Rivers Edge Golf Club
Shallote, NC 28407
Brunswick County
Phone(s): (800) 789-0535, (910) 755-3434
Fax: (910) 754-9691
Website: www.riversedge-nc.com
Rivers Edge Golf Club is a salute to Shallotte (pronounced sha-loot), a beautifully laid-out stunner along the banks of the Shallotte River and the surrounding marshes, at the northern tip of the Grand Strand. Just don't let your friends coerce you into being Macho Man and play it from the back tees if you're a mid- to high-handicapper.
The slope rating is 149 from the tips, one of the highest in the low country, and will throw 10 forced carries at you, either off the tee, to the green, or both. If you fit the above description and try it from the backs, you'll end up tired and frustrated with a scorecard either bloated or unreliable.
A description of Rivers Edge wouldn't be complete without mentioning No. 9, a 570-yard par-5. You can get in trouble if you're long off the tee, in that the second half of the fairway rolls downhill to the marsh. However, if you're short off the tee, you'll be looking at either laying up well to the right of the green, where you will still be in marsh-danger if you venture too far left or are short, or trying to carry a broad expanse of marsh to reach the green, which juts out precariously into the marsh.
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Golf course details
- Holes: 18
- Designed by: Arnold Palmer
- Public/Private: Public
- Year opened: 1999
- Golf Season: Year round
- Guest Policy: Open
- Tee times welcomed: Yes
- Fairways: Bermuda
- Greens: Sunday Ultradwarf Bermuda
Facilities
- Pro in house: Yes
- Driving range: Yes
- Rental clubs:
- Rental carts: Yes
Green fees price ranges
- Week days: $80 - $110
- Weekends: $80 - $110
- Tee times from $30 - Check prices
Course policies
- Metal spikes allowed: No
- Dress code: Proper attire is required.
- Credit cards accepted:
Length, slope and rating for each tee
Tee | Par | Yardage | Slope | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|
Blue (W) | 72 | 4692 | 119 | 68.2 |
Green (W) | 72 | 5295 | 138 | 72.3 |
Green | 72 | 5295 | 117 | 67.1 |
White | 72 | 6033 | 126 | 70 |
Black | 72 | 6440 | 139 | 72.1 |
Gold | 72 | 6909 | 149 | 74.7 |
Fairways are nice, but carts have packed down the grass on many holes and make it like hitting off bare ground.
They are doing a lot of work repairing/replacing bunkers, but the grass condition needs to be addressed.
Greens are very good with contour to add some adventure.
Holes along the marsh are very scenic.
This course can be very challenging depending upon which tees that you play.