River Oaks Golf Plantation is located centrally in Myrtle Beach along more than 800 acres on the Intracoastal Waterway. Gene Hamm and Tom Jackson played integral roles in the design of each of the 27 holes on the course located on a former nature preserve. The Bear and Fox course was listed among Golf Digest's Best Places to Play in 2008-2009. The three nine-hole courses offer recently renovated Champion Ultradwarf greens.
Overall rating based on 40 reviews. Currently showing the last 20 player reviews from MyrtleBeachGolf.com:
Avoid unless you enjoy playing slow Painfully slow; 3hr35min front nine; played behind a fivesome; very bumpy outside fairways so go slow in your gas powered (read noisy) golf cart; friendly staff cannot make up for totally average conditions at best and overcrowded course.
Review #6008 Muddy
Review #5941 Course was very wet. It had not rained with since we arrived on 11/11. Off the fairways and greens it was very muddy
Review #5643 COURSE WAS IN BEST SHAPE I'VE SEEN IT IN !!!! GREENS HAVE CLEARED UP ALMOST ALL OF THE ROUGH PATCHES THEY ONCE HAD ARE NOW SMOOTHED OUT. GREENS ROLLED SWIFT & TRUE. ALSO FIXED UP THE CART PATHS ON THE BEAR 9 WHICH MADE FOR AN ENJOYABLE SMOOTH RIDE. THE REST OF THE COURSE WAS GREEN & LUSH. LOVE THIS LAYOUT GREAT TO SEE THE CONDITIONS ARE NOW LETTING THE COURSES POTENTIAL SHINE BRIGHT LIKE A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH. :)
Review #5642 This is a fun course to play to get your vacation started. Not super tough but at the same time not a pushover. I can tell the grounds crew have been putting in a lot of hard work to get the greens back in shape. Had heard they struggled for a while but they were in very nice shape today! Will definitely play again
Review #5357 bad shape
Review #5225 Rained out. I had to put in a fake score because the data base doesn't understand that rain sometimes prevents people from playing.
Review #5023 The grouds crew did an great job cleaning up after hurricane Matthew. There were some trees and limbs down but overall the course was in good shape 5 days after a major storm.
Review #4870 nice course to work on game. not long but you need to be able to place tee shots in right position. played fox/bear. generally a good deal price wise
Review #4554
Review #4540 The staff was Great with us but the course condition was poor specially the greens. I don T recommand to Play this course at this time of the year.
Review #4275 Great experience. I have not played the course in years and was very happy with the condition staff. Greens rolled true and while not fast, did give the opportunity to drop a long putt. Fairways were in fantastic shape as well. I'd put this back on the list of courses to play
Review #3875 Played well given all the rain and flooding
Review #3867 Staff were very helpful and a pleasure to deal with. Course was in good shape considering the storm and had a variety of holes for everyone. Pace was great. Good price, will go back for sure
Review #1899 I have seen this place look better
Review #1799 We find that River Oaks offers you great value for the money. Great staff and pace of play usually around 3 1/2 to 4 hours. Love that they have 27 holes. Our GPS works really well there. Good snack bar and friendly atmosphere. When we are in Myrtle which is 5 months out of the year, we play River Oaks one to two times a week besides other courses.
Review #1552
Review #1529 Would not be a bad course if they had some greens staff working on the condition of course. Neglected
Review #1503 Day was okay and the course is in good shape. There is obviously some work to do,. We would go back. We were upset that the starter sent a threesome out in front of us at the turn. They turned out to be very slow and rude. They fell almost two holes behind the group in front of them. There were no Rangers around to get them moving.
Review #1487 We would appreciate it if the course was better marked....not easy to find the yardage....thanks
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