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Originally Posted by collie1228
The Villages courses are mostly designed as "resort courses" with lots of water that doesn't come into play much, wide open fairways, big greens, etc. They are mostly designed to keep play moving. My "home course" in Upstate NY had narrow fairways lined with woods, lots of creeks and ponds for you to roll into, small greens, etc. When you hit a "wide right" drive, in most cases you were in the woods with no hope of even finding the ball. Golf in The Villages is much more enjoyable.
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You got that right, the courses up north also are very hilly with lots of uneven lies, the ball doesn’t roll much after landing, the sand in the traps is very inconsistent and more gravelly, and typically are significantly longer. Most courses up north are longer from the white tees that the courses in the Villages are from the blues. And the worst part about the courses up north are all the dam ticks in the taller grass and woods lining the fairways. I am way more afraid of ticks than the snakes and alligators in the Villages. The only thing I like better about golfing up north (green fees aside) is that I prefer bent grass greens to Bermuda. Golf on : )