River View Golf

Riverview Golf Course is a fun and challenging course for players of all skill levels. It is not a long course, but the 7 par 3’s are a challenge with 4 of them near 200 yards. The elevated greens make the approach shots difficult, and the undulating greens keep you on your toes when putting. The green fees are some of the lowest in Orange County and the staff is very friendly. I would also say to not miss out on the food. For either breakfast or lunch, the food in the restaurant is outstanding. I highly recommend this course to anyone looking for a non-​conventional test of golf!
Bryan W, 6 handicap

Played here on Saturday morning and was pretty fun course. Staff was friendly course played pretty fast, fairway was decent and greens was very nice and super soft. I just wished some boneheads would repair their ball marks. It only take a few seconds people and please keep it nice for the rest of us. Price is fair compare to willowick, do not play there unless you have 6 hours to waste, always over book. There.

Played yesterday, Thursday. had an 11:22 tee time. There was only me and my buddy, so we finished in exactly 3 hours, both with a score of 89 from the blues. Despite the blazing heat, which I think tapped out at 100*, the day was fun. Greens were in great shape! most fairways were in great shape, as well! Yes, it’s a funky layout, but honestly, there are only two holes which I cannot stand… and it’s only because they both kick my butt EVERYTIME I play here. No. 11 & No. 17. But that’s me, not the course. I love this place. Great prices, great food, great staff.

Coming from Victorville to play Riverview. After reading the reviews there better be a free golf towel for crying when I check in this morning Ron Postoian

This was my first time there, so I’m not sure if this is typical or not… but it was not a good day for River View Golf Course. Our tee time was booked for 10:44, and we didn’t tee off until 11:45 (they were already running 7 or 8 groups behind by that time!). Even after the extremely late start, on almost every hole there were three full groups waiting to tee off.
It took us six hours to play a very short golf course, and that could have been much longer if three different groups in front of us hadn’t quit after the front nine because of the slow pace. At several points, we saw other groups playing with five or six people… but it was hard to tell if that was allowed by the course staff or if it was two smaller groups that had joined together because everything was moving so slow, anyway.
There were rangers on the course but they just drove by and waved every time they came around, so I’m inclined to think that this is more the ‘norm’ for River View as opposed to just one bad day. If play is normally this slow (because there are more Par 3’s, or they have a few groups of 5 or 6 players out there, etc) then they need to separate the tee times to 15 or 16 minutes apart instead of just 8 minutes.
I feel a little bad writing this review, because everyone that worked there was very friendly and seemed like they were trying their best to sort out the issues… but in the end, teeing off one hour late and then needing six hours is just not acceptable.

This is about a 3.75 star affair.
The parking lot basically «blows doors». It is so narrow I couldn’t even back my mid-​size car out without doing a 12-​point-​turn. It didn’t matter which direction I went, it still was horrible.
The cost is a bit high for what it is. However, many parts of the course are well maintained. The PRACTICE PUTTING GREEN is huge and looks great. We didn’t have time to utilize it but we will next time.
On Hole 2 I hit a shot with my 5 iron that felt great and looked great as the trajectory was right at the pin. Others gathered near our tee box were tuned in as it short-​hopped, hit the pin and bounced off. «Ohhhhh»…the reaction from myself and others. «So close… yet so far away…»
And literally I was… I had a three foot putt for birdie. Which of course I hit too lightly and missed.
The Par 3 Holes here are really quite fun. The layout is quite unusual with holes cutting diagonally over dried out river beds. Also, these same holes go from an elevated tee box to an elevated green.
The GREENS are nearly all in very good shape and many are pretty tough.
The FLOW out-​of-​the-​gate is HORRIBLE. The jackhole who designed the course has two Par 3 Holes on Holes #2 and #3 so this bogged down like the 405 Freeway in West LA on a Friday night. Hole #3 had about 6 – 7 cars piled up around the tee box. «Good times»…
Fortunately, things opened up a bit once we hit the river basin. The first 9 holes took 2 hours and 45 minutes. The Back 9 was much quicker and we wrapped up at just over 4 hours so all worked out well.
The CAFE has breakfast burritos with egg/​cheese/​bacon and they’re pretty good. The price is fair and they aren’t «gut bomb» size which is kind of nice. It can be a bit slow on the turn-​around so «sniff in» for chow well BEFORE your tee time.
Some balls came into our fairway from other holes but it was never scary like some other courses with a poor layout. We would likely visit here more often if it were around $ 30 for a round given it isn’t that pretty and the drive is fairly far. We’ll see…

A fairly challenging course, but due to the recent dry spell in California there’s not much of a river. I certainly plan to come back!
The parking lot is a nightmare. The course is located in a neighborhood so the parking lot is much smaller and more narrow than others that I’ve seen.
The course serves their six pack of beer in a large bag with plenty of ice on top that’s a nice touch.

