River Oaks Golf Club
Course Name
GreatLife Golf & Fitness – River Oaks Golf Club
Location
Kansas City
Address
14204 St Andrews Dr, Grandview, MO 64030
Phone
Course Type
Public
Holes
18
Par
71
Quality/Cost Ratio (1 to 10)
7
Course Condition
5
Difficulty
7
Fairway Grass
Zoysia
Green Type
Bentgrass
Rough
Fescue and mix of other
Stimpmeter
8
Clubhouse
Minimal equipment and snacks.
Walkability
6
Slope
105 to 120
Yardage
4,977 to 6,081
Overall Rating (1 to 5):
Comments
River Oaks Golf Club is mature with many large trees and could easily be mistaken for a Lake of the Ozarks resort-style course, particularly if it was better groomed. The fairways are narrow and their medium-size greens are flat. Even though the course is fairly short and all of their grasses have trouble spots, there are many fun holes that will put your golf skills to test. It has good bones but is in need of a larger budget to bring out its best. River Oaks Golf Club is another GreatLife Golf and Fitness course. Their modus operandi seems to be that they put a lot of money into their premier courses, which are extraordinary, at the expense of the second tier courses, like River Oaks. While I often criticize the condition of GreatLife’s second-tier courses, they really do offer attractive pricing structures and, if I lived on the west coast of MO, I would definitely be a member.