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Old 12-07-2020, 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by ogme480 View Post
Played this course as second round of a double-header yesterday afternoon in The Villages historic part. Only second time I ever played this one and enjoyed the afternoon outing with my wife.

I observed a lot of play in progress during our round. Several tight fairways exist with numerous large trees to sharpen your trajectory off the tee boxes. Green sizes were larger than what I observed at Hill Top, reasonably flat, & in better shape. Balls rolled a little fast on the greens. Tee boxes showing their frequent use & several fairways lacked turf, as were under repair & cordoned off with rope. Overall course in average condition.

The course is a must to play a round on the first executive course actually built for such in The Villages in the late 80's. It'll be a truly memorable round.

Note: I learned that a course renovation is forthcoming in the near future and the required work will close it down for an uncertain period of time while repairs are made. Act quickly if interested in taking this one in before project begins.
I'm hoping that this will be a total renovation. Silver Lake might have been nice when it was built but the layout of several holes is awful. What they need to do it completely bulldozed this course and design a new one from scratch.
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