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Originally Posted by Polar Bear
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.
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."
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I belonged to both private and semi private courses. Every semi private course I belonged to had club storage, locker and shower facilities, food services and special tournaments i.e., member guest tournaments, that actually shut down the course and membership fees that eliminate green fees. The Champ courses offer none of that. The food service is owned and managed by someone else. If you want to call it semi private that's ok, but the reality is the Champs are public courses with a discount card for people that are residents of The Villages.