boxes were a little beat up and they had closed some boxes and combo the white and blue. Fairways were good some brown spots but mostly green. Still have a few fairways closed to carts. Rough wasn’t really an issue maybe 1-2 inches and you could find your ball. Sand was good. You could tell they were maintaining the sand well throughout the course.

Greens were good. A little shaggy but rolled well at a good pace. They have inserted a ball remover tool. This way the ball goes to the bottom of the cup and you lift up the lip with your putter/foot and it pulls out the ball. It’s a nice change to the pool noodles and I can easily see it coming commonplace for golf courses.

Used the golf moose deal and it was a good price. Speed of play was great at 3:45. Would definitely play it again, hopefully without any stupid drizzle!

This review may be interpreted by some as comical, but it is dead serious. Today, I drove by Riverwalk and it looked country club lush. In the past, I have mentioned this track as my go to course. In ... Continue »

This review may be interpreted by some as comical, but it is dead serious. Today, I drove by Riverwalk and it looked country club lush. In the past, I have mentioned this track as my go to course. In the past, the greens have been so challenging on Mission/Presidio/Friars. In the past, Friars has been my least favorite (9) and remains third on the list of (9) to play. In the past, Presidio in the late afternoon breeze is a challenge. In the past, Riverwalk has poured me a cold IPA included in the price of a round. I will be playing this course soon and hope I enjoy it as I have in the past. Play well my friends.

Played Monday in the morning, check in was easy and got out a few minutes early. Played in about 3:45. Course is in better condition than last time I played. Not as lush as I thought it might be but g... Continue »

Played Monday in the morning, check in was easy and got out a few minutes early. Played in about 3:45. Course is in better condition than last time I played. Not as lush as I thought it might be but good overall conditions. Greens have healed nicely, a little bumpy but good speed.

Tee boxes were good and easy to hit from. Fairways were green for the most part. Still a few of them roped off but not an issue if you walk. Sand was great and in good shape. Greens had a lot of ball marks and were bumpy but rolled well at a medium pace.

The only thing I didn’t like were the pool noodles were a little to big. They need to be cut about 1/2 inch so the ball falls a little. Some were too high and would just push the ball out.

$41 to walk was a little high but I would play again at the rate.

Played Riverwalk today using the coupon. Thanks to greenskeeper for getting these deals for us!

Course is in good shape. Looks like they are doing some serious work to make the course better. Tee... Continue »

Played Riverwalk today using the coupon. Thanks to greenskeeper for getting these deals for us!

Course is in good shape. Looks like they are doing some serious work to make the course better. Tee boxes were in good shape and easy to hit from and level. Fairways were the weakest part but much better than last time I played. I was in a couple of fairway bunkers and they were in great shape. Easy to get the club on the ball. Greens were in good shape, a little bumpy for my taste but looked good and rolled faster than you thought. Looks like they have added some new sand to some of the green side bunkers. Nice white sand looked good and played well.

I enjoyed my round and was happy to see the course in good shape. If you can use the coupon it is a great deal. Even without the couple I would play again. Hope they continue with the improvements!

Played Sunday the 29th. Course is VERY WET still. Looked great from the Freeway but this course needs another week to dry out. Standing water in almost all the bunkers and a few lakes where fairway... Continue »

Played Sunday the 29th. Course is VERY WET still. Looked great from the Freeway but this course needs another week to dry out. Standing water in almost all the bunkers and a few lakes where fairways normally are. Hard to find areas in some of the fairways that were dry enough to hit off of.
Greens were fast and in fairly good shape and were by far the best part of the course and the customer service was good and I was playing golf but not worth the green fee right now and hopefully we don't get more rain because this course can't take it. I would give it a week to dry out and then a week for the staff to get the course back into some playable shape.

Sorry for the late review, I've been brooding. Played at just after 8 am on Friday the 13th with Gary, Sal and Johnny GK. I found the course to be in better shape than my recent round a month ago with... Continue »

Sorry for the late review, I've been brooding. Played at just after 8 am on Friday the 13th with Gary, Sal and Johnny GK. I found the course to be in better shape than my recent round a month ago with the greens and bunkers being the highlights. The course is filling in and the back 9 fairways needed a good mowing. I like this course and hope it stays around and is maintained. It is challenging with a good variety of holes, centrally located (less than 10 minutes from my house), with a good driving range, restaurant/bar and affordable. My rating came out a bit low, I would say more in the 6.5 range.

Out with GK Gurus Rat-Patrol, gary00 and sbarajasjr for an 8:15am round Friday. Great fellow GKers to tee it up with if you ever get a chance.

Made the visit to Riverwalk because it was the first ... Continue »

Out with GK Gurus Rat-Patrol, gary00 and sbarajasjr for an 8:15am round Friday. Great fellow GKers to tee it up with if you ever get a chance.

