Riverwood Golf Club:
A Southwest Florida Must Play.
Florida has no shortage of options for golfers. Port Charlotte Harbor is home to a tremendous Gene Bates design, blessed with a wonderful blend of playability and creative routing. Riverwood Golf Club in Port Charlotte, Florida is a Southwest Florida public play certainty. The centerpiece of a lovely gated residential community, Bates has created a layout filled with challenge, shot making and natural beauty. Surrounded by charming homes, southern pines and vast marshes adjacent to the Myakka River, Riverwood’s design and superb conditions make this an absolute to include on a visit to Southwest Florida.
Course Stats:
Par 72, 4695 - 7004 yards; 66.6 - 74.8 rating; 114 - 144 slope
Access to members and daily fee players
Location:
Port Charlotte, Florida
Editor's Shot Makers Picks:
| Hole 6 | Hole 8 | Hole 12 | Hole 17 | ||||
| Par 4 | HCP 3 | Par 4 | HCP 1 | Par 5 | HCP 12 | Par 5 | HCP 6 |
| Red | 276 | Red | 278 | Red | 374 | Red | 396 |
| Gold | 329 | Gold | 342 | Gold | 417 | Gold | 439 |
| White | 360 | White | 401 | White | 485 | White | 449 |
| Blue | 393 | Blue | 412 | Blue | 490 | Blue | 514 |
| Black | 424 | Black | 435 | Black | 554 | Black | 551 |
Feature Holes Descriptions:
The 6th Hole is a medium length Par 4 that presents a narrow landing area pinched by tall pines. The slight dogleg left plays to a figure eight shaped green that is guarded left by a large trap and water. Hole 8 is filled with options. This lengthy Par 4 presents a generous fairway with bunker left and pond right. The interrupted fairway leaves you with a long iron or hybrid into a long green perched beside a deep pond left. The Par 5 12th is a wonderful risk / reward hole. The severe dogleg right tempts you to skirt the water right as much as you can to shorten the route to the large sloped green. The penultimate hole is a true three shot Par 5, with placement of your drive and second shot so critical to seeing, let alone reaching the island like green surrounded by thick nasty palmettos.
Contact:
Riverwood Golf Club,
4100 Riverwood Drive
Port Charlotte, Florida 33953
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