B-Man’s Review of Red Bridge Golf & Country Club on 4/14/18

Red Bridge Golf & Country Club

Date: 4/14/18 Sat Afternoon
Overall Rating:

"Worth playing"
Conditions: Average - isolated issues
Pace: 5 Hours
Cost: $26
Username: B-Man
Profile: Avid Golfer (about once a week)
Handicap: 11
Today's Score: 76
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I have to caveat this review with the fact that I shot my career best tying round (76) – lol. I actually told my dad during the round that if I shot my best score, I would take on an extra half star to my review. The other caveat is that Red Bridge has literally been my favorite public course in the area for the last several years. So I have high expectations around here. I have to say though that it is not in the best shape right now. The bermuda greens are blotched with poa annua – really badly on the front 9, not so much on the back. It does affect putting on about 1/3 of the holes. Talking to the staff, they acknowledged it would be a few weeks before the poa annua dies off as the bermuda wakes up and starts growing again. In addition to the greens, the tee boxes were badly torn up and many were bare dirt. The fairways were very thin and at least one (#8) was littered with weeds. So the course is showing some neglect in addition to the poa annua. That was disappointing to see — this course is usually in tremendous shape. I got a very good deal online ($26 for a 2pm Saturday tee time) so the value was certainly there. Pace of play was slow but we were warned that a large outing had teed off about 45 minutes before we did. The issues I listed didn’t significantly affect play (though we allowed everyone to move their ball on the green if there was poa annua in the immediate direct line). I just expected better. With the score I shot, I’ll be back of course :-P, but I’ll probably wait at least a month before I consider it.