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2.9
2163 Reviews (2163)
5 Stars
723
4 Stars
711
3 Stars
349
2 Stars
179
1 Stars
201
Conditions
2.5
Value
3.3
Layout
4.2
Friendliness
4.1
Pace
4.2
Amenities
3.2
57.5%
Recommend this course
1639 out of 2163 reviews
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2.8
58 Reviews (58)
5 Stars
4
4 Stars
12
3 Stars
20
2 Stars
13
1 Stars
9
Conditions
2.1
Value
3.2
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.1
StaffFriendliness
4.1
50.0%
Recommend this course
29 out of 58 reviews
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3.0
108 Reviews (108)
5 Stars
11
4 Stars
28
3 Stars
33
2 Stars
18
1 Stars
18
Conditions
2.4
Value
3.4
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.3
Amenities
3.2
StaffFriendliness
4.3
58.3%
Recommend this course
63 out of 108 reviews
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Course Highlights
Red Tail's course layout consistently earns high praise for its fun, challenging design with memorable holes around the lake. Friendly staff, smooth check-in, and comfortable pace of play make this an outstanding value for the money.

About

Holes 18
Type Semi-Private
Style Links
Par 72
Length 7152 yards
Slope 141
Rating 75.1

Atypical of many Florida golf courses, RedTail Golf Club is a links-style layout dotted with 100-year-old oak trees and azaleas among its rolling green fairways. Designed by Dave Harman, who also did Shingle Creek Golf Club in Orlando, the course features four lakes with water coming into play on the last five holes. Holes 14-18 work their way around the largest lake on the course, while the finishing hole's approach shot plays over another body of water in front of the clubhouse. Located in rural Sorrento a little more than a half hour north of Orlando, RedTail Golf Club prides itself on catering to "members only."

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Course Details

Year Built 2004
Golf Season Year round
Architect David Harman (2004)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Proper attire is required.

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Available Sports

Fitness, Tennis
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Reviews

2.9
2163 Reviews (2163)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 62
Patio Dining 55
19th Hole Scenic Views 41
Course Challenges Include:
Bunkers 116
Forced Carries 93
Water Hazards 87
This course/club is great for:
Advanced Golfers 103
Wildlife/ Scenic Views 75
Locals 73
This Course's Location is:
Worth the Drive 128
In the 'Burbs 43
Convenient to the City 22

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Played On
Reviews 23
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

COURSE IS IMPROVING

Fairways , tee boxes and greens have been seeded and it shows. If you are not in the fairway, the rough is brutal. The tee boxes are good and the greens are growing in but very slow. Give the course a few more weeks for further improvement.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Beginner
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Great Round

We played on Saturday, it was pretty croweded but pace of play was good. Nice layout and fairway was maintained well with good rolling greens. Worth a trip

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 16
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
2.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Poor
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Awesome course

I would like to mention this course is in great shape. The staff are awesome Drew is a great person and he is a good person. I never had any issues and pace of play is really good. I would highly recommend this course to anyone looking to have a fun time golfing. Keep up the amazing work that you guys are doing

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Fair
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
1.0
Previously Played
Wet weather
Used cart

Liptick on a pig...

The course conditions have continued to deteriorate since the current ownership group bought the club in April of 2021.

Every aspect of the golf course, from the driving range that looks like a scene from another planet, the tee boxes with no grass, the fairways full of weeds and bug infested greens is horrible. The range balls used are the worst I have ever seen - most courses would throw 95% of them away and replenish on a regular basis.

They have lost 90% of the full golf members they had when they took over.

From what I can tell, the range picker is broken and left under a tree in the middle of the range forcing the crew to hand pick balls from the range.

About a month ago the ownership group was essentially forced to put Rye seed on the course after continued poor reviews (most noting the horrendous condition of the course) led to just a handful of players each day. For most courses view over-seeding with Rye in the Fall is a part of normal operating procedure. It would not have happened had ownership not been forced to do it given the poor reviews, lack of play and the lienholder on the course attempting to protect their asset. Initially the Club did not water the course after the Rye was put down so nothing grew. Someone must have realized that grass needs water to grow and they began watering. The course now looks visually attractive from a distance. However, once you get a little closer, you can still see all the weeds everywhere that will take over again once the rye grass dies without the appropriate preventative maintenance and re-seeding. I wonder if the ownership group understands that the rye grass will die in the Spring and the course will need to be re-seeded?

