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Originally Posted by Littletommy

It is too bad Palmetto has to be closed because they do not have enough golf courses.
They are short 10 executive golf courses south of Hwy 44. There should be 15 executive course there now based on the population and we only see 5.
The developer has saved the cost of construction of those 10 courses and then profited from the sale and construction of homes on the land that should have been used for executive golf. It is a problem that cannot be fixed. This area has been built out and has no room to add these courses.
The math is simple. There are 36 executive courses north of 44. Divide the population of 100,525 by 36 and you have 2793 for each executive course. Take the south population of about 41,475 (it is higher now) and divide by 2793 resulting in 14.85 courses.
Short 10 executive golf courses.
The championship courses are worse. They are short 12 nines. No room to build them.
They is talk of building more courses further south. I would say those new courses won't be enough to handle the 60,000 new golfers that will be coming to the Villages to play golf.

I think people that are retiring now don't play golf as much or at all. The South is built for that along with more walking trails, dog parks etc. I think the sweet spot for golf is between 466 and 466a and if you like golf, you should buy in this area.