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3.7
384 Reviews (384)
5 Stars
80
4 Stars
147
3 Stars
76
2 Stars
50
1 Stars
31
Conditions
3.6
Value
3.8
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.3
Pace
3.3
Amenities
3.9
69.9%
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270 out of 384 reviews
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3.5
10 Reviews (10)
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Conditions
3.3
Value
3.6
Layout
4.3
Pace
2.8
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.3
70.0%
Recommend this course
7 out of 10 reviews
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3.7
19 Reviews (19)
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Conditions
3.7
Value
3.7
Layout
4.2
Pace
3.1
Amenities
3.8
StaffFriendliness
4.4
63.2%
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12 out of 19 reviews
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Course Highlights
Red Tail Golf Course consistently earns praise for its challenging layout, friendly staff, and well-kept conditions that reward golfers who bring their best game. The course offers strong value, with memorable holes like the demanding uphill par-5 seventh making it a worthy destination.

About

Holes 18
Type Public/Municipal
Par 72
Length 7107 yards
Slope 135
Rating 74.4

Formerly known as Progress Downs Golf Course.

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Course Details

Year Built 1968
Fairways Winer Rye Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect John Zoller (1999)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - $16 - $32
GPS No
Pull-carts Yes
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted Amex MasterCard Visa Discover card(s) Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Fivesomes Allowed No
Single Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes

Food & Beverage

Bar, Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse
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Reviews

3.7
384 Reviews (384)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 6
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 13
Bunkers 11
Undulating Greens 7
This course/club is great for:
Locals 9
Walkers 7
Advanced Golfers 6
This Course's Location is:
Convenient to the City 11
In the 'Burbs 10

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Reviews 1
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Excellent weather
Walked

Terrific Twilight

Great twilight rates and beautiful scenery late in the day. The staff was wonderful as well! Pace of play was a little slow during twilight, but staff suggested alternate routes onto open holes so that we could make the most of our sunlight! Fun night :)

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 30
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Walked

Jim Johnson

great course need to play here more. the only problem were young players cutting holes and singles in carts and no marshal.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Good weather
Walked

Good Course, Challenging Greens

Bad shots are punishing on this course. The rough is very rough. There are a couple of holes that have drainage issues, 2, 4, and 6. Other than that the course does drain well. Pace of play can be an issue since it is a course that is owned by the Portland Parks and Recreation. The greens at Red Tail are very challenging often with double breaks that you have to read. The bunkers leave something to be desired as they tend to water the greens very heavily and the run off pools in the bunkers. I was in three and each one was like hitting off concrete. I have played this course many many times and will still come back. For the money it is one of the best bargains. The practice facility is great.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
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Previously Played

Unfriendly and deceiving

So I'm sure playing during the day or early bird is fine, but don't ever try playing twilight. What they don't tell you is that you get put behind their junior league that take 20 minutes to play a hole. Then if you ask if you can skip ahead or go on the back 9 the starter says no and is very defensive. Never had a golf experience like it. We came real close to asking for our money back but decided to stick it out.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Better than before

I'm amazed by how many rounds are played by every caliber of player, that the fairways, bunkers and greens could be in private golf club shape. A credit to the grounds crew. I give it an overall A.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Tough Course

Hole 7 will kick your butt. Hole 11 and 15 are no joke either. Bring your patience and try to refrain from the putter toss. The best course if you like a challenge.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Fair weather
Walked

Muddy and Slow - No fun

The course was muddy and almost unplayable in places. I have played the course before, and this was the worse ever. Futhermore, it was slow. The group ahead of us appeared to be new to the game, and were very slow. But the group ahead of them was no better, and even if we convinced the group right ahead to let us by (they had limited English skills) it would not have helped. Not playing again on a weekend. We were to play 18 but ran out of daylight after 9.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 14
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Poor weather
Walked

Rough Day to be golfing!

