Red Tail Golf Club, Massachusetts, United States

3Coastal18341889401 5:00 PM Oct 6, 2021

Not what I expected.
I play this course once a year and always look forward to it. Not sure what happened to the course this year but the conditions were really far off of the norm. Fairways and rough had huge areas of dead grass. Tee boxes were thin with grass and not cut. On top of that we ended up with a 5 hour and 20 minute round and never once saw a ranger. Not what we normally experience. Sadly disappointed.

3rib20 5:00 PM Jul 21, 2017

Great Course, Pace of Play Issue
Let me say right up front that this course is my favorite in the Boston area. It is a great layout, challenging but very fair with generally wide fairways, and typically in great condition. Under normal circumstances it would rate a solid 5. However, I've had a few experiences now where pace of play was an issue. On a recent Friday I teed off at 10:40, and finished 5 hours later. We waited on virtually every hole; there were sometimes 3 groups on the par 3's. Ranger was rarely seen on the course. After the round, I went to the clubhouse and inquired as to whether there was a pace of play expectation and was told that 5 hours on weekends (including Friday) is typical. Note also that everyone has carts at Red Tail. My beef is that for a premium price (Red Tail is one of the most expensive courses in MA), the course should deliver a premium experience, and for me pace of play is essential. If a course is OK with 5 hours (the feeling I got from their response), then in my opinion there is a problem with the management of the course. For reference, I played about 60 rounds last year, and I'm a 10 handicap.