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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
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Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Perfect weather perfect course

Course is in great shape and weather couldn't be better. If you haven't played here you should give it a try. Love the on cart gps

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 36
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played

This course is a must play

Outstanding course, its a must play always in great condition.
It's turned into a course that allows employees to not do there jobs. Beverage cart was OK. Cart kid was non existent, rangers should turn their paychecks back to the course. To allow groups play at a pace that holds up the play behind them is an embarrassment. Two holes ahead of the slow group was the closest they got. It was a full course, pace was slow and rangers patrolled the edges of the course as good as any ranger. It's a great course, but to allow groups to play at the pace they want instead of what the course is asking, is very discouraging...

Value Excellent
Friendliness Poor
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Good shape

Overall in nice shape . Good course for the money.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 34
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Good weather
Used cart

RedTail's a New Favorite

Tee time: 10:56 on a Sunday ($30).

First time playing RedTail and I am already looking forward to playing here again. The meandering hills amongst the countryside make for a great mixture of elevated tee boxes and blind shots. I enjoyed all of the hazards that came into play between the protected wetlands, water, and sand traps. A few of the sand traps were rock hard, but the majority were very playable. The fairways and greens were in good shape. We finished 18 in under 4 hours. Bonus points for the GPS carts, driving range, and cart girl who was available every 45 minutes. In terms of value, I couldn't have asked for anything better!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

Overpriced

This course is not a good value for the price you pay. I'd never play it unless the price was heavily discounted. The "Clubhouse" is lacking in every respect, there were no rangers controlling the pace of play even though the carts showed someone was holding everyone else up, the bunkers were large but did not have enough sand, the water hazards were not well kept, and the difference in height between greens and fringe was not proper. The fairways were properly mowed and the overall condition of the grass was above average.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Fair
Amenities Fair
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 12
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Average weather
Used cart

Great Course - Fast Play

Great course, greens were in fantastic shape. Challenging holes with friendly staff. They really take care of this course. Starters are excellent, and saw plenty of rangers keeping the play moving forward.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Great experience

the overall experience of the course was exceptional. The staff was very polite and professional, and the course was very well taken care of.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Red Tail

Very friendly staff, overall good experience with my wife

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 15-19
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Nice round of golf

The course is in really good shape with the exception of the sand traps. I use the word sand but don't expect anything that looks like sand. Besides that the course is ready to play. We had a two-some and had the course to ourselves starting at 6:50 AM. And you can't beat the price through Golfnow. Well worth the money.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 22
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Course was in good shape.

I enjoyed my round. I thought the course was in good shape, especially the greens. Greens in spring time can be a little spotty, but the greens were in good shape, leading to some decent putting on my part.

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

great course

Fast play and very well kept. Will return to play again.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

The golf course are good view.

our golfers were happy to see the balls where we hit on fairways and 2 other sides and the grass were short so we can see where the balls find easy. We will be playing golf again sometime later.

Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 10
Handicap Don't know
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

A quiet place in the wetlands for great golf.

The weather was excellent; the staff both friendly and accommodating. The course is nestled among the houses and natural wetlands in a quiet corner of the suburbs. The greens and tees are in very good shape and the fairways show the signs of use typical of this time of year, but still in good shape.The course is spread out with some holes separated by a quarter mile trail from green to the next tee. Like most courses you play, Red Tail has several holes that really challenge me every time I play here. The strengths of this course are its mix of 3, 4 and 5 par holes, its great viewscapes from the tees and the deceptively challenging layouts that use the natural features to add to your experience. With its rolling hills, many ponds and its natural wetlands, Red Tail capitalizes on these features to complement numerous, well placed sand bunkers. Makes for great golf every time I play here.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good course

Course was overall nice. Only problem i had was we had a party of 4 and on other courses we play around 4-4 1/2 hours and no one has said anything to us ever. We play with the same four people everytime with the same pace. On this course we were being rushed and pushed to keep up pace when others were parties or 2 or 3. Most likely will not return but it is a beautiful course thank you.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

2014 RedTail

Played there this week. Course looked real good, even though there had been a ton of rain in the past few days. Greens were in very good shape. Rough was wet/tough.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Excellent weather
Used cart

Green is so slow.

You should improve green. Because Green is so slow.

Conditions Fair
Value Average
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Average
Difficulty Moderate
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Pace of play

Nice course, generous fairways, 2 inch ruff...very playable, Poor bunkers-consist of hard pan and pebbles...get some sand! Greens in great shape not slow but your not putting on a pool table ether, good speed for the avg. golfer.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Good
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great golf.

Great staff. Awesum course. A great challenge . Thank you Red tail

Conditions Good
Value Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 20-24
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Excellent weather
Used cart

Nice Course...

Without much rain lately, there were spots the course was too wet. But overall, a good experience. I have played RedTail before, and it always plays fair. A good time, and a great price!

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 11
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Good weather
Used cart

Only one coarse issue

Bunkers are beyond bad. Large stones and very little sand. Being in a bunker is bad enough. Having very little sand is even worse. Try to hit a sand shot and the club hits clay 1/2 inch below surface, club skids, you either end up blasting it across the green or you don't get out at all.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Average
Amenities Good
Difficulty Moderate
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