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About The River Club (Bradenton, FL)
There are very few semi-private clubs in the Sarasota area as challenging as River Club. The club is in Bradenton, convenient for visitors to both Tampa and Sarasota. Architect Ron Garl incorporated extensive mounding with rolling fairways, undulating greens, and numerous grass and pot bunkers. Although water comes into play on 16 holes, the front side is actually fairly open off the tee. However, the back meanders through dense woodlands so you'd better be hitting it straight by the turn.
Honors
- Ranked 14th Best Course in Florida by Florida Sports Magazine
Rated 3.5 Stars - Golf Digest's"Best Places to Play" for 2006.
Course Detail:
- Year Built: 1987
- Architect: Ron Garl
- Fairway Grass: 419 Bermuda
- Green: Tifdwarf
- Winter Fairway: none
- Winter Green: Poa Trivialis
Course Amenities:
- Carts
- Clubhouse
- Club Rentals
- Lessons
- Lockers
- Practice Facilities
- Proshop
- Restaurant
- Showers
Course Advisements:
- Softspikes Required
- Proper Golf Attire Required
Course Restrictions
- No Restrictions at this time.
Surcharges reflect the extra cost, per round, per golfer to play better courses.
Surcharges are additional fees to play better courses. If you are booking accommodations with us, add the surcharge to your hotel rate to calculate your daily rate with golf that will include accommodations, greens fees, shared cart and all taxes. If you are not booking accommodations with us or already have your own accommodations, please use the golf only rates listed in the table below.
| Dates | Days of the Week | Times | Surcharge | |
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| Please call for pricing. | ||||
Golf Only Rates
Golf only rates are the fees charged if you are not booking accommodations with us or already have your own accommodations. This rate will include greens fees, shared cart and all taxes. If you are booking accommodations with us, please use the surcharge rates listed in the table above.
| Dates | Days of the Week | Times | Golf Only Rate | |
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| Please call for pricing. | ||||
Specials or Packages
No specials or packages at this time.
Special Offers
No special offers at this time.
Golfer Comments (3)
Last comment on: 01/21/2012
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John (Lynchburg, TN) says:
We play this course twice each trip. It is my wife's favorite course in Florida! We love the club house and staff and she loves the pro-shop! This is our home away from home course and we hope to play it for many years to come. John and Joy White
Commented on 01/21/2012
Matt (Molene, IL) says:
I was expecting this to be the lowest quality of the three courses I set out to play (Oak Ford and University Park), but was pleasantly surprised by the course conditions and challenge despite it being a public course for quite some time. If you go in a twosome, expect to be paired with others. It's very busy and the pace of play was pretty slow because of that (over 5 hours for 18). The fairways are open and forgiving. There are a few water hazards and protected wetlands as hazards. A neat, near-island green greets you on a par four. You will play with homes in view for the majority of the course. Didn't bother me, but if you don't hit it straight, you might bother them.
Commented on 11/26/2007
George (Novi, MI) says:
bEST OF THE COURSES BUT STILL NOT UP TO EXPECTATION FOR THE PRICE,,,,
Commented on 02/19/2007