Riverwalk Golf Course

Getting To Know: Riverwalk Golf Club

An Insightful Interview With Monica Davis, General Manager

By Brian Weis

Whether you have played a course 20+ times a year or looking to play the course for the first time, insights from an insider can help enhance your golf experience. Below is an interview with Monica Davis who shares some valuable tidbits about the course, memorable holes and must eats and treats at the 19th.

Give Our Readers An Overview of the Golf Course/Property
Riverwalk Golf Club is steeped in a rich tradition of golf legends past. Located in San Diego, Riverwalk offers a classic golfing experience across three unique 9 hole courses. Once host to the PGA tour in the 50's and 60's, today's players are treated to the same challenges as the classic course in the newly reborn Riverwalk. What was once flat now features undulating fairways, waterfalls and well-protected greens. Water comes into play on 13 of the 27 holes with a spectacular waterfall surrounding the green of the signature hole. The San Diego River, a prominent feature of the layout, contributes to the beauty and challenge of the course. Conveniently located 10 minutes from the airport and downtown.

What Tips or Local Knowledge Would You Provide To Help Them Score Better At Your Course?
Riverwalk is sneaky hard. The San Diego River comes into play on many holes and the wind kicks up the challenge every afternoon. Play early to avoid the wind. The greens are very undulated, you need to keep your putter in tact here. The course is not too long, so all golfers can enjoy as much challenge as they desire or they can play it forward to enjoy the leisure and a great round of golf.

What Is The Signature, Most Talked About, or Most Photographed Hole?
Mission 3 - Most golfers that arrive to the tee box at Mission 3 will have a multitude of emotions ranging from the appreciation of the beauty of our signature hole to anxiety having to hit their ball over water two times in one hole. A generous landing area is the only reprieve Mission 3 has to offer our guests. The undulating putting surface is protected on all sides, with bunkers right, a lake in front of the green and landscaped ponds and waterfalls wrap around from the back and along the left. Golfers will leave Mission 3 with a great scene and everlasting memory of what Riverwalk Golf Club is all about.

What Is Your Favorite Hole? Any Tips to Play It?
Mission 9, you will love it or need to come back for retribution.

Heralded by many as the best hole on the property, Mission 9 is the ultimate risk/reward Par 5's Riverwalk Golf Club has to offer. Reaching 542 yards from the Blue tees, players after avoiding the very large fairway bunker that runs along the left side of the landing area, will find that a well placed lay-up second shot may leave them a good chance at hitting this green in regulation. Longer hitters can be enticed into hitting to a very small landing area on the greenside of the river. An aggressive lay-up that teases the river's edge will still give players an uphill, into the wind approach to another double teared green that is protected by multiple bunkers. Often players hitting their approach from the fairway will have observes from the Patio Bar area from the Clubhouse that sits perched over the river and the iconic bridge spanning over the San Diego River.

Must Have Dish or Drink after the round at the 19th Hole?
The Turkey, Bacon, Avocado or if you are here on a Tuesday...we offer Taco Tuesday. You can enjoy $1.99 tacos, they are great!

Who Holds Course Record and What Was Their Score?
Larry Correa with a 60

More Information
Riverwalk Golf Club
1150 Fashion Valley Road
San Diego, CA, 92101
619-296-4653
www.riverwalkgc.com

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About: Brian Weis

Brian Weis is the mastermind behind GolfTrips.com, a vast network of golf travel and directory sites covering everything from the rolling fairways of Wisconsin to the sunbaked desert layouts of Arizona. If there’s a golf destination worth visiting, chances are, Brian has written about it, played it, or at the very least, found a way to justify a "business trip" there.

As a card-carrying member of the Golf Writers Association of America (GWAA), International Network of Golf (ING), Golf Travel Writers of America (GTWA), International Golf Travel Writers Association (IGTWA), and The Society of Hickory Golfers (SoHG), Brian has the credentials to prove that talking about golf is his full-time job. In 2016, his peers even handed him The Shaheen Cup, a prestigious award in golf travel writing—essentially the Masters green jacket for guys who don’t hit the range but still know where the best 19th holes are.

Brian’s love for golf goes way back. As a kid, he competed in junior and high school golf, only to realize that his dreams of a college golf scholarship had about the same odds as a 30-handicap making a hole-in-one. Instead, he took the more practical route—working on the West Bend Country Club grounds crew to fund his University of Wisconsin education. Little did he know that mowing greens and fixing divots would one day lead to a career writing about the best courses on the planet.

In 2004, Brian turned his golf passion into a business, launching GolfWisconsin.com. Three years later, he expanded his vision, and GolfTrips.com was born—a one-stop shop for golf travel junkies looking for their next tee time. Today, his empire spans all 50 states, and 20+ international destinations.

On the course, Brian is a weekend warrior who oscillates between a 5 and 9 handicap, depending on how much he's been traveling (or how generous he’s feeling with his scorecard). His signature move" A high, soft fade that his playing partners affectionately (or not-so-affectionately) call "The Weis Slice." But when he catches one clean, his 300+ yard drives remind everyone that while he may write about golf for a living, he can still send a ball into the next zip code with the best of them.

Whether he’s hunting down the best public courses, digging up hidden gems, or simply outdriving his buddies, Brian Weis is living proof that golf is more than a game—it’s a way of life.