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Originally Posted by John_W

The Villages has two kinds of golf courses. Executives, which are nine holes with one par 4 except about a half a dozen have two par 4's, such as Yankee Clipper and Pelican. There are about 35 of the executive nine hole layouts in TV. The Championship courses are what the rest of the world considers golf courses.

Championship courses usually consist of 18 holes of play with a par of 72, The Villages has about a dozen, Lopez, Glenview, Palmer, Cane Garden, Mallory, Havana, Evans Prairie, Belle Glade, Bonifay, Haciena Hills, Orange Blossom and Tierra Del Sol. All are 27 hole layouts except for two of the older courses. The system is set up to have starter shacks and identical teetimes at all 3 nines, so more golfers can play. However where most courses teetimes are available anytime of day, because golfers must crossover to the back nine of their round, we have what's called waves. For examples no teetimes between about 9:30 and noon at any that have 27 holes. When you join the online teetime system for $8 a month you can see the actual teetimes listed.

The executives are free if you walk with your bag or pullcart or $4 a round if you drive your cart, that's called trail fees, or payable in a lump sum of about $150 for the year. Due to the large volume of seasonal residents and the low price, executives courses almost always require a teetimes reservation usually 5 to 7 days in advance in the winter.

The championship courses cost varies for the seasons, also Arnold Palmer is about $5 higher than the other courses. An example would be Cane Garden, a 27 hole layout. From May 1st through September 30th is about $32 a round but if your'e playing after 11:00am it's only about $24 or $12 for nine holes That's a summer discount available only during that season when the afternoon temperature is about 95 degrees. From Oct 1st to December 31st the championship are about $50 and no discount are available except for Priority Golf Membership, which costs about $800 a year. Then your round will be discounted about $10 off. From Jan 1st to April 30th the championship are priced in the high $50's.

I used general description of the prices and dates, but this should give you a brief idea of how things work. Here's links to the facts.

http://www.golfthevillages.com/image...Golf-Rates.pdf

Golf The Villages

Villages Teetimes system is $8 a month payable with automated credit card payment. You'll be issued a pin number to go online, the link is the home page. The office is at LSL a couple of doors north of City Fire. Go there and give credit cards details and sign up. You also use the same system for executives courses, you can make requested teetimes and you can enter your name on open teetimes within 3 days of play. Playing in a group you'll need the ID number of the others.

TheVillages.net - Login - Email, tee-times, computer support - serving The Villages, Florida and the Tri-county area.

Excellent Post, good information for people