Weekend Chat: Favorite Redans

Happy Friday, ladies and gentlemen.

It’s January 12 and most of us are trying to trudge through winter the best we can. Not me, I’m with a group of Club TFE members in Florida at our gathering at The Park, but I feel for those of you stuck in the cold. Anyway, the comment section’s down there. Get to it.

Club TFE Housekeeping

We are still sending out member gifts for 2023 so don’t worry if you haven’t received yours just yet. But if you did sign up before May 2023 and haven’t gotten yours, please send me an email at members@thefriedegg.com and we’ll get that sorted out.

Your member code CLUBTFEMEMBER always entitles you to 10% off the Fried Egg pro shop.

Details for the Iowa Road Trip, summer Club TFE Member-Guest, and the Club TFE meetup at Lido & Sedge Valley are nearly finalized. Expect news on that in the coming weeks with registration beginning toward the end of January or early February.

For other events, the first two waves of 2024 Fried Egg Golf events are open to registration. You can register HERE and read more about each event HERE. We’ll have more information about the remainder of our season out this month with the next wave of registrations taking place toward the end of January.

Your weekly question

This week’s Sony Open features a rare sight: professional golfers playing a Redan. The 17th hole at Waialae was recently restored by Tom Doak and has a tendency to make a fool out of the best players in the world. But never mind them. What’s your favorite Redan or Reverse Redan that you’ve played? And if you haven’t played one, what’s one that you’ve seen a photo of that you want to play?

If you aren’t familiar with the Redan, here is a description from Andy’s article profiling the template par 3:

“A Redan typically ranges from 180-230 yards and features a 45 degree right-to-left oriented green protected by a deep bunker along the left side. Redan and Reverse Redan greens (same concept with the opposite angle) carry a great deal of slope that typically runs toward the bunker and from the front of the green to the back. An easy way to spot a Redan is by the defining shoulder on the right side of the green. This mound funnels balls towards the middle and back of the green. Traditional Redans also typically feature a bunker short of the green with another behind the sloping shoulder that penalize wayward shots.”