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Originally Posted by newguyintv
They are public courses (primarily for residents) who have no say in how they are operated, have no restaurants operations that cater to them, they have no elected board of directors that have a say in how they are operated and have recurring maintenance level issues that wouldn't be tolerated by semi private clubs in other areas and they have no locker room facillities that are plentifully available in many Semi-Private Clubs. There are in fact NO members unless you think paying a priority fee for preferred tee times with no right to vote on anything makes you a member.
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Rant all you want. By definition they are semi-private. If you want to generically call them "public" because anybody can play them, fine.
But to say they are not semi-private is to deny the reality of what defines a semi-private course. Priority Members have lower rates, better access to tees times, availability of tournaments, etc...thus semi-private. The availability of locker rooms and other such facilities is irrelevant. Sounds to me like you're talking about fully private clubs.
I know this will mean nothing to you in resolving our disagreement, but here is a quote from the golfthevillages.com Championship Golf web page: "These courses are considered semi-private facilities with fee structures designed to be affordable for Villages residents."