Nice large course. A bit muddy in February. Green was rough. Maybe summer is a lot better.
rugby01ful
Front nine is great in winter, and back nine I would only play when it been dry for a week
Kevin Mann
Was a mud pit. Standing water everywhere. No one was doing anything to help out the course but still charging full price to play as usual. Not the 1st time it's been this way. I don't think I've ever seen a cre taker working in course & have played there many times. Even in the summer. No one. Leaves everywhere. Just a wet horrible time
Patrick Lamar
Are the driving range staff are very friendly and helpful. They are knowledgeable and care. You won’t be disappointed.
Jeff C.
I really enjoy playing the Riverbend golf course. I'm a little older now and still enjoy walking the course, so no hills work for me. I've always had excellent interactions with the staff. Riverbend is my go-to course.
Kristi Saurs
Married across the street at the Old Fishing Hole on Trager Road. It was magical.
Brookstorm Honorblade
Start to finish...Booked Tee time online for an easy transaction. ? ~$26 military/twilight price.Pro shop personnel were friendly and patient (couldn't remember if I paid when I booked online but this was easily and quickly resolved with a ?. Thank you for that ?.)Putting green is right near the first tee box and earshot of the "next up" and "on deck" announcements. Also putts real close to what the greens felt like. Playing in late September. Beautiful day! The greens did seem to speed up a little bit when the sun started going down, which might have been my imagination. I'm still kind of new to this golf thing.All the tee boxes had fresh grass to hit from and were in good shape.The fairways felt tight in places and were definitely lined or guarded with trees which made missing the fairways a really fun challenge. Quite easy if you're good at squibbing the ball lol. You can get back in the fairway by getting under low branches or between trees but the course plays much easier staying in the fairway so I tried that for the back nine and dropped five strokes off of what I did on the front line lol.Most people walked which is good. I chose to drive just because I'm still working on getting my stamina up for a full 18. I did choose a cart which cost something like $18. There's a cart path throughout the entire course. There are definitely parts of it where the path is covering tree roots so it gets a little bumpy, watch those open beverages ?. Pretty sure driving the cart on the fairway was permissible. I just chose to use 90⁰ cart rules bc I wasn't positive and the fairways were in really good shape. Even lies for very playable approach shots.Greens were easy to read. Nothing too tricky. Very puttable. Soft this time of year, end of September, which they may be all year. I don't know. This is my first time here. Approach shots were sticking very well.A bunker or two had standing water in it, but that's expected from all the rain we got recently. The rest of the course drained very well.The other golfers, I almost forgot about this but it should be worth noting, were very nice. I was solo and played with a married couple and another solo and it felt safe, like not judgmental or pretentious.You could also hear the roar of a couple guys playing a few holes away that were absolutely having a blast. Nothing like hearing someone belt out an exclamation and then you hear their ball doinking through the trees. Totally made us giggle while we were on one of the greens chasing the setting sun. But also heard others say "nice shot" for one of my hits.Have fun people! Learn to laugh more, especially at yourself when you have those moments available.3:09 Tee time got us in on the 18th green with limited light around 7:20pm. We were getting pushed a little around 14 but everybody wanted to finish out their rounds and it was getting dark fast. If you're not a fan of being pushed or feeling pushed and you want to finish 18 before dark, I suggest not doing Twilight hours on a Saturday. If you don't mind not finishing a full 18, go for it. It was totally worth it.**Spoiler Alert**Okay and now the real surprise... the wildlife. See attached pics. Golf is such a beautiful sport in many aspects. Even the balance between being physically demanding but also trying to stay relaxed and out of your head is a delightful part of the experience and journey. But playing on a naturally beautiful course with wildlife present, is such an awe-inspiring treat. Golf courses are typically very bad for the environment (from destruction of habitat to chemical runoff etc etc) and catch a lot of shade from environmentalists, rightfully so in most cases, but check out the photos from Riverbend Golf Complex. You will see that this course seems to be in harmony with the environment. Obviously I didn't slow down play to do any water sample testing ?? but the overall feel was that you are one with Nature on this course.Oh and Mt Ranier ?!!! What a surprise !!Until next time-Peace ou
Alan H.
