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I recently spoke to someone responsible for maintenance and asked how often the holes were changed on the execs. He stated every 2 days. I have played on execs that were nothing but sand around the hole because of all the play. While the rest of the green was fine. I said I thought they needed to be changed daily, fell on deaf ears. Also I have been told by several people including a supervisor at Cain that each Championship is responsible for three execs. That is why there should be no difference, between the quality of the courses. The big selling point for us as we just moved here in Dec. was the fact that while driving around we were unable to tell the difference in the courses, exec vs championship. Generally execs are cheesy at best, not here. We had friends down from Atlanta 3 weeks ago and the over seed on the Champion was an embarrassment. I do not believe it was the weather because what was there was growing. It was a poor over seed. I have always thought that it is the little things that make a difference in a golf course. Filling ball washers, grooming around sand traps, you name it, it is the small stuff and if that is not getting done the big stuff never does. There is a palm tree that is still alive lying on it's side on the back of Jackaranda. All it needs is to be righted for it to live. I mentioned it to the Marshall and he said he would tell them. I am rambling but the point is, without feed back nothing ever changes. Politely suggest that things are not up to par... For those of you that have been here before with the snowbirds are these the conditions we should expect? Also unverified I heard that the courses here get 17000 rounds of golf a day, Any ideas of the validity of that. Anyway regardless of who is paying, in some form the golf courses are a major key to this place. The more feedback both positive and negative will make this place better.