How is Riverbend doing? I haven't been there in 3 or 4 years and was thinking about playing it next week.

Not sure but if you do make it out that way let me know. Would like your review on it because I'm hoping on doing the same later this year.

It's not to bad this year. Don't really get to play it, but I'm out there on a regular basis. Seems to be about as good as you're gonna get in the lower valley.

Riverbend was fantastic. Padre golf club was horrible.

Played Harlingen CC yesterday. Probably the best course in Cameron County.

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Riverbend was fantastic. Padre golf club was horrible.

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Nice about Riverbend. What was bad about Padre? High winds? No grass?

Weeds on the greens, bare spots on the greens, generally poorly maintained fairways, dirt in the bunkers which was mud in spots. Greens were punched and sandy but even without that it wouldve been bad.

Has SPI changed management? That course used to be one of the Valley's best.

Dunno. Riverbend was actually beautiful in spots. Those live oaks have matured and look really nice lining the fairways against the river. The greens were incredible, with a notable exception on 16, they were lush and very smooth. If i lived on that course it would be hard not to play it every day.

The green on 16 has undergone some kind of tramatic event. I hope they get it back because only 25% of it or so was usable.

Sounds awesome. Going to have to set up a trip to Brown-town.

BTW - played it at 7:30 Friday morning and there was one group 3 or 4 holes back and one group 3 or 4 holes ahead and that was it.

I'm bummed to hear about Padre. I worked there cleaning golf carts the summer before I left for law school. That was a very nice course back then.

Passed by Riverbend for work reasons today.

I was so close, yet so far.