- 72
- Par
- 6,677
- Yards
- 135
- Slope
- 1985
- Opened
- Tom Jackson
- Designer
- Bermuda
- Greens
The course
Water on 15 of 18 holes and more than 100 sand traps make River Club one of the south end's most demanding tests. The name is a fair warning.
Tom Jackson designed this semiprivate, resort style par 72 in 1985, and he was not shy with the hazards. Water comes into play on 15 of the 18 holes, and over 100 bunkers fill in the gaps. Long hitters will find some room off the tee, but the approach shots need to be on the money all day.
The finishing hole is the payoff. The par 5 18th bends around a horseshoe shape and offers a genuine risk and reward decision, with an eagle chance for anyone willing to carry the water twice. The course plays 6677 yards from the championship tees at a 135 slope, 6240 from the members tees, and 5084 for the ladies.
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4.1 out of 5 from 484 golfers
★★★★Challenging course in excellent condition. Friendly staff.
★★★★★Nicest of the 3 courses played.
★★★★Very playable ..folks in the restaurant clubhouse were awesome
★★★★Good course. Greens were a bit slow and unpredictable but loved the layout of the course.
★★★★★Always enjoy playing this course.
★★★River club was in great shape, and the greens are hard and fast, creating great challenge for the group. It didn't quite live up to the hype of other pawley's island courses though (Caledonia, Heritage).
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Every written review from the past two years, newest first.
★★★★★Great course and very friendly staff.
★★★Fairways were a little patchy
★★★★★I really enjoyed playing the river club. Looking forward to playing this course again.
★★★Decent track and okay layout, the amenities and practice area were rather weak.
★★★★Can I say Tin Cup moment
★★★★Great finishing course but no range. Staff here is incredible!
★★★★Not courses fault but it was very wet and sloppy due to heavy rains the weekend prior to playing. Greens collars and approaches were very inconsistent
★★★★Nice course. Would play again
★★★Nice course but got paired with a guy who told me how to play golf the entire round. That does not make for a nice day. Would probably have rated it one grade better otherwise.
★★★Course was OK. Couple of greens had some bare spots.
★★★★★Really good value for price
★★★★easily the best course
★★★★Cart path only the day we played.. like to play it on a nicer day
★★★★★Very nice course and friendly staff, great experience.
★★★★★Very well run and they are first class establishment
★★★★★Course in great shape. Greens fast . Again we were split tees. After inquiring the starter told me since our tee times were after 9:00 they had to split to get all groups through before afternoon tee times. Staff very friendly.
★★★★Also, nice course in good condition.
★★★★nice course. 5.5 hour round. started on 10 even though we made tee times 359 days in advance
★★★★Always a pleasure to come back!
★★★★As the starter told us… it’s not the water, it’s the trees….
★★★★Enjoyed the course
★★★★Greens were in great shape, Fairways were in great shape and pace of play was fantastic!
★★★★★Probably the fastest greens we played on our trip. Great course and difficult due to weather conditions the day we played.
★★★★★Love the course and love the area
★★★★Nice course nice shape and good employees.
★★★Did not play course as left day early.
★★★★★We played match play here, loved the course for that
★★★★All courses were in good shape
★★★★★Everything was outstanding and we had one of the best accommodations we have ever had for a golf outing.
★★Too hard for my handicap
★★Aeration every where. Tees, greens ,fairways, unacceptable
★★★★Also has a great layout & greens! I would also play it again
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