Talk of The Villages Florida - View Single Post - Golf Courses-What do we do?
View Single Post
 
Old 03-06-2024, 08:26 AM
golfing eagles's Avatar
golfing eagles golfing eagles is offline
Sage
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: The Villages
Posts: 13,718
Thanks: 1,392
Thanked 14,806 Times in 4,914 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rich Iwaszko View Post
Solution: raise the green fees 5$ and raise the rec fee 10$. Hire 1 qualified superintendent for every Championship Course and 1 qualified superintendent for every 4-5 executive courses. To properly care for a golf course you need one good set of agronomy eyes on the ground all the time. Small increase will create great value in better conditions and higher home values.
Win-Win.
I agree with hiring better maintenance personnel, but as per post #23, I think the money is already there for champ courses without raising fees further. Probably for execs as well, but the problem with raising the amenity fee is that not everyone plays golf. Perhaps raising the trail fee if needed? Besides, $10/month x 70,000 homes = $8.4 million/year---doubt it would cost that much