[grayesun]

Well, it seems golf in the Villages keeps evolving in the wrong direction! Greens fees keep going up, and tee time availability keeps going down. Some (it seems like a lot) of us like to play afternoon golf, after 3PM, get in 9 holes before sunset and it's getting more difficult every year. We're now down to a total of 2 Championship courses that offer after 3:00 tee times. The last few times we've played after 3:00 the course was packed, busy season ramping up, lots of beginner golfers, extremely slow play...result: almost impossible to do a 2 hour round of 9 holes. Suggestion: Maybe opening a few more Championship courses to allow more after 3:00 tee times to reduce the burden on OBH & TDS as our Villages population swells to winter levels. Note: We went out the other day just before 3:00 and still barely finished 9 holes before dark; we spoke to the ambassador about "pace of play", and he just shrugged it off, saying the course was full, not much he could do about it. The market is there (here) to sell more product (tee times), why not sell to it?