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Red Tail Run reviews
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Good Campus Course, But Stay Out of the Corn! 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Dec 30, 2021
Played the course:once
Pros:
Good, mostly open course on a college campus. Lots of straight holes.
+ Largely open landscape, but the designer cleverly uses tree lines and other obstacles to shape some holes. Best example is Hole #4 which uses a grove of trees up the middle to suggest the alternative of throwing a RHFH hyzer up along a sidehill, but controlling it so it doesn't fly above the OB fence at the top. So whether you go for the sidearm or the careful straight shot, either feels very satisfying to make
+ The initial holes tend to place tees behind narrow tree gaps, adding some challenge. Once you get past #8, it's mostly open except for cornfields (more on those later)
+ Decent finishing hole: a wide open 650' par 4 (the only par 4 on the course) to an elevated basket atop a rock
+ Largely open landscape, but the designer cleverly uses tree lines and other obstacles to shape some holes. Best example is Hole #4 which uses a grove of trees up the middle to suggest the alternative of throwing a RHFH hyzer up along a sidehill, but controlling it so it doesn't fly above the OB fence at the top. So whether you go for the sidearm or the careful straight shot, either feels very satisfying to make
+ The initial holes tend to place tees behind narrow tree gaps, adding some challenge. Once you get past #8, it's mostly open except for cornfields (more on those later)
+ Decent finishing hole: a wide open 650' par 4 (the only par 4 on the course) to an elevated basket atop a rock
Cons:
- OB cornfields border a lot of holes. In a few cases the fairways are narrow, so the corn will present a real obstacle during the growing season (not to mention an almost surely lost disc if it drops into high corn on neighboring property). During the winter you have pretty wide throwing lines and forgiving OB. But during the warm months, it plays like having water hazards bordering half the holes
Other Thoughts:
~ Hole #14 is a short downhill where you have to thread small gaps between some trees, and the basket is hanging from the rafters of an exposed old barn. The clever basket placement gives it the feeling of a "signature" hole, but because you're throwing downhill to try to hit the gap, it's unlikely your disc will then go far enough for a clean birdie attempt
~ There are a few doglegs, but the majority of the holes are straight. You could play this course for par with a neutral mid on a flat release
~ The relatively minor cons balance out with relatively minor pros, making Red Tail Run a run-of-the-mill 3. Fun, pleasant, pretty easy - with a couple of distinctive touches. A great "campus recreation" course. Not a bad place to bring a beginner who's ready to step up, but do it in the winter when the bordering cornfields aren't active
COURSE AMENITIES:
Good carpet tees, very good DGA Mach VII baskets, signage is minimal. Navigation is very intuitive (head to the nearest tee) with the only exception of 6 to 7 - where you have to backtrack a little
~ There are a few doglegs, but the majority of the holes are straight. You could play this course for par with a neutral mid on a flat release
~ The relatively minor cons balance out with relatively minor pros, making Red Tail Run a run-of-the-mill 3. Fun, pleasant, pretty easy - with a couple of distinctive touches. A great "campus recreation" course. Not a bad place to bring a beginner who's ready to step up, but do it in the winter when the bordering cornfields aren't active
COURSE AMENITIES:
Good carpet tees, very good DGA Mach VII baskets, signage is minimal. Navigation is very intuitive (head to the nearest tee) with the only exception of 6 to 7 - where you have to backtrack a little
