Rio Pinar Golf

Rio has been a favorite of mine for many years. Originally, I Loved the throw-back vibe and simple but challenging Floridian layout. Over the last 5-6 years it has been invested in and you can tell it's on the brink of being a higher end public club. The course is in the best shape that I've seen it, the driving range has expanded and will have Trackman enabled bays in the very near future and the staff are all very courteous, well dressed eager to help. Play it now before the raise the rates!

For awhile this course seemed like it was on the mend with the new owners. They are still working on it, but I was disappointed in the conditions of the fairways on the front nine. There were a lot of bare sandy spots. The back nine appeared to be in better condition.
The greens were super fast and hard.
I hope the conditions improve when we get a bit more rain. I will still be back.

We used this course as a warm up for our week long golf vacay. It was perfect for that. Very nice course for the price.

Very dissapointed with the changes and presentation of the Course.
Pace of play far to slow. 5hr round.
Marshall not prepared to help.

Great value for a nice course. Not to difficult (18 handicap). Would definitely recommend. Will be back!

Might have been the biggest surprise from our annual golf trip. We haven’t played this course in about 7 years.
Good - the clubhouse, restaurant, outdoor seating, ballroom have seen significant upgrades….simply amazing.
The course is very mature and has a lot of character. The layout is challenging and requires accurate tee shots, especially on the front 9. The greens were a bit brown, but roll very smooth and relatively fast. It was a nice touch seeing the cups freshly painted! Brand new carts delivered a couple days prior. Restaurant had an excellent lunch menu at a reasonable price. New trackman driving range is currently being installed.
Bad - The cart GPS geofencing needs tweaked a bit. There’s no reason why we had to put the cart in reverse and back out of areas. The fairways are bare in quite a few areas. Removing some of the MANY trees would help the average golfer.
Overall, I was pleasantly surprised with all of the improvements. I hope they continue to work on the course. This place has amazing potential.

The facilities at this course are amazing! Some of the best and cleanest on Course bathrooms I’ve every seen. Great clubhouse, restaurant and driving range. The course still has a ways to go, as the fairways were spotty in areas. The greens were brown, but consistent and fairly fast. It has great potential and hopefully they continue to work on the on course issues.

Fairways were bare of grass in many areas, the golf carts have ridiculous restrictions on their operation, the golf cart screen randomly emitted irritating beeps and froze up, the course was oversold and running behind on the tee times, the cart girl was absent until the eighth hole, and the overall experience wasn’t very good.

On the plus side, they did call to say they were running behind, the staff was pleasant, and we were paired with a pleasant visiting coulple.

Rio Pinar has been putting a lot work into improving the course. The conditions continue to get better and the layout provides a great challenge. Some of the fairways are in rough shape, but the greens were great.

The couse was in fair shape. The greens were all brown and alot of green sand on them. Was disappointed on how bad it looked compared to other years i played the course. It was very slow over s 5 hr round.

This course could not be in worse shape.

Goats would starve here.

Not even close to value at $20

Please read the entire review - -The day prior to my tee time I played a nearby course (Stoneybrook East - nice course) when my playing partner advised me to cancel my Rio Pinar reservation. Why? He played 3 times and had at least a 30 minute delay each time plus a slow pace of play.
I arrived 40 minutes prior to my tee time to be advised they had a 30 minute delay. 30 minutes later it became a 50 minute delay. Ended about 1 hour delay. Management allowed an un-booked group of at least 5 threesome's of "pro" players to tee off the back nine. These "pros" took 2 hours 30 minutes to play the back !!! - - while 40 golfers with tee times sat around waiting 1 hour for them to finish the back and tee off on #1. No one apologized or offered any special deal for us to waste 1 hour of OUR time - - until I complained to the manager.
On a positive note - the manager refunded my fees without an issue. They were having new carts delivered this week and a new Trackman range open soon. Bottom line - clubs cannot simply tell 40 golfers to wait around for 1 hour -- we all have cell phones and they have our numbers to send a text message -- and allow the players to decide to go or cancel.

Course was in good shape. Need more carts. Played here last year and we waited for carts as well. Today was 20 mins. We play again though.

We were supposed to play 18, however a shortage of carts made us get some of our money back and only played 9. Our Ti-time was for 2:00 - we did not get started until near 2:30.

We were told that they were getting new carts. If that happens and there are enough carts, then I’d say go for it.

I’d play it again!