This is one player's experience. Do not consider it by any means to be binding in any way, shape or form...
The Executive courses are not closed as far as I know after the starter shack closes. Residents with a paid-up-to-date Executive Golf Trail fee would not owe anything to play. So I think it makes perfect sense that the Executive courses are not closed when there is still plenty of playable daylight left. If you do not have the aforesaid paid-up trail fee, I don't believe you can legitimately play after hours, because you would owe a trail fee.
The Championship courses are a different beast altogether. Nobody can just walk on and play without paying a greens fee. In the long-day seasons, you can start playing on a Championship course after the shacks close and an Ambassador, who will be on duty until dusk, will stop and write you an official 'ticket' so you can go by the clubhouse the next day and pay your greens fee. But you cannot go on the course after the shacks close and expect to play for free.
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