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Originally Posted by blueash
As every round of golf is entered into the Villages computer system, it should be very easy for their IT team to produce accurate data about how many rounds of executive golf the average priority golfer plays in a year. We have read here from those who do not play any or many a year, but clearly there are many who do play executive golf rounds. The IT team can also produce data on how many rounds the average non-priority golfer who pays with a yearly trail fee plays on the executive courses. This is a starting point for calculating the pay back. It seems obvious to me that someone willing to pay the priority fee is a big fan of golfing. So even if they only play 1/4 of the time on executive courses, their number of rounds on those courses may exceed the average of the casual golfer who pays an executive trail fee only.
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Excellent point about how the computerization of the system provides thorough data.
Wouldn't the fairest way to solve the issue be to assess how much "trail fee" revenue is needed, divide that by the number of rounds played, and charge that number to each player, per round, as played?
That removes the guessing, the magic, and unfortunately for some, the feeling that they are "getting a deal"...Hey, if you play 150 executive rounds a year, and someone else plays 5, why shouldn't you pay 30 times the fees that the guy who plays 5 rounds pays?
But then, we were told "executive golf is free"....so if it is free, why is there a trail fee at all? As someone else asked, are the trail fees actually used to maintain what they are purported to maintain, or are those fees co-mingled with the funds from the amenity fees for general maintenance ?