5201 Riverlakes Dr Bakersfield, CA 93312 |
661-587-5465 http://www.riverlakesgc.com |
Price to Play $25 - $50 |
River Lakes is on the west side of town between Hageman and Olive west of Coffee Road within a residential development straddling Calloway Canal.
The layout provides a generous amount of hazards in play with water, sand bunkers, and a punishing rough along the fairways and bordering the greens. There's several forced carries and multiple risk/reward opportunities with the 18th a superb finish. It's a generally level layout with the Tehachapi Mountains as a background, and save for the homes bordering the fairways, is fairly scenic. There's four sets of tees and from the tips it plays to 6,800 yards 72.6/133, course/slope ratings, designed by Ron Fream,