Acushnet River Valley was designed by Brian Silva and opened for play in 1998. The course offers four sets of tees measuring 5,099 to 6,807 yards, allowing golfers of all skill levels to enjoy their rounds of golf. Routed through two distinct topographies, the front nine is built on moderate topography similar to Carolina golf courses routed through mature pines, rewarding accuracy over distance to score well. The back nine begins and closes in the woods, but plays predominantly through a Scottish links style design utilizing the natural rolling contour of the landscape sculpted into a beautiful display of textures, colors and fescues offering a magnificient presentation of golf design layout. It has been quoted in the Boston Globe, “Brian Silva lates creation has figured out the secret of golf course design..” The Links part of the golf course requires distance control to find rolling fairways and larger undulating greens. It is a fantastic combination of styles incorporated into a complete golfing experience.
The fairways are generous, but require careful placement to gain optimal approach angles. Most of the trouble lies around and beyond the greens as hazards and depressions are carefully positioned to challenge recoveries from mishit approaches. The course plays a par of 72, but also offers a “championship course” layout with a par of 70…come test your skill! As displayed in the score card there are 4 sets of tees for all levels of play. Accurate shots are never penalized by misplaced hazards, the course has an excellent balance of fairness and visibility making the next shot potentially the best of your round. Come and see for yourself why Golf Digest rated Acushnet River Valley top honors as a “Best Places to Play” classification with 4 STARS!
This is my favorite course to play in the area. I'm a half-decent golfer, just play for fun, I go out shut off my phone, buy a few beers with my dad and try to break 100. I have a good short game but off the Tee I have a slice like an 80's Kung-Fu movie, usually aiming for the woods to get it in the fairway like I always say, Aim for the woods/trap/water, you'll never hit it haha. But anyway yes this is a phenomenal course ALWAYS beautifully maintained, course varies in distances and skills as stated in the description so you have to use almost every club in your bag which really can help test and improve your game which I enjoy. I love the course, I have since I was a kid. However, some of the employees the past few times I've went have been a little rude and pompous most notably the starter. It was November there were about 12 cars in the parking lot, no-one at the clubhouse or tee box for about 20-25 minutes but yet made my group (a twosome) miss our tee time and wait for 2 more golfers so the course doesn't get "congested". AND LET ME TELL YOU, the guy they forced us to pair with almost didn't make it off the course because I was two seconds away from strangling him. He was one of those guys that thinks he's on the PGA Tour probably goes home and strokes his club head and shaft to Golf Digest every night type of golfers. Don't get me wrong he's a great golfer but if you try giving me unasked for pointers & advice, huffing and puffing if I take a mulligan, critiquing my game like a damn commentator or (THE WORST ONE) RUSHING ME because I don't have the distance you do, your going to get a 9 Iron to the knee cap its an Amateur public course bro, be happy I'm not drunk yet. Would recommend the course just try to wait until the starter goes for a bathroom break then head out.