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Originally Posted by Donb0975
The Villages courses have 3 million rounds played in year and with the virus every group has 4 carts in use. These 4 carts put a great deal of stress on a course (reason for closer of courses after 1st wave). You will find courses outside TV that overseed and have at times better conditions but overall I don't believe they offer better golf experience day in and day out than what we have in TV.
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First of all, the number of carts has nothing to do with the condition of the greens.
Secondly, those three million rounds are spread over 32 executive and 12 Championship courses. Nine holes are considered a round on the executive courses. Generally, number of round statistics are based on 18 hole rounds so the number of rounds on executives should be cut in half.
Even with that, the 3 million rounds on our 608 holes is about average for a 12 season golf course.
I've played golf all over the world on some of the finest courses and some of the worst courses. In my humble opinion, the conditions in The Villages are #1 very inconsistent. Courses go from being in decent shape to abysmal over the course of a year.
For the prices that are charged for the championship courses, you can get much better conditions outside The Villages.
I've worked and played at golf courses in other parts of Florida that are very busy in the winter and most were in better shape that The Villages courses.
I'm sorry, but these courses are no more busy than other comparable courses and are in worse shape for courses charging comparable fees.