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Conditions
4.3
Value
4.4
Layout
4.5
Friendliness
4.6
Pace
4.3
Amenities
4.0
93.1%
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506 out of 539 reviews
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4.4
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4.2
Value
4.3
Layout
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Pace
4.4
Amenities
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4.6
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4.3
78 Reviews (78)
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4 Stars
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3 Stars
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Conditions
4.3
Value
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Layout
4.5
Pace
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Amenities
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StaffFriendliness
4.6
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About

Holes 18
Type Public
Par 72
Length 6824 yards
Slope 136
Rating 73.0
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RedTail Golf Club - IL
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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
Clubs Yes
Pull-carts Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Caddies No
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

Reviews

4.4
539 Reviews (539)

What Golfers Are Saying

The 19th Hole is Great For:
Drinks 14
Watching the Game 7
Course Challenges Include:
Water Hazards 19
Bunkers 17
Forced Carries 13
This course/club is great for:
Locals 19
Advanced Golfers 11
Seniors 11
This Course's Location is:
In the 'Burbs 24
Worth the Drive 13

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Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

They're building a new clubhouse, that will improve the amenities. Cart path needs repair. The course can be challenging. I will go back when the grass has greened up in the spring.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Poor
Played On
Reviews 30
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Greens great for February

Course was in good shape for late February . Ball was rolling true on the greens

Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 37
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great temporary setup

Clubhouse under construction but temporary one is a very nice trailer. Staff were very hospitable and greens in very good shape. Irrigation projects should help with water drainage and not too obtrusive right now.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Cold weather
Used cart

Winter Golf Option

I've golfed at Red Tail for years. It is a challenging course that is getting a much-needed clubhouse upgrade. This also includes renovation of the driving range, so no warmup.

I played this round on Dec 21st with a temperature of about 40 degrees, so I wasn't expecting much. The course was in very good condition considering it was the first day of winter. There were only a few of us on the course, so pace of play wasn't an issue.

Not bad for a pre-Christmas round of golf.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 33
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
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Commented on 11/28/2023

Hello u000007761890. Thank you so much for taking the time to leave an excellent rating! We really appreciate your business. Please let us know what we can do for you in the future to earn that last star and thanks for choosing Redtail Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 33
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
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Commented on 11/09/2023

Hi, u000007761890. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Redtail Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 1
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 11/02/2023

Hi, u184915257. We are so pleased that you enjoyed your time at Redtail Golf Club. We look forward to seeing you on the course soon for another 5-star experience!

Played On
Reviews 1
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Fair
Value Fair
Layout Fair
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 11/02/2023

Hello, u314164205682. We appreciate the review. You rated us 3-stars which means there is room to improve on your recent experience at Redtail Golf Club. Let us know, in the comments, how and where you would like to see changes from the course. Thanks for the feedback!

Played On
Reviews 30
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 11/02/2023

We love hearing about our golfers' experiences, u4598609. Please tell us more about what you enjoyed during your round. Thanks for choosing Redtail Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 11
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Jeff

Course and layout were awesome. Only issue which will be a positive is they are building a new clubhouse. Loved experience

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
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Commented on 11/28/2023

Thank you for taking the time to review us, jeffreyiskra. Your feedback is valuable, and we look forward to delivering you excellent service again soon. Redtail Golf Club thanks you!

Played On
Reviews 44
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great Muni

Redtail has a great layout, none.of the back and forth idiocy. The property itself was not at its best yesterday. The clubhouse has been torn down and is currently a vacant lot, so they now have a temp office trailer substitute. The fairways had these large 8 inch x 1/2 inch slice marks throughout the course, I'm assuming they're for aeration, but I've never seen it done like that before. Like everywhere, the green were full of unrepaired pitch marks. The Bunkers were not the best, the one I was in, had large stones in it. I look forward to going back next year when the course when is in its top form.

Conditions Average
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
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Commented on 11/28/2023

Thanks so much for the great review, repomanmike. We look forward to welcoming you back to our course soon. Thanks for choosing Redtail Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Good course

Love the course staff was friendly and helpful. However, the website is not accurate and the phone number is disconnected. Had to go through Golf now and book. Our teetimes cost an extra few dollars but more aggravating not having a phone number to call direct.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 10/11/2023

We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the inaccurate website information and disconnected phone number. Thank you for bringing this to our attention, we appreciate your feedback.

Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Great course if you don’t playing in someone’s backyard

The course was in great shape and is a good challenge. I’d been once before many years ago so had forgot how every hole is essentially in the surrounding homes backyards. I got a deal on golf now so couldn’t pass up. Despite the good course conditions and good price, I won’t go back. Not a fan of courses layouts in people’s backyards.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Fair
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 09/29/2023

Hi, Kevin. We appreciate your feedback and we apologize for any inconvenience caused by the layout of our golf course. We're glad to hear that you found our course in great shape and enjoyed the challenge it provided. Thank you for taking the time to leave a review.

Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

A little disappointed.

We have played Redtail before but this was our first visit this year. Overall we enjoyed the round but not as much as we have in the past. The good - pace of play was fine (4:15), fairways in good shape, tees and bunkers ok, starter was friendly, the layout is great. The not so good - there is construction going on so the clubhouse is a construction trailer in the parking lot, the greens were pretty beat up compared to prior years with lots of ball marks and spike damage. To be fair, we played after noon but it felt like we spent all day repairing the greens. We'll be back next year and play earlier in the day.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Fair
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Commented on 09/12/2023

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review and sharing your experience. We apologize for the inconvenience caused by the construction and the condition of the greens. We appreciate your feedback and hope to provide a better experience for you next time. Thanks for choosing RedTail Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 9
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Going from already great to super great!

New Club House is Finally happening!

This was the only thing missing from making this course a must play on a regular basis.

Kenny and team know how to run a golf course. From : grounds keeping, staff friendliness, making you feel welcome and just creating an experience that makes one want to book the next round there before you leave from the round just played!

When the new clubhouse is finished I'm betting it's going to be really tough to get a tee time!

If you currently own or manage a golf course, go visit Redtail to see the poster child of how it should be done!

Cheers Redtail, nice job!

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
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Commented on 09/12/2023

Tim5255002, thank you for your kind words! The team has worked very hard to get where we are, and we appreciate golfers like you taking notice. We hope to see you again at the course very soon for another 5-star experience. Thanks for choosing Redtail Golf Club

Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Fantastic greens

I travel a lot for work, so I get to play some nice courses. I just moved in across the street from Redtail and it’s a nice little gem. Decent test of golf with fantastic greens. They roll true and even after a day of hard rain, they were still rolling very true. Oh and hey, can we please repair our ball marks? The course can only do so much…But overall, especially if you can get this at a hot deal, I would play this course. I played Turnberry, which is super close (i’de pass) and most of the courses out in Crystal Lake/Cary; Redtail has the best greens in the area. They also do a great job spacing out the tee times. There seem to be a ton of outings and leagues here and they have a bar open even though it’s under construction. So, if you have the day or an afternoon off, I would try to get on for a nice relaxed 18 hole round.

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 09/29/2023

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review of our golf course. We appreciate your kind words about our fantastic greens and the effort we put into spacing out tee times. We apologize for any ball marks that may have affected your experience, and we will remind our players to repair them in the future. Thank you again and we hope to see you for a nice relaxed round soon.

Played On
Reviews 12
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 Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Average
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Commented on 09/08/2023

Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Redtail Golf Club!

Played On
Reviews 94
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Top 1000 Contributor
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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Commented on 09/08/2023

Hi, u000007330153. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Redtail Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a month
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Island green surprise

Back tee's look challenging enough for good players. We played the white and I was looking for the senior tee's. Overall a fun course

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Poor
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Commented on 09/12/2023

Wow! We are so happy you enjoyed your round, RGAC02600B4B9B7D4AA8! We look forward to seeing you again soon at Redtail Golf Club.

Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Previously Played

Great Layout

The course has a great layout. Unlike many other courses where it’s death by straight par-4s, Redtail has very different looks on each hole. Slopes, narrow fairways. dog legs, hazards etc.

Pace of play is decent, depending on day of week. Sunday PM is slow. But it’s a function of the skill level of the golfers who come out and not because the course packs ion tee times.

The cart beverage comes in quite regularly and is well stocked with alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. The person manning the cart is friendly and efficient.

My bone to pick with the course is the maintenance and the lack of upgrades. Cart paths are torn up and nasty. Bunkers are filled with dirt and not actual sand. Drainage, especially near the greens and in bunkers, is poor. The clubhouse is nothing more than a shack. They’ve been in business for many years now, and have steadily increased their prices to the point where it’s on par with with some really good courses in the area, and business has been very good. However, none of that seems to have been reinvested in the upkeep of the course. Just repaving the cart paths, and filling bunkers with real sand would improve things dramatically.

Conditions Average
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
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Commented on 09/29/2023

Thank you for your detailed review of our golf course. We apologize if there were aspects of your experience that were not up to your expectations. We appreciate your feedback and will take it into consideration as we continue to improve and maintain our course.

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