Red Tail Golf Club

:1) tees & greens pretty beat up, 2)started late BEHIND a “social group” of 60 people which caused a 5.5 hour round, 3) the ranger was non-existant until the 16th hole!!! And 4)there seemed to be a “don’t care” attitude to address the slow play. Groups should not be allowed on the course on weekends, or at the very least they should be the last to go out. Let them come in in the dark due to theirslow play. Did I mention they were VERY slow players.

I have played this course several times in the past. While the layout is great and the fairways were in good shape, it truly suffers from poor greens. Slow , long, and beat up were the consensus of my foursome. Golfers- Please fix your divots!

Great course but 6 really short Par fours's is too many for a course of this caliber.

My favorite course in all of New England, there is not one thing not to love about this course. Many tees that you can choose from to hit off (<6000 to 7000 yards). Well maintained EVERYTHING, tee boxes, fairways, greens, etc. Beautiful setting. Must use many different shots with a lot of variety to each hole - well placed fairway and greenside bunkers, some water, waste bunkers along fairways and a lot of doglegs to make you set up and think of each shot. Undulating greens on every hole challenge the reads, well manicured greens run true on each putt. Could not rave any more about Red Tail.

Finally got to play the much anticipated Red Tail. Beautiful in all respects until you have to putt. Greens were not damaged mind you but they definitely needed to be cut and rolled. Plenty of ball marks. What would have been a great golfing experience left us feeling it was just okay.

The overall condition of the course was excellent, with the exception of a few greens which were chewed up a bit, and tough to putt on. The fairways and rough were in excellent condition, well manicured for sure. As far as value goes, I teed off at 2:10pm which was a great value at a discounted price of $70 dollars, which included range balls, golf and a cart. The staff is very attentive to your needs and the clubhouse has a tremendous view of the 18 hole which is a great par 5 to end the day on. If you play from the black tees, you will be challenged, but the course is not difficult so you can hit your driver without fear of losing too many balls. I think anyone would enjoy this course wether your handicap is 6.8 or 25. If you get a chance to play this course, please do so because you will not be disappointed.

A little unhappy with the condition. Lot of water damage

Played Red Tail recently for the first time in a while. The prices are up there, the layout is superb, there are great views, but the conditions are not good. On the front 9 the tees were completely beat and the greens were awful. Pockmarked, bumpy, slow, the turf had a number of "issues"; they were almost un-puttable. The greens were in somewhat better condition on the back (only 2 or 3 were in the really nice condition I remembered from previous years). The tees on the back were not in good shape. The fairways in general were all pretty good (wish I was on them more!). It is a shame to see this layout go downhill. I give the course 4 stars and the conditions 2 stars.

Okay for the money. Pace of play was on the slow side.

I have played the course many times in the past, the layout is interesting, they have battled with slow to mature greens and slight condition issues. Sadly, on my Aug. 1 visit, course conditions were abysmal. Greens had many bare spots, burnouts, and some sort of verticut on about seven or eight of them. The result was that you couldn't hit a putt that would roll anything near true. Fairways had many spots with bare ground. After my round I had hoped to speak to someone from golf ops, the person at the desk said, "there's nobody here, I guess it's (the poor condition) the weather" Obviously, other courses around here have the same weather without these issues!

Over-all the course was fun and challenging. However, I thought it was a bit over priced and the some of the staff were arrogant. In addition, one of the rangers yelled at us (screamed from a distance away in front of another foursome behind us) for playing too slow, when in fact it was the group in front of us was slowing everyone up. We explained this to the ranger and he continued to be unprofessional. Our foursome individually finished in the 80s for their round. We felt so rushed for the day. We reported this incident to the club house manager and he appeared to listen. However, seemed dismissive and could care less.

Red Tail has been considered one of the better upscale public golf course. The design is very good with great asthetics. Unfortunately the course has never been in such bad shape. The conditions are horrendous. Some of the greens are unplayable in spots. The signature bunkers on the hillside on No. 2 are being allowed to overgrow probably to save maintenance costs. The waste bunkers look like they haven't been maintained in a few years. The entire facility feels like one that is on the verge of bankruptcy and that would be a shame.

Management needs to reduce the price to $75 with cart during prime hours and $ 60 with cart during off hours. This is not a $100 golf course any more. Reduce the price and get more golfers out on the course. Then use the proceeds to maintain it to past levels. Otherwise, Red Tail is done until the next owner takes over.

great layout and usually in great shape but greens are in horrible condition and still overpriced! The last golf course in area that still acts like it is 1999 . It is a buyers market and they act like they are pebble beach.

Nice course. It seems a bit overpriced but I'm not from around there so don't know what kind of competition they have. Played the next to longest tees and got to use most of the clubs in my bag. Some tight driving holes - some more generous, and a few of the pin positions were silly, but they are probably just trying to manage green wear and tear, . Lots of undulation in greens. Plenty of sand. Bunkers and greens in good shape. Wouldn't recommend walking unless you like climbing hills. Local knowledge would have helped with some of the crazy slopes and bounces around the greens, so If you can figure out all of that you should score well.

First visit and had the first tee time of the day and it was amazing! The course was in fantastic shape, staff and maintenance crew were friendly. No divots on driving holes on the tees. Every course should include range balls with a tee time. Definitely agree that this is one of the best courses in Ma. Looking forward to my next visit.

great layout usaully great shape but greens are in horrible condition

Several of the greens were punched and topdressed....even while we were playing. No mention of it when I called to make reservation nor when we got there. They said they had a new bacteria disease and half of the greens were in bad shape. When the course is in great shape it's worth the money.....but that was not the case.

The course has a great layout. That was about the only great thing to be said. For the price you would think that the course would maintain greens this late in the year. Far too many greens were akin to putting in mud. Most were bumpy and some had large dirt patches. I know the course cannot be responsible for noone replacing divots in the fairway but throwing some seed down would go a long way. Icould be a $100 a round course but under current conditions it is not even worth the deal price of $75 a round.

Have been playing this course since it's opening. Unfortunately this year their greens are not up to their standard. Very dissapointing given that other courses in the area have maintained their greens to a better standard.I'll try again in a month to see if improved.

I heard nothing but great things about this course so I thought I would go play a round on 7/21/13. It is in the worst shape of any course around the area. They charge $99.00 , which it should be and advertised as Top Golf Course in Boston area. The Greens were in terrible shape, which sometimes happens when not taken care of properly. The course has a wonderful layout, But they shouldn't charge $99.00. Maybe $50.00. Very, very disappointed!!