[Albany]

Played yesterday. Volusia gets a lot of play because folks who bought "down south" don't have enough golf courses to choose from, and Volusia is just about the closest executive for these golf-deprived buyers. Volusia has one of the nicest layouts in The Villages, including elevation changes which is unusual. It has always been in decent condition. Until now. The first tee is unbelievably un-maintained and unkempt. It's just a warning that the course itself is the same. The greens are now unplayable, huge areas with no grass and not maintained to any degree of acceptability. In fact the greens are quite similar to the greens at Havana, before they finally closed it (months after they should have.) It just doesn't seem that the condition of Volusia is solely the fault of heavy play. The entire track is unmaintained. Very concerning and disappointing, add another course to the list of golf course management debacles.