My wife and I had the same opinion, in general most courses were in mediocre shape at best, with some exceptions (the courses at Havana, Churchill Greens come to mind). In the end we were playing 50/50 Villages and off campus. Most of the people we were paired up with had similar comments about the conditions.
We have been coming for short visits for 12 years and don't remember the conditions being as bad ever. This was our first long term stay and were looking forward to it, but were disappointed with the conditions and plan to look at other communities before making a decision on where to put down our retirement roots.
One of our friends who is a year round Villager did mention his understanding is there are multiple companies hired to maintain the courses, and a new one was brought in this year. Could this explain why the conditions vary so widely at different courses?
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