Red Tail Run

Getting To Know: Red Tail Run by Raymond Floyd

An Insightful Interview With Rick Anderson, Director of Golf

By Brian Weis

Whether you have played a course 20+ times a year or looking to play the course for the first time, insights from an insider can help enhance your golf experience. Below is an interview with Rick Anderson who shares some valuable tidbits about the course, memorable holes and must eats and treats at the 19th.

Give Our Readers An Overview of the Golf Course/Property
Prairie style course, wide fairways, flowing greens and multiple tee locations with varying angles to fairways. Course stretches from 5104 yards to 7351 yards. Greens best around running 11.3 on stimpmeter.

If Someone Was Looking To Golf In The Area, Why Should They Play Your Course?
5 sets of tees, wide fairways, big greens, great green conditions and it is a Raymond Floyd design.

What Tips or Local Knowledge Would You Provide To Help Them Score Better At Your Course?
Holes closest to highway 51 tend to break that direction

Recent Awards or What You Are Most Proud About The Course?
Number one in customer loyalty National Golf Foundation

What Is The Signature, Most Talked About, or Most Photographed Hole?
Generally, it is Raymond's Turn; holes 13 through 17. this set of holes winds through trees and over creeks, holes 13 and 16 share a double green and hole 17 one of the hardest around. Ray Floyd said " if you can play these hole in one over par, congratulations". so give it your best shot!

What Is Your Favorite Hole? Any Tips to Play It?
Number 17 favorite...it is an uphill par 3 with 6 tee boxes that make the hole play 100 to 235 yards. It is a Redan style hole with a lake on the back left that you cannot see from the tee. The hole is named "Fortress"...good luck!

Must Have Dish or Drink after the round at the 19th Hole?
Chocolate chip cookies baked daily!

Who Holds Course Record and What Was Their Score?
Kurt Rogers, Dave White and Kraig Rogers...65 from back tees.

Back Tee Stats
Par: 72
Yardage: 7351
Slope: 132
Rating: 74.4

More Information
Red Tail Run by Raymond Floyd
520 west Grove road
Decatur, Illinois, 62521
217-422-2211
golfdecatur.org

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About: Brian Weis

Brian Weis is the mastermind behind GolfTrips.com, a vast network of golf travel and directory sites covering everything from the rolling fairways of Wisconsin to the sunbaked desert layouts of Arizona. If there’s a golf destination worth visiting, chances are, Brian has written about it, played it, or at the very least, found a way to justify a "business trip" there.

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Brian’s love for golf goes way back. As a kid, he competed in junior and high school golf, only to realize that his dreams of a college golf scholarship had about the same odds as a 30-handicap making a hole-in-one. Instead, he took the more practical route—working on the West Bend Country Club grounds crew to fund his University of Wisconsin education. Little did he know that mowing greens and fixing divots would one day lead to a career writing about the best courses on the planet.

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