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4.8
540 Reviews (540)
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2 Stars
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1 Stars
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Conditions
4.6
Value
4.7
Layout
4.9
Friendliness
4.9
Pace
4.8
Amenities
4.4
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6824 yards
Slope 136
Rating 73.0

Course Details

Year Built 1992
Fairways Bent Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Roger Packard (1992) Bob Lohmann

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes
Pull-carts Yes
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Walking Allowed Yes, on weekdays
Dress code Proper attire is required.

Available Facilities

Clubhouse

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4.8
540 Reviews (540)
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Reviews 56
Handicap 25+
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Hot weather
Used cart

Fall at Redtail

Greens and tee boxes were in good shape. Roughs and some fairways were dry. Rangers and snack bar people were extremely friendly. GPS on carts was very helpful especially on blind approach to the green holes. Hot but a great outing.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
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Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Very good course.

Very good course. They had a outing and it slowed the pace.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Challenging course. You should be okay with playing there.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 25
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Mjhoppet

This course is really in need of some serious maintenance. The greens were in horrible shape tons of unrepaired ball marks. The sand traps were very inconsistent. The tee boxes were so hard you couldn't hardly push it in without breaking it. And the 2nd hole is really unplayable not because of their doing but it still made for a disappointing day.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 36
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good job

We enjoyed our play at Red Tail. It wasn't busy at all and we played in 3 1/2 hrs.

Good deal for a good course. Sand in traps was my hubbies only complaint !

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Retail review

Beautiful day, nice people, nice layout, slow play.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Almost shot the course. Feeling good about my next visit.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 32
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Phenomenal Given Recent Storm!!

The area was hit very hard with monumental storms and flooding just a week before playing and even so, the course was in great shape. One of the long par 5's was flooded and eroded the fairway grass thus the hole was turned into a neat little par 3 teeing off from the end of the fairway. The rest of the course was in awesome shape as always and the price can't be beat given the quality of staff and course. I'm going to play here as much as possible in the fall!

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 13
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Very Nice Course - Good Value

We just played here for the first time today, on what can only be described as A Perfect Summer Day. For a residential course Red Tail is very good. The houses are there, but they do not encroach on any of the holes at all. The layout through the wetlands and marshes is real nice - very pleasing to the eyes. Tees, fairways and greens are in very good condition -(except for a couple of each, but for obvious reasons that are being worked on.) Every hole has multiple, large, very well maintained teeing grounds - can not say boxes because they are so large and of various shapes (an excellent design touch in my opinion - so many choices for the tee block placement lets the ground heal.) Fairways are in very good condition too, and the rough was mown to proper heights. Greens in real good condition, (maybe a few too many un-repaired ball marks --- which is our (the patrons) problem = Please Repair Your Ball Marks! It helps everybody, including you!)

As stated it was a perfect day, hence groups on every hole, but pace of play was right on time.

Only downside is the condition and type of sand in the many large sand traps, which includes many large rocks. Rocks, not pebbles! Positive side to this was the multiple sand trap raking tractors we saw on the course today. Maybe they are trying to address this issue.

All in all a very nice course layout and fine conditioning.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Course Condition

With all the rain that has been coming through our area; only one hole was really effected.

I play this course 5-7 times a year & my 13 year old daughter has taken lessons there for 3 years.

Chris N & his staff are always accommodating & friendly!!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 12
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
First Time Playing

Interesting course

Liked the course layout shot an 80 from the gold tees 2nd hole was used as a par 3 due to the flooding these past weeks. Lots of 4 somes in front of me pace of play was kinda slow "was like the korean open" they could of moved a little faster almost took 5 hours to play 18 holes. Nice course 16th hole was the nicest gave me that TPC kinda feel.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 60
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
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