The weather did not reach 40* and the wind was howling. Everything was great, exactly what you would expect with the weather as it was. We were 2 and played through a 2-some and 4-some on the front 9. We ended up behind a 5-some (what course lets a 5-some out?) on the last 5 holes and they were not courtious enough to let us through? We suffered an extra 1/2 hour due to the slow play, in awful conditions.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

We Keep Coming back!

This course always challenges us. Lots of trees and water. Great if u stay in the fairways! But we keep coming back. The Redtail teaching pros are very good. They use the track man for teaching and for trying out new clubs. No extra charge, just part of the service.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 20
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good condition

Great deal on Golf Now the day my wife and I played...almost no one on the course due to rainy forecast, but only a couple of light, brief showers came through...so it was a quiet, relaxed, walking round. We took our time, and still finished in 3:50.
Considering all the rain last week, the course was soft, but not as wet as I expected. This is one of the few area courses that have not aerated greens in the past week...greens , fairways, and tees were in nice shape, although there are a few greens under repair to their front section. Bunkers were nicely raked and there was no standing water anywhere. This is a pretty course, plenty of open space, with most holes having no homes lining the fairways.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 48
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

Nice Course, Retail store kinda come-on...

Course is is good condition. Interesting layout. Fairly busy, but good pace.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Challenging & busy.

A muni in good condition, but very difficult. It requires a player who can hit the ball a long way and who also has an excellent short game, No longer young, we two men played it from the red tees and still could not score well because the course exposed the weaknesses in our short games. The old version of this course, Progress Downs, was more duffer friendly,

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 44
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
2.0
First Time Playing

First round of golf in Oregon. Last time at this course

Just recently moved to Oregon and decided to play this course. We had a late tee time because we had just drove into town. The first tee box was severely backed up and people were hitting as soon as the group in front cleared. This plus the lack of marshalls on the course led to an over 5 hour round. The course itself is in decent shape, the fairways were spotty, but the greens were smooth and rolled OK. There are a lot of blind tee shots and hazards that you cant identify unless you've played there before. There wasn't much water provided on the course, and the cart lady wasn't around too often. And to top it off, it was well overpriced for the condition of the place. I would NOT recommend this course.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

For the cost you should be playing a better course

I have been in OR now for 5 years and i cringe at the sound of Red Tail. It is a poorly laid out cousre that runs very long.the staff they have is rude and seems to just want to push you through like cattle. I was watching a kids class and the "pro" was teaching how to ship from his golf cart 20 yards away. I feel for the kind of money you have to pay for a bucket of balls or a round there are better options out there than red tail. SAVE YOUR MONEY GO SOMEWHERE ELSE>>>>>

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

A Challenging Course

I've played here quite a bit and it can be very difficult, but it's always fun. Narrow tree-lined fairways, long holes, and tough greens at times. If you can play well here you can play almost anywhere.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 80
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
3.0
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played

Too slow.

This is just an average golf course, but the tee times are so close to each other. 5 hours or more is their normal speed. The seasonal staffs in the club house are much better than the regulars. This is a mismanaged golf club.

Conditions Average
Value Poor
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

see below

The course was so backed up it was hard to put anything together. We had times where we waited more than 25 minutes before we could tee off at the next hole. Some times there were three groups on one tee box. Made for a not very pleasurable experience

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

greens were great.. some parts of the course could use some water, very dry, overall very well maintained

challenging course .. nice variety of holes..rough is very difficult to get out of.. so stay out of it..

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Poor
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

The course could use some supervision

Play was slow, yet player services personell / marshalls were absent. The day was very hot, but the drink cart girls were absent. The golf course was in good shape, but the slow pace of play and the absence of any hydration on the course were material detractions.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Friendliness Poor
Pace Poor
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 6
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Slow but great course

Redtail has a lot of things going on, like summer camp for kids. This great for the community but sometimes slows things down. It's economical to play here and is located close to the PDX city center, which means it gets lots of play. So it's a bargain, but you get slow play, and a well used course.
The course itself is challenging.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
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