The cost of anything is tied into quality and location and what people are willing to pay. People are willing to pay more to play these courses so they charge more.
What I'm surprised at here is that there are no annual membership clubs like we have up north. The Villages tells us that we a all "members" at the country clubs, but exactly what does that membership entitle us to?
The Villages "championship courses", which by the way is a term that they use for standard golf courses that have less than three par three holes per nine, are all daily fee course. They do not fit the definition of country club that I know. Every country club that I know of has a membership that entitles members to play unlimited golf and engage in whatever other activities that the club might have. Country clubs, in my experience are private clubs where members of the general public cannot simply walk up and pay a green fee.
I have no problem with them charging whatever they want and having a successful business. I am a bit put out however by their terminology.
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