What They’re Saying
“Red Tail was designed by Brian Silva, and it is one of his most imaginative yet. Red Tail appears inspired by Alister MacKenzie, particularly in the spectacular nature and placement of its bunkers and the extraordinary contours of some of its greens. At 14 [see image above], Red Tail begins what might be the best stretch of finishing holes built this year. Alister Mackenzie would have been proud… I want to reiterate how spectacular the bunkers are. The fairway bunkers are big and bold with long fingers of grass, but you don’t have to challenge them unless you want to shorten a hole. Silva used only a dozen bunkers around Red Tail’s greens, but each is big and deep and has influence on how you’ll play the hole.”
— Ron Whitten, Golf Digest
“An architect should never lose sight of his responsibility as an educational factor in the game. Nothing will tend to develop the right spirit of the game than an insistence upon the high ideals that should inspire sound golf architecture. Every course should be constructed so as to afford incentive to and provide a reward for high-class play; and by high-class play is meant, simply the best of which each individual himself is capable.”
— William Flynn
