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Fees do not include sales tax. For daily tee times, check our website or call our golf shop. Sign up now for memberships on our website!
Golf Lessons are the perfect way to improve your game this season. No matter how much experience you have had in the past, we have the perfect lesson for you! This year, we are offering five-week clinics as well as one-time try-it lessons to provide you with as much instruction as you need to become a better golfer.
Check out the “Lessons” Tab on our website for more information, including dates, and to sign up now!
A golf league at River Oaks is the perfect way for golfers of all backgrounds to get together each week in a socially inviting atmosphere and enjoy some fresh air and the game of golf! No matter your experience level or history with the game, River Oaks has a league for you! Our leagues are filling up quickly, so be sure to sign up now! Questions? Give us a call or stop by the golf shop today!
Reservations are required with limited capacity seating.
Order in advance, choose your pick up time.
Stay tuned for more details! In the meantime, find more about this exciting new feature in the video below.
Renovated Golf Shop that will feature a social area, shuffleboard, more clothing and televisions
Tents – We purchased 2400 square feet of tents to host more events outside
Live Scoring – Offering live scoring for tournaments on our carts, through our app and in the clubhouse and golf shop
New parking lot and landscaping
Bocce Ball Leagues
Sunshades over our patio for a better dining experience
Starting February 19, join us on Fridays for our Lenten Fish Fry!
Reservations are required with limited seating capacity. To-go orders are available online through OpenTable. For more information and to view the menu, click below!
New for 2021 is our Twilight Membership!
We offer a variety of memberships to suit each golfer.
Click below for more information!
Featuring Senior, Women, Men and Junior Leagues for all ages and abilities.
Want to know what to do when you step foot on the first tee or arrive to the course?
We have opportunities to learn what you should expect.
Golf Tournaments and Outings
Special Events and Banquets
Weddings
Bocce Ball
Wine, Spirits and Beer Dinners
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If you love our course, make sure you like our page!
Thank you for your support in 2020! Though we had many challenges to overcome, we’re so glad that the game of golf could bring us together through hard times. 2021 is going to be better than ever!
Get back to the events you love! We’ll have socially-distanced event hosting in 2021 so you can host your big day outdoors under our tents. Golf Tournaments will also have the option to provide live scoring via carts, app, and TVs.
We’ll also have a new & improved golf shop for 2021 so you can get the perfect gear to up your game!
Golf information will be sent out the week of January 25th; be sure to check your email, mailbox, our website, or our Facebook page to stay informed.
There is so much to say about the crazy year we have all had. To simply put it, it has been a strange year. Yet, somehow, River Oaks persevered.
We had a late start to the season with Governor Walz Stay At Home Executive Order directing Minnesotans to limit movements outside of their homes. River Oaks wasn’t able to open for the season until April 18th, with only 15-hour notice after Governor Walz’s approval.
We made the necessary adjustments just in time to open. We closed our clubhouse and pro shop, staggered tee times, and ensured everyone stayed 6 feet away from others. Our grounds crew removed the sand rakes, ball washers, water coolers, and even raised the cup to eliminate the need to touch the cup or the flag. We limited doubling up in golf carts to only with household members. Our pro shop staff cleaned and sanitized carts after every round. We were limited to taking tee times only by internet or by credit card over the phone.
We made a big change to our driving range that everyone seemed to enjoy. Instead of buying range balls by the bucket, range slots were paid for by the hour with unlimited balls! Balls were cleaned and sanitized and already waiting on the range.
After May 1st, when Governor Walz allowed restaurants and bars to open up, River Oaks was able to open up our clubhouse. Despite this, we made the executive decision to limit the Eagles Bar and Grill food menu and reduced the number of people allowed in the clubhouse to only 20.
On September 2nd, the Cottage Grove City Council voted on a contract proposal for the expansion of kitchen facilities at River Oaks at a not to exceed price of $672,345. It was approved, and construction broke ground a few weeks later and completed before the end of November. The new expansion will help River Oaks achieve the financial success that COVID-19 has compromised, both in the short term and long term.
Although the kitchen expansion was a stroke of luck, we still weren’t able to host any weddings or any other large events, so we continued to double down and put most of our focus on golf. River Oaks was still able to host golf tournaments and our weekly leagues.
Despite being amid a global pandemic and despite all the major changes made to the course, somehow, 2020 was one of the more successful seasons we’ve had as a golf course in recent years. We had over 40,000 rounds of golf played this year, which is no easy task. We owe all our success to you, our guests, who came out to support us.
As a course, we worked extra hard to stay open for you and make River Oaks a safe and sanitary place for everyone. You all shared our concerns and showed your support by following our new guidelines and getting behind all the recent changes we’ve had to make to the course this season. We thank you for that.
We will see you again next season!
Do you have a golfer in the family and don’t know what to get them this year? Well, give them the gift of golf this holiday season!
Not sure how to give the game of golf? Well, a River Oaks Gift Card is a perfect gift for any golfer. The River Oaks Gift Card can be redeemed for all goods and services at our golf club, including greens fees, merchandise, and anything from food and beverage.
A River Oaks Membership is also another wonderful gift for a loved one who likes to golf religiously. We offer several different types of membership opportunities guaranteed to fit every kind of golfer.
Give your loved ones the gift of golf! They will thank you for it.
Unfortunately, we will not be able to host our Santa Breakfast this year, but watch on Facebook for special news from Santa every Wednesday until Christmas! To bring some holiday cheer, we are having a Kids Christmas Coloring Contest online- open to kids of all ages! The winners for each of our 3 age categories (5 & under, 5-10, 11 & up) will get a $10 Gift Card.
Check out our contest & have your kiddo enter today using the button below!
1) Pro Shop Discounts
Every fall, you can almost always expect to see golf courses hoping to rid themselves of all their old inventory before the snowfalls. Golf shops in the fall will be riddled with deals and bargains on everything from balls, gloves, clothes, accessories, and even equipment to make room for next season’s merchandise.
2) Weather
Golfing in the fall is always a nice change of pace and a nice break from those hot and humid summer days. Golfing in the fall is also a wonderful way to witness the trees changing their colors. Fall golf should be an iconic fall activity, such as going to the apple orchard or the pumpkin patch. Also, it’s an excuse to get out your fancy golf pants and make you feel a little bit more like a pro.
3) Slower Greens
Just as the leaves start to change, so does the grass. As the weather gets colder and the humidity goes down, the grass growth slows down, and greens don’t get mowed as often. The longer grass makes greens slower and much easier to navigate.
4) Fall Rates
Business indeed slows down in the fall thanks to students going back to school and fall sports starting on TV. Most golf courses often lower their green fee rates to drum up more business. It is just another perk to golfing in the fall.
