Red Bridge Golf and Country Club

Save your money stay away from this course play at Rocky River or Deerbrook golf course in Shelby North Carolina they are quality courses with great greens Lush Fairways and a favorable staff

I live in the area, play the course often with it being so close. The last 4 times I've played the course, the ranger has something smart to say. The most recent time I played, the ranger drove to me 4 times before I reached the 5th hole and told me I was playing to slow and holding everyone up. By the 4th contact from the ranger, I told him I was over it and went to the clubhouse to receive a refund. Staff in clubhouse were unapologetic as well.

Please beware the distance from hole 4 to 5 is extremely long. The problem is there are 3 turns to get there and only signs of which way to turn on one of the 3 turns. Red Bridge is not putting themselves in the customers shoes. . I like that there are 3 par 3s on the front 9. I totally hate the layout of holes #6 and 8. My buddy hates they do not have holes in on the practice greens. The course is in good shape and rates are very good as other courses have really risen high. So mixed bag for me.

Solid golf course, really like the layout. Very natural and relaxing. Course is challenging yet forgiving. Staff was very nice.

I’ve played here twice. First time was a few years ago and I loved it. Challenging layout and good greens. Conditions today were bad. Greens have weeds everywhere and don’t roll at all. Tee boxes are dead and have no grass. We teed off at 9am and were waiting 10 mins at tee box by hole three - place was 4:50. I want to like this course, but the poor greens don’t justify the cost. Sifford rolls better. I said it and it’s true.

I have played this course a few times over the last couple of years. It is interesting in design as there are five par5's and par 3's . There are three par 5's in a four hole stretch on the front. The last of these, hole 6, is reachable with any drive of 250 or more. This causes a back up when the tee sheet is full as most everyone tries to go for it. There was a 20 minute wait from the completion of previous hole before we could tee off. #9 is a beautiful short par three, ≈ 160 yards from the tips, over a lake, well bunkered, multi-tiered green. Overall the course favors someone with a left to right ball flight for a right handed golfer. Holes 7, 8, 10, 13, 15, and 17 all bend or dogleg to the right with only hole 3 going to the left.

The defense of the course is in its demanding tee shots and undulating greens. Only a couple of holes are "wide open" for your drive, (2 & 18) and one would be smart to take a 3-wood or less for accuracy over distance in several instances. (7, 8, 10, 12, & 17)

While the greens are part of this courses defense, they are also, currently, their biggest opportunity. Usually, Red Bridge's greens are true and well kept. However, over 50% of them currently have a weed infestation. (Goose grass I believe) This makes balls veer and deviate from their putted line and frustration for the player. On a few, over 1/2 of the green is riddled with this problem with #4 being particularly bad.

Realizing it is spring and I played on a Saturday, I expect a 4 hour round. That said, the rangers could have done more to help the pace of play. For the last 12 holes, the group in front of us was an entire hole behind the group in front of them. We did see a ranger three times, and said something on the 12th hole, but nothing was done to speed up play.

Overall, I would recommend Red Bridge as its layout is unique and challenging. With it being a 50 minute drive from most places in Charlotte, I would wait until they have corrected the weed issue before driving back again.

Fairways and roughs were in winter conditions. Greens held the approach shot well and rolled true. Those that were mowed were medium speed; those that were not mowed were slow. Course is starting to recover from the winter.

First off, I have been playing this course for years and used to love it.

The course has gone downhill quick and all the do is up their rate. $60 to play Sunday morning and the course was awful. Tee boxes had little grass, greens had weeds all in them and they were extremely bumpy.

My cart died on hole 13, called the pro shop, they asked if I could come in and get a cart because no one was around.....we finish the round, and they have 3 people cleaning 1 golf cart.

Absolute awful experience all the way around when this used to be one of my favorite tracks.

Came to this course because it was highly rated. Greens weren’t in really good conditions with it being May. A lot of blind shots with hills here your ball could roll 50 yards out of bounds on good shots.

Course was firm and fast. Showing signs of coming into form for late spring early summer. Greens need some work as they are being overcome by crab grass patches causing some bumpy and unpredictable roll when putting. Hopefully they can get that sorted out soon. Otherwise well worth the drive from CLT and can’t beat the price!

Good layout, greens in good shape just a bit weedy in a few spots, overall very good. Enjoyed the course.

I've played Red Bridge a few times with out-of-town guests. They all really enjoyed the course and can't wait to come back and play it again

Piece of play was great until we ran into the foursome in front of us on hole 10. They were so slow and really messed up the back 9. They were fooling around and hitting happy Gilmore shots while taking pictures. This was a great course!