Red Bridge Golf and Country Club

We have played here many times over the years, probably at least 30 times. As with every course, the course condition varies by season. Currently, this course is in below-average condition which was very disappointing to see. It does not appear that anything was done to prevent Poa and other weeds from moving in and boy have they. Most greens are covered with Poa which really screws up putting. Separately, the tee boxes are in terrible condition although the tee boxes had far less impact on play than the greens. It really is a great course and definitely challenging but (man!) those greens need help ASAP. The staff is always great. We would have like to see a beverage cart though being a Saturday and with plenty of players on-course to make it worth the time and labor cost. I will be back, many more times probably, but Ill definitely be avoiding the place for a couple months for them to turn their greens around.

Many greens had small weeds popping through resulting in poor putting conditions.

Greens and tee boxes are in bad shape!!!! Hard to believe this course has gotten worse in the past two months.

Every course has excuses why their conditions aren’t pristine & worthy of our $. Last summer/fall/winter was disastrous for many local courses but lack of proper minimum maintenance is inexcusable. Several teeing areas are barren, most greens are 10-25% Poa Annuna even though much has been eradicated. I like the layout with it’s elevation changes, varying lengths of par 3s & potentially reachable par 5s, the R 2 L & L 2 R doglegs & decent layup areas off the tees. The current staff is ambivalent & not the most friendly at the counter but the marshals are at least conversational. Even w the less than stellar conditions it’s OK to play & pay the Sr rate but you’ll have to Power thru the Poa.

I've played Red Bridge a few times with out-of-town guests. They all really enjoyed the course and can't wait to come back and play it again

I've always enjoyed playing Red Bridge but the most recent experience was not very good. We played behind a very slow 4-some and the ranger could not do anything except telling them to "speed it up a little". The course was packed with golfers on a Tuesday due to a Tuesday special discount. The greens were as bad as I've played anywhere. They were fast but full of weed clumps which would knock your gentle putts of course most of the time.
Other than those, the course is good.

Super fun layout!
-Best greens around
-Challenging BUT forgiving
-Range in good shape
-Pace is always 4-5 hour round

Tee boxes are bare and greens do not roll true due to weeds mixed on the greens. Those things need attention. Other than that a great course layout and nice fairways.!!

Fairways and roughs were in winter condition. Greens held the approach shot well, were medium speed, not rolling quite true due to weeds.

Greens had another species of grass growing in it and workers have been hand picking out of several greens but all greens have it. Tee boxes also need some TLC.

Layout / unique aesthetic is fantastic and really felt it could compete with any public spots around Charlotte in that regard. Unique tee-shot selection on a few holes and overall didn’t have a gimmicky feel. Fairways / bunkering / tall pines are also course highlights and generally in good shape. All the par-5s (outside 18) are reachable if you can turn the ball over for a few. Seen a good bit of rain past few days, and while there was some mud throughout, the course seems to drain well.

Feel there is a lot of potential for the course, but the greens need some work before I’d recommend to friends and be a semi-frequent visitor. They do flag ahead of the reservation they are having some green issues (indicated they are working on it), so kudos to the crew for that! Outside of the issue they flagged, the pace green-to-green felt inconsistent, which was odd.

In terms of pace of play, it’s slower as others have pointed out. I was a single and instead of pairing me with a twosome teeing off ahead of me, they kept us as separate groups. While that itself isn’t necessarily an issue when just a few people are playing that day, that decision making ultimately creates more groups and slows down the entire course.

I do intend to try it out again throughout the year, given the team has indicated they are working on the greens and liked the layout.

Played the course many times over the year. Always great to play. The only issue going on currently is some poa annua grass in the greens. They are working hard to remove it, but it does affect some of the putts. Other than that, highly recommend as usual.

They have made some changes to the course, but tee boxes are torn up and the greens have small grass spots sprouting everywhere and makes it like putting through a plinko machine. The are way overpriced for the condition the course is in.

The course is struggling to recover from the winter and early season rain. Lots of tee boxes are lost and greens have a lot of bare spots and crab grass popping through. Even the fairways are lacking grass in many places. It’s inexpensive and I like the layout, but even at a daytime weekday rate it wasn’t worth it.