Made the visit to Riverwalk because it was the first time they have overseeded in 7 years. There’s been rumors of the golf course closing for some time, let me tell you, golf courses don’t spend that kind of money to overseed if they are closing anytime soon. Over the years Riverwalk has invested a lot of time and money trying to re-establish their bermunda turf or try turf like paspalum. None of this worked. Especially on the Friars nine. Now the decision to be a rye dominant golf course again (only the 18 hole course). You know what, after what I experienced Friday they made the right decision. Fairways after just one seeding (again in 7 years) and only 2 times cut before we played (rye grass becomes more lush with each cut because the blades of grass become thicker) are already in very good shape. Most in great shape. Imagine how nice those fairways are going to look this Spring.

Conditions of the rest of the golf course, greens running excellent. Mostly smooth, mostly firm and holding shots. Rough, mixture of new rye grass and established other grass, varied in length and density. Made for some challenging shots. Bunkers, like Sal noted, besides the Augusta white greenside bunker on hole #2, decent sand, well ranked. Tee boxes, they were in desperate need of a cut, wondering if by the time you read this review they have already been cut. Might explain why some of the tee markers were set aside (we played the blue tees). Overall, some fairways were still roped off. Troubled fairways on holes 3 and 4 of the Presidio Nine (back nine now) still have some bare/thin spots (nowhere as bad as in the past), golf course was still rather wet from the recent rains but other than that in great shape.

Service was excellent throughout the day. Saw the on course food/beverage service at least 5 times, check-in easy, Marshal responded when we asked him to talk to the group in front of us holding up play and the guy loading up our bags had a great sense of humor. Was a super time and will play again this Spring. Check out the photos I posted.

Recommended!

Played here with the fellow Gurus; Gary, Jim, and Johnny in a great day for golf. Having played Riverwalk close to 20 times, I knew what to expect and I must say they are certainly making some improve... Continue »

Played here with the fellow Gurus; Gary, Jim, and Johnny in a great day for golf. Having played Riverwalk close to 20 times, I knew what to expect and I must say they are certainly making some improvements to what is now their 18 routing of Mission-Presidio. A wonderful time today even if my game was M.I.A.

Tee boxes: Okay condition on most of the blue tee boxes. The course itself was still quite wet in most areas and the tee boxes were no expectation. On more than a few holes, the markers had been bunched together and moved to an extreme side of the box, so we had to place them where we thought they should go.

Fairways: A marked improvement from my last time here. As Johnny indicated to us, they are over seeding for the first time in years and making a transition in grasses (to rye I believe) so the course isn’t quite where it wants to be, but hone are the days it was nothing but dirt. As Gary mentioned in his accurate review, a few arreas roped off (1 and 3 on Mission, as well as Presidio. Fair roll otherwise and good lies on the over seeded parts.

Rough: Varied, but some areas had some seriously sticky and thick rough. Humbling length on missed or errant drives. The reeds on the river have been trimmed and more than a few of the overgrown brush and trees trimmed.

Sand: Good condition though the bunkers on Mission 2 were Augusta National-white, the rest were beach sand brown; very odd.

Greens: The highlight for me; ran both quick and slow depending on the time of day and green complex. Loved the surface and some of the breaks were mighty tricky to read.

ETC: Carts are basic with basic color GPS. Saw the cart attendant a few times. Staff at pro shop were nice. Didn’t use the range but offers what you need. Layout is fun but not overly challenging. Conditions impressed me for what I expected so will visit again when I’m home!

12/13 guru outing with Jim, Sal, and Mr(birdie chain)GK himself played the blues MIssion/Prersidio in a little over 5hr following a tourney group of sorts with a hard to watch gfroup ahead of us with ... Continue »

12/13 guru outing with Jim, Sal, and Mr(birdie chain)GK himself played the blues MIssion/Prersidio in a little over 5hr following a tourney group of sorts with a hard to watch gfroup ahead of us with lessons being given on almost every shot but after a 3 hr front they were finished on 12 and we breezed in to the finish, My 1st time here and was impressed and challenged by the layout, very scenic and felt somewhat remote even in a city setting. Fairways still held a significant amount of moisture and some were roped off, others were mostly lush but soft, and some had thin/bare areas. Rough was wet and in some areas not able to be mowed leaving some difficult recoveries. Tees were level but needed mowing. Found 1 greenside bunker well groomed and nicely compacted soft sand. And then there were the greens starting with the practice area which looked rather beguine until I rolled a few the slope was unfathomable a theme which carried over to the course itself. I struggled all day with pace and break being right with one or the other about 1/2 the time. Condition wise greens were really nice, quite healthy, fairly firm rolling medium fast and mostly smooth. Check in was easy by friendly welcoming staff. Driving range had mats that were beginning to show some wear but nice range balls. Descent carts with interactive GPS. Very enjoyable outing with good playing partners on a course I will definitely play again especially with some good deal offers out there.