Riverbend isn't for everybody, but it suits my wife and myself perfectly. We're "Super Seniors" and my wife loves the Purple "Super" forward tee at 4435 yds. I play the Red at 5514 yd. Water in play on a few holes, but generally a pretty forgiving course. The challenge for longer hitters is keeping it in the fairways or you could have tree problems. Very walkable. Can play slow as it's a very popular course. Staff is always courteous. Course is usually in very good condition. Can't comment on playing from back tees.
Chia Mcmahon
Pretty nice fir a city owned course. My son's high school team practices and plays matches here.
Joseph Avant
I’m from Kent, and for a public muni, I couldn’t be more proud of this place. Good people work here and keep it in great condition for the amount of run they get. 5 Stars if brand new driving range used technology like every other new range, and heaters would be nice for cold months. Oh and the no cash thing is annoying.
Well, I had a good time. I haven't golfed there in 2 decades. It seemed a bit wet to me. That could have been the rain from the day before.
Jacky “Mits” Cheung
No starter present, tee'd off at our time. Immediately got flagged by field marshal to skip the holes until we caught up to the group ahead of us who tee'd off 20 minutes prior. The key to playing here is to tee off immediately regardless of your start time and to hit into the group ahead and skip holes you pay for. Tracking time, we kept even pace with recommended times, but the field marshal wanted our foursome to keep up with a two-some ahead, or else "you are slowing down play because you are not keeping up with the group ahead".
Stephanie Ticknor
Riverbend is my home course. Staff is always helpful, it's busy on weekends but during the week pace is great.
Dean McFadden
Half Lion restaurant was great! Customer service was top notch and the food was honestly really good. Servers were on point the entire time there- if I could just rate the restaurant, I’d give it 9/10.On the other hand, the public and course management were spiteful and plain rude. My friend and I stopped to grab a quick bite to eat at the turn and came back out to continue on the back nine. We ended up getting our ears chewed off by 4 separate groups of people who complained that we cut “in line” until management came out and told us that it’s on us because we stopped at their establishment to get a refreshment…? We ended up having to wait an extra 45 minutes until a friendly foursome let us play through.The people here are ridiculous along with management, the course was mid, it took us an hour and a half to play the front nine and four and a half hours on the back due to slow play, absolutely not worth your money. There are tons of other courses to play that offer way better services and greens 2/10 solely because the restaurant was great.
Jeff Lykins
Poor course management. Played 18 in 3 hours 45 minutes but the marshall said our 4-some was slow because we couldn't keep up with a 2-some in front of us. Just need to hire people with common sense
Nice large course. A bit muddy in February. Green was rough. Maybe summer is a lot better.
Front nine is great in winter, and back nine I would only play when it been dry for a week
Was a mud pit. Standing water everywhere. No one was doing anything to help out the course but still charging full price to play as usual. Not the 1st time it's been this way. I don't think I've ever seen a cre taker working in course & have played there many times. Even in the summer. No one. Leaves everywhere. Just a wet horrible time
Are the driving range staff are very friendly and helpful. They are knowledgeable and care. You won’t be disappointed.
I really enjoy playing the Riverbend golf course. I'm a little older now and still enjoy walking the course, so no hills work for me. I've always had excellent interactions with the staff. Riverbend is my go-to course.
Married across the street at the Old Fishing Hole on Trager Road. It was magical.
