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Originally Posted by tophcfa
Both suggestions would yield positive results, but don’t hold your breath waiting for those to happen. The suggestions in post #2 are a more realistic approach.
The absolute most effective way to see results would be for prospective home buyers to back away from purchasing and leave strong feedback that the reason is both poor/inconsistent golf conditions and difficulty getting T Times on the Executives.
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The quoted statement is almost...not quite, but close...to being an oxymoron. If courses were as bad across-the-board and some people seem to think they are, then it would be logical to expect that there would be MORE tee times available, and consequently less waiting for tee times to open up.
Truth seems to be that conditions vary tremendously from course to course. The proof of this seems to be that the same five or six courses are mentioned time after time after time as being "unplayable". In the past ten days I've played El Diablo, Hilltop and Briarwood. All three were in very good shape with the exception of some mud in fairways. Hilltop in particular had greens that were as good as they could be. El Diablo had a green or two that was a bit spotty but it has come a LONG way from a month to six weeks ago.
Nevertheless it is valid to question what seems to be hit-and-miss maintenance. You can't blame folks if their favorite courses look like hog wallows or weed patches. I've often wondered just what is the mindset driving this. Is it to do just enough maintenance to get by (and thus spend less money) or are the powers-that-be striving for excellence? If it is the former, than the only thing that will get things to change is A) a concerted effort to get golfers' displeasure known, and B) if that doesn't work, hit those same powers-that-be in the pocketbook. How? Maybe be a bit easier on the championship courses (a one-day boycott would get noticed) but not so much on the execs as the amenity fees cover them.