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The Links at River Lakes

Location icon 5201 Riverlakes Dr, Bakersfield, CA
Phone icon (661) 587-5465
18

Holes

72

Par

6,781

Yards

72.9

Rating

130

Slope

Yes

Driving Range

Description

River Lakes Ranch in Bakersfield is a modern, links-style course with wide fairways, sculpted bunkering, and plenty of water in play. Designed by Ron Fream and partners in 1999, it offers a refreshing take on valley golf with creative green complexes and strategic angles. The open design encourages aggressive play, though breezy conditions can make club selection tricky. A popular local hangout thanks to its well-maintained range and lighted practice facilities.

Tee Times

Fri, 7 Nov
Last updated 32 minutes ago

We feel so blessed to have chosen The Links at Riverlakes Ranch for our wedding on 12/28/24 and to have had Erika as our event coordinator. The breathtaking view alone was the perfect background for our outdoor ceremony and pictures! We received so many compliments from our guests on the beautiful venue, the delicious food, and the amazing service. Thank you, Erika, for your hard work, great ideas, and all your help in planning the intimate wedding we envisioned! Your willingness to go above and beyond to make sure everything was taken care of is much appreciated. You are not only professional, knowledgeable, and very organized, but you were so helpful, calming, and genuinely a kind person. Erika made herself available to us when needed, which put us at ease in the short time of planning we had for our wedding. We can't praise Erika and her staff enough for their incredible attentiveness and making sure all our needs were met. Erika was accommodating to our requests or any last-minute changes, and we could call or text her with any questions/ concerns throughout the entire planning process, and she would help us find a solution. We highly recommend this beautiful, reasonably-priced venue for any event, large or small!

Marisol

5

10 months ago

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Great course! Nice fairways and greens. Some greens are pretty challenging based in where the pin is located. Rolling course with beautiful water features. Bunkers are deep and plentiful but they are not sand, they are hard pack dirt so not too difficult to get out of. Only slight downside to this course is you need patience if playing on the weekend. Quite a few impatient folks with little to no golf etiquette. Overall I had a great experience and look forward to playing here again. I highly recommend all levels of golfers to get out and play this beautiful course.

Chandler

4

over 1 year ago

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Had gone here back when I was in high school and recently attended a wedding reception. The scenery never disappoints, the lake is beautiful and peaceful. The reception was lovely as well. That day was very hot, it was in August, but the inside was very fresh.

Lotus

5

about 2 months ago

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Used to love playing here, went every weekend last year. This year course conditions have been awful. Dead tee boxes, poorly cut roughs, rock hard bunkers, and empty ball washes. To charge more than any other public course in Bakersfield and have these conditions is a joke. Highly recommend people go somewhere else.

Jamie

2

27 days ago

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I love playing this course even thought their prices have gone up recently. I absolutely hate that they allow kids to fish on 11 and 14 even thought there are many no fishing signs. I'm all for kids being out of the house and off game systems but there are safer places to fish. Called the proshop to ask why they don't do anything about it. ( there were 6 kids at hole 14 pond 3 right in front of the green where you chip over the water or from the right over too the green) They suggested I call the cops... Its their private property they should do something about it. All it takes is one kid to get hit and a parent to sue and they're screwed. No cops are going to come out for 16 year olds fishing.. Also they really need to space out tee times. 5 min apart has everyone up each others butts. paying way too much for a low paced 5-6 hour round...

jack

2

about 2 months ago

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