Tom Paul -
Haven't you always advocated the ball bouncing all over the place and not leaving behind a pitch mark?
I did play with Sweeney the other day, and first and foremost let me propose that Red Tail is one of the finest courses public or private in Massachusetts. There is strategy on almost every shot (even on the par three holes, even for ten handicappers), the course is big and brash, the bunkering is large and in charge - it is a course where you can get your ass kicked and still have fun.
As for the maintenance issues, I have heard about problems on the greens there, but last week the greens were eminenetly playable. Sure, at a course where you pay $88 and they clean your clubs afterwards, there is an expectation that the greens will roll like young Henry's behind and be devoid of all blemishes. This is not the case, but I found the greens to be, as Mike indicated, average and not at all problematic. The bunker construction is of the highest quality.
Let no one be dissuaded from a visit to Red Tail. The course is largely devoid of houses, roads, power lines and cell towers. There is a quarry hole that will stun you. Standing on the fourteenth tee will stun you. Red Tail is all that and a bag of chips.