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Originally Posted by jimmyinvillages
Hi Villages Veterans,
Can someone please help tell me what to expect/atmosphere/general vibe of the 9 country clubs in the Villages?
-For each one is it just a golf course and restaurant/golf supplies shop?
-Do some of them have a good 'hangout scene?'
-Which are known for having an 'older crowd/feel' vs a 'younger crowd/feel' for the Villages?
-I've heard some of them have pools as well/assuming these are nicer than the rec center pools with some shading, etc? Do people actually use them or are they often as empty as the rec centers?
-Thank you for your help!!!
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If you are referring to Championship Golf Courses there are currently 14 courses open for play. Ten are 27 holes and the other four (Orange Blossom, Tierra Del Sol, Southern Oaks, and Shallow Creek) are 18 holes. The three courses with a more traditional Country Club feel (a combination of golf, dinning, and practice facilities where you can hit balls), are Palmer, Lopez, and Glenview. Orange Blossom, Mallory Hills, Havana, Cane Garden, Bonifay, Evans Prairie, and Belle Glade all have a clubhouse with decent dinning facilities as well. The other four courses are kind of unique. Tierra Del Sol has dinning, but a it’s more like pub food. Tierra also has a small theatre that has occasional plays and the pool there is an adult pool open to all residents and guests 30 years or older. Hacienda Hills has no dinning, clubhouse, or pool (they were all torn down and replaced with Villas), just a stand alone pro shop. Southern Oaks is very strange, the pro shop is across the street and is part of the Sawgrass Grove scene. There is no dinning, unless you go across the street to Sawgrass Grove where the dinning options are basically pub food. Shallow Creek has a strange pro shop, with restrooms accessible only from outside, and Boosters restaurant is adjacent, which is basically pub food. Some of the Country Clubs have pools requiring a membership and are not open to Villages Residents unless they pay for the membership. I have never been a member and used these pools so I can’t speak for the experience. Off the top of my head I think that Orange Blossom, Glenview, Lopez, Cane Garden, Malloy Hills, and Evans Praire have member only pools. I think at least a couple (I know Glenview does) also have members only tennis facilities.
Hope that helps.