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Originally Posted by Mikeod
It's frustrating to read these posts about the executive courses. In 2010, I joined a group called the Executive Golf Advisory Group that met with representatives of GMS and the district to discuss conditions and policies on these courses. About a year later, the name was changed to Executive Golf Improvement Group and our status was changed to avoid problems with Florida's Sunshine Law. But we still had the attention of GMS and the district. The members were assigned a group of courses to monitor and had the contact information of the facility manager and district/GMS person responsible so problems could be addressed immediately if necessary for safety or at our meetings. In our quarterly meetings, we presented areas of concern and never had a problem getting them addressed.
Unfortunately, the group disbanded in 2016. One reason was that members, who inspected the courses on their own time, eventually became tired of the commitment. Solicitation of new members (even posted here) was inadequate. And new leadership was not forthcoming. I think we lost an opportunity to have some input in the maintenance of these courses at that point.
Perhaps the group could be reinstated.
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I had contacted Eric of GMS last year about the condition of the greens and tees on the "Executive Golf Trail". I have been coming to TV for 12 years. Over this period of time the playing conditions have become worse. This golfing setup was a large reason for the explosion of home buyers in TV.
I talked to him about the possibility of looking at alternative grasses for the courses. There are companies that have developed some hybrid strains
that are user friendly........less water, less fert., less mowing, disease resistant and much less care required overall.
A company in Texas (Bladerunner....I have no interest) seems to have developed such grasses. As an aside, they furnished the grass for the Olympic course in Brazil. I do not know the economics involved.....if a program is workable for remove and replace. I have not heard back from Eric.