The bunkers remain horrendous having had no sand in them for a long time such that the skeleton crew does not bother to maintain them. Many of the bunkers have grass growing in them and all of them have 6-18" weeds surrounding them. They are in such poor condition that I saw golf cart tracks through several bunkers on the 9th hole.

They have a very small maintenance crew that works with outdated and poorly maintained equipment. So much so that there are rumors they are operating with mowers that share parts.

It is such a shame - the layout remains one of the best in the area. If the course had an ownership group that had an interest in building a 1st class facility, attracting membership would be extremely easy.

The hope is that the current ownership group will either voluntarily sell (several buyers have expressed interest) or forced to through the pending foreclosure procedure. It cant happen soon enough...

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
1.0
Previously Played

Second Chance Failure

The first time I played this course I thought it was an absolute waste of a drive and money. I was then told by several people that it’s in great shape and a great course, so it’s been several years and I have it a second chance. Absolute garbage. No pride. Cost is highway robbery. Course on a Sunday hasn’t been mowed in several days, even the fairways were way to fluffy. Unfortunately I theink the course was poorly constructed and there’s just nothing you can do to fix it, glad I don’t live there! Will not be returning, and will be giving a hard time to the guys that suggested it.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 132
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Top 250 Contributor
Previously Played

Some signs of life

Overseeding all over the fairways and greens. Needs less play and people to fix their ball marks and divots (get an extra one of each please players?). Rough areas are more hard pan, the fairways must have been not so good before the over seeding. New water pump as well. That is a big investment $. Looks like new ownership for the 2nd time in a few years. Kind of in hot potato mode it seems. It is a great layout in a nice community. Greens slow with the baby grass growing up. 90% of traps have no sand, hard like cement. Play those as hazards without a penalty stroke. Need to at least add sand (mixed with some dirt so it’s not ashtray) in the bunkers by the greens. You could hit a ball off the dirt in the fairway bunkers, played as waste areas. Will check reviews over the winter to see how it’s shaping up here.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

Terrible

Zero exaggeration, this is the worst course I have ever played at. Conditions are unbelievably bad and their prices for balls in club house are unreal. 20 for a sleeve of Tp5 balls. I’ll never go back. Use to be better such a shame.

Conditions Poor
Value Poor
Layout Poor
Friendliness Poor
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 45
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Windy weather
Used cart

Improved

Overseeded a couple weeks ago, mostly grown in. If you played Red Tail this year, you'd think you were on a different course. Fairways & greens in good shape, definitely worth a go.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 253
2.0
Top 100 Contributor
Verified Purchaser

No improvement

The overseed is coming in nice but the greens are mostly un-puttable.

Conditions Poor
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Played On
Reviews 31
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 61
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Traps and tee boxes need to be continually worked on .

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 30
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

Course Coming Back

This was one of my favorite courses in my 20mile area that I play. It has a good variety of twist and turns. But when they lost the pump system they lost much of everything. It is coming back. The greens look good and played well and the fairways are looking better then they did 5 months ago. I would play again

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played

Looking great, in a great shape

I came out here for Black Friday with relatives and we enjoyed playing here, course is in nice shape, tee box, green, fairways good. Also carts were very comfortable Will come back again

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great improvements!

I haven’t played this course in a few months because of the issues they were having. I can say I am very excited to come back. It’s clear that the course is listening to its customers because the course looks so much better. The new tee boxes, reseeded fairways and greens are healing great. I think Redtail is beginning to return to its shape it was when I first played it back in 2011.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Course is seeded with rye grass. Looking sharp

Offered at very cheap price compared to elsewhere. It had some problem before because of the irrigation pump but it's back now with over-seed. Will become better as rye grass gets thicker. Will be coming back again soon

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 64
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Temporarily rough

Currently a bit rough. Had to play the front 9 twice, due to scheduled course maintenance and overseeding. I'm sure when they're finished it will be back to their usual standards.

Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 155
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 155
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
4.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Fair
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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