So close by my house. I enjoy this golf course mainly because it is so close to home that I can literally just walk here. The course can be challenge for me because I’m a noob. Whenever Im in need of a relaxing day I’ll usually stop by. Its pretty peaceful and quiet. I also come here just to run… ok jog… ok walk :(
Now that I officially have retired from the game of basketball (too many injuries) I think golf will take up most of my time. Very addicting.
PS I am now known as Lion Woods

So the golf course is in pretty good shape as of now especially considering its a public course tee boxes greens in good shape there were some divots on the green that players had not repaired but I have seen worse. Fairways were not to bad either not perfect but than again it’s a public course they have some great elevated greens. Only downside is that people can and do walk through the course taking short cuts and riding there bikes

Only reason why I’m giving this a 2 star is because the greens were in good condition. As for everything else, this course is awful. The course is built around a dried up river bed so the scenery sucks. When the Santa Ana winds are kicking, watch out for small rocks, sand, and branches that will be flying at you. It’s not overly expensive but certainly not worth the $ 45 I paid. You will find transients hanging out under bridges. The holes are poorly placed so you will need to be watching out at all times for incoming balls from other holes. Also, the yardage on the scorecard is off by an average of 30 yards compared to the actual yardage.

I seriously cannot believe it has a 3 star here and on Golf Now. This is THE worst course in OC except for those 10 bucks ones. The whole course is built on dried river banks, it has some weird elevation m which is kind of fun. The fairway should be called hazard if it is in a decent muni course. They have sand trap everywhere even got my cart stuck, when I saw the equipment the staff brought, I realize it must happen a lot, and it shouldn’t.
Another issue with this course is the real yardage is significantly shorter than what is on the scorecard. I think they moved the white tee forward at least 70 yards for par 4 holes. I finished my round well under 3 hrs.
All in all, the condition of this course is negative 1 star.
The hole lay out, 3 star.
The staff friendliness 4 star.
Also watch out for coyote, I met one today.
I would never come back again and recommended it to anyone!

Putting practice green is nice. It has 18 different holes with different challenges. The green is smooth and well taken care of. They do not allow chipping onto the practice greens. The driving range serves it’s purpose and a large bucket of balls is $ 8. We will return to practice and maybe to try out the course.

Price is good! greens are very nice, I enjoy
The gold corse it was fun and not slow for a Monday it was great, I will come back again, aloha

FOREEE… came here for some super twilight golf and so glad it was fairly empty… the holes are so close together and I’m pretty scared I might have gotten a ball to the head if it were crowded.
Also, towards the end of the sun people started emerging from under bridges and the walk path to smoke or sleep on the back 9. Im not really sure… once I put together that maybe the reason no one else was out at this time was that they knew better and my out of town self was about to get caught up I bolted all 5mph that them carts can go.
But there were some nice holes and its a pretty doable course even though i did whack so for that reason i may feel compelled to come back!

I enjoy coming to river view golf course after work or on my lunch break to hit the driving range and putting green. It is in a great location and the weather is always nice when I go which adds to the great experience. The place is always nice and clean and the people that work and play here are all really nice. I’ve never actually played the course but I’ve heard nothing but great things about it. I can’t compare this golf center to any others because this is the only golf center I’ve ever been to. The food is pretty good here. I usually get the grilled chicken breast sandwich and it always fills me up and is light and tasty.

River View is an interesting golf course with pretty imaginative use of real estate. It runs along both sides, and crosses, the flood control channel which is the Santa Ana River. There are a few holes that run parallel to the channel, so there is not much elevation difference in these holes, then you have homes that drop into and then out of the channel, so you may be hitting a tee shot from an elevated box onto the fairway, then hitting back up to an elevated green.
There is a fair bit of water in play, depending on recent rain, with the river splitting the course in two. In most cases, the water in on the right, so slicers be warned. When down in the river channel, they do a good job keeping the course in nice shape, but you are in a river bottom. The fairways are going to be a bit sandy and heavy. Greens are generally in good shape, with a little bit of slope, but nothing too outrageous.

I never got to play the course so I cannot comment on it. I called in advance to secure a tee time of 10.15 am this past Friday. I arrived at 9.30 am and though that there might be a problem when the starter refused to take my money to pay for the round. He said they were running 15 – 20 minutes behind and that he would call me when ready. I left at 11.30 am after hitting range balls and putting on the 18 hole putting course, without ever getting called. I did have a nice breakfast burrito in the café there. I’d recommend this place for the breakfast burrito only!