Ron Jaworski's RiverWinds Golf & Tennis Club

Played this course yesterday and found it in good shape for this time of the year. The marshals were courteous but the course was not crowded. The two things that were lacking was not having the hole layouts on the score card and the lack of place to get a snack at the turn. There was no cart person availble that day. I would go back and play this course in the near future.

This course is well maintained, very long, and fairly wide open. There weren't many unique holes with the exception of the 17th, a beautiful elevated par 3 overlooking the Deleware river while hitting onto somewhat of an island green. This by far was the best hole on the course. Some holes, however, did provide a challenge requiring you to hit over waste land to begin the hole or cross it further down the fairway. The scenery was nice, sitting on the banks of the Delaware River with the skyline of Philadelphia visible on a few holes. Rabbits also abound everywhere which was neat to see. They do have logo balls for the logo ball lover like myself, a huge plus. The value of $40 to walk twilight weekend is definately a bit on the high side, but not terrible. I wouldn't pay more than this to play here. With all the nice things about the course, the worst part by far were the amenities. It was 90 degrees on a crowded Saturday June afternoon and every single water cooler was bone dry. Absolutely ridiculous. Finally on the 14th hole I flagged a ranger down and he informed me that they just filled the coolers and water would be available on the 16th hole. Well 15 holes without water, minimum of 3 hours of play, is totally unacceptable. I'm pretty sure this doesn't happen routinely, at least I hope not, but this aspect alone really hurt my opinion of the course as your game suffers when your dehydrated. I'd give this course another shot and would recommend you play it at least once. Overall rating, B+

Ditto to Rlyons comment from July. My friends and I were out at the course this past weekend and the marshals were unbearable. They followed us around and litterally joined our group for even a few holes pushing us. What a hassle and a horrible experience. As for the course, the greens are absolutely horrible as the grass on them is about a thick as the fairways. The only green that I have played on that are worse than these are the ones at the chip and putt near my house. I will say the fairways were in good condition to try to give a little balance to my review, however, I would still find it really hard to recommend this course. I know I will not be going back.

We used to play course when it first opened, then stopped after conditions deteriorated. Heard things had improved so tried again on a Saturday mid-morning, 7/17/10. Unfortunately it rained heavily the day/night before so it was cart path only. Pros include....the course was decently maintained....fairways, tee boxes, bunkers, and greens all in good shape. Rough was not very long....could find balls easily, contrary to earlier reviews. Holes are well designed and spaced apart from other fairways....rare to have another group in your fairway. Scenery is nice but vegetation has grown along river so river views are pretty much limited to only two holes, 16 and 17. Cons....greens are huge and there is no flag placement system....lots of 50-60 foot putts because its hard to tell pin location and can easily select wrong club. Only one (very foul smelling) porta potty on course (at 1st and 10th tee box). Hole marker maps are placed on opposite side of blue tees....cannot see from cart path or if you use another tee box. Towels on ball washers were shredded, appear not to have been changed in weeks/months. Yes, cart paths need repair but not as bad as other reviews make them out to be. The first tee box seems like a mile away from the clubhouse so you play 18 holes without a regular bathroom and snack bar. They need to have a halfway house after the 9th green. I also submitted these suggestions to the director of golf on their website but received no reply. At $65, value is average at best....after 11am, price reduces to $55. Its a nice course and would play again but not on a semi-regular basis until these improvements are made.

I like the layout of this course, and maintenance is better than last year. HOWEVER - the aging marshalls were over bearing, pushy, and interrupting. The marshalls ruined our round of golf. The management of this course is lacking and this is not the first time the marshalls have acted like police abusing authority. My friends and I were obeying every course rule and had groups in both front and back of us and the marshalls followed us 9 out of 16 holes. That's right 16 holes, becuase the Marshall made us skip holes and would not let us tee off after 8:20pm. Keep in mind this was July and the sun was up and our tee time was 4:20pm. If you want people off your course before the sun goes down, don't let a foursome tee off at 4:20. Not a good experience and we will not be going back anytime soon.

I have played this course twice. The grounds are kept up nicely, short cut fairways, long rough... I mean long cut rough. You can easily loose a ball in the rough. You need to keep your ball in the fairways as much as possible. Lots of sand bunkers and some water hazards. The cart pats are in the process of being replaced and are in very poor condition at this time. Over all a fun course to play and a convienient location.