Among the Atlanta’s area most popular daily fee facilities since it opened in 1990, River Pines offers a comfortable (but not too comfortable) and walk-able layout, quality course conditions, reasonable rates and a prime location, along with one of the best practice facilities in the state headed by a nationally-recognized instructor (Perpich). At just over 6,500 yards from the tips, River Pines is on the short side, but with just two par 5s, plays to a par of 70 and features a formidable group of par 4s. The three shorter sets of tees are very friendly for its female, senior and junior clientele, one of the reasons for the facility’s widespread acceptance. The excellent Denis Griffiths design provides a variety of challenges, with a nice mix of narrow and generous fairways, long and short holes, differing greens complexes and a healthy number of hazards in play. River Pines is the rare course that players who hit the ball modest distances can play from the back tees and not be overwhelmed, although the frequent presence of hazards creates danger both off the tee and on approach shots.

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