Start to finish...Booked Tee time online for an easy transaction. ? ~$26 military/twilight price.Pro shop personnel were friendly and patient (couldn't remember if I paid when I booked online but this was easily and quickly resolved with a ?. Thank you for that ?.)Putting green is right near the first tee box and earshot of the "next up" and "on deck" announcements. Also putts real close to what the greens felt like. Playing in late September. Beautiful day! The greens did seem to speed up a little bit when the sun started going down, which might have been my imagination. I'm still kind of new to this golf thing.All the tee boxes had fresh grass to hit from and were in good shape.The fairways felt tight in places and were definitely lined or guarded with trees which made missing the fairways a really fun challenge. Quite easy if you're good at squibbing the ball lol. You can get back in the fairway by getting under low branches or between trees but the course plays much easier staying in the fairway so I tried that for the back nine and dropped five strokes off of what I did on the front line lol.Most people walked which is good. I chose to drive just because I'm still working on getting my stamina up for a full 18. I did choose a cart which cost something like $18. There's a cart path throughout the entire course. There are definitely parts of it where the path is covering tree roots so it gets a little bumpy, watch those open beverages ?. Pretty sure driving the cart on the fairway was permissible. I just chose to use 90⁰ cart rules bc I wasn't positive and the fairways were in really good shape. Even lies for very playable approach shots.Greens were easy to read. Nothing too tricky. Very puttable. Soft this time of year, end of September, which they may be all year. I don't know. This is my first time here. Approach shots were sticking very well.A bunker or two had standing water in it, but that's expected from all the rain we got recently. The rest of the course drained very well.The other golfers, I almost forgot about this but it should be worth noting, were very nice. I was solo and played with a married couple and another solo and it felt safe, like not judgmental or pretentious.You could also hear the roar of a couple guys playing a few holes away that were absolutely having a blast. Nothing like hearing someone belt out an exclamation and then you hear their ball doinking through the trees. Totally made us giggle while we were on one of the greens chasing the setting sun. But also heard others say "nice shot" for one of my hits.Have fun people! Learn to laugh more, especially at yourself when you have those moments available.3:09 Tee time got us in on the 18th green with limited light around 7:20pm. We were getting pushed a little around 14 but everybody wanted to finish out their rounds and it was getting dark fast. If you're not a fan of being pushed or feeling pushed and you want to finish 18 before dark, I suggest not doing Twilight hours on a Saturday. If you don't mind not finishing a full 18, go for it. It was totally worth it.**Spoiler Alert**Okay and now the real surprise... the wildlife. See attached pics. Golf is such a beautiful sport in many aspects. Even the balance between being physically demanding but also trying to stay relaxed and out of your head is a delightful part of the experience and journey. But playing on a naturally beautiful course with wildlife present, is such an awe-inspiring treat. Golf courses are typically very bad for the environment (from destruction of habitat to chemical runoff etc etc) and catch a lot of shade from environmentalists, rightfully so in most cases, but check out the photos from Riverbend Golf Complex. You will see that this course seems to be in harmony with the environment. Obviously I didn't slow down play to do any water sample testing ?? but the overall feel was that you are one with Nature on this course.Oh and Mt Ranier ?!!! What a surprise !!Until next time-Peace ou
Riverbend isn't for everybody, but it suits my wife and myself perfectly. We're "Super Seniors" and my wife loves the Purple "Super" forward tee at 4435 yds. I play the Red at 5514 yd. Water in play on a few holes, but generally a pretty forgiving course. The challenge for longer hitters is keeping it in the fairways or you could have tree problems. Very walkable. Can play slow as it's a very popular course. Staff is always courteous. Course is usually in very good condition. Can't comment on playing from back tees.
Pretty nice fir a city owned course. My son's high school team practices and plays matches here.
I’m from Kent, and for a public muni, I couldn’t be more proud of this place. Good people work here and keep it in great condition for the amount of run they get. 5 Stars if brand new driving range used technology like every other new range, and heaters would be nice for cold months. Oh and the no cash thing is annoying.
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Well, I had a good time. I haven't golfed there in 2 decades. It seemed a bit wet to me. That could have been the rain from the day before.
No starter present, tee'd off at our time. Immediately got flagged by field marshal to skip the holes until we caught up to the group ahead of us who tee'd off 20 minutes prior. The key to playing here is to tee off immediately regardless of your start time and to hit into the group ahead and skip holes you pay for. Tracking time, we kept even pace with recommended times, but the field marshal wanted our foursome to keep up with a two-some ahead, or else "you are slowing down play because you are not keeping up with the group ahead".
Riverbend is my home course. Staff is always helpful, it's busy on weekends but during the week pace is great.
Half Lion restaurant was great! Customer service was top notch and the food was honestly really good. Servers were on point the entire time there- if I could just rate the restaurant, I’d give it 9/10.On the other hand, the public and course management were spiteful and plain rude. My friend and I stopped to grab a quick bite to eat at the turn and came back out to continue on the back nine. We ended up getting our ears chewed off by 4 separate groups of people who complained that we cut “in line” until management came out and told us that it’s on us because we stopped at their establishment to get a refreshment…? We ended up having to wait an extra 45 minutes until a friendly foursome let us play through.The people here are ridiculous along with management, the course was mid, it took us an hour and a half to play the front nine and four and a half hours on the back due to slow play, absolutely not worth your money. There are tons of other courses to play that offer way better services and greens 2/10 solely because the restaurant was great.
Poor course management. Played 18 in 3 hours 45 minutes but the marshall said our 4-some was slow because we couldn't keep up with a 2-some in front of us. Just need to hire people with common sense