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Originally Posted by beartrack
For the past week or so since I started this thread, and taking the advice of some of the posters here, I have been making phone calls and sending email in an effort to discover who or what entity is responsible for the maintenance of the greens on the executive courses.
Through Thevillages.net golf site I finally got through to what I am convinced is the correct place to answer my concerns. This morning I recieved a phone call from Todd Basso, who introduced himself as the superintendant of golf course mantenance for for The Villages Executive golf courses. He told me that based on many complaints that have come across his desk about the poor condition of some of the exec. greens. He went out and investigated the alleged problems. He said that I am right about the poor conditions that exist at some of the exec greens, especially in Marion county.
He offered no excuses, just apologies for the lack of proper condition of the greens. He also explained that there are several maintenance companys with contracts to do specific courses in the villages and it appears to him that some companys are doing a better job then others. While he refused to use the unusual weather this year as an excuse, he did state that they were totaly unprepared to cope with it and that would never be the case again. He also stated that he is putting a process in place to rehabilitate our greens and that they will be back to great condition as soon as possible.
Todd also said he himself plays Baseline and there is no question that their greens are better then ours, and by next year ours will be just as good.
I would like to thank Todd Basso for his very sincere and informative phone call and I would also thank TOTV posters for helping me to get my concerns answered. I do hope that as a result of our efforts we will all be able to enjoy better golf.
By the way, told also stated to never hesitate to notify him of any concerns you may have about the executive courses. His job is answer our concerns and make the golf experience better for everyone.
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I too had a conversation with Todd Basso this morning, and he basically told me everything that you said, Beartrack. I of course had been asking him about the Championship courses. He admitted there was a problem,he did mention problems with the overseeding, and said there are a number of issues that need to be addressed, and they will be addressed. I came away very impressed with this man. I felt he was sincere, and I think he means business. From what he said it didn't sound like a money problem, it was more a maintenance issue. He also mentioned the overseeding schedule, and how they may be doing it earlier next year to make sure it is all in place by the time the bad weather comes. I'm glad I had the opportunity to speak with him, and I feel relieved that they are aware of the problems and are working on them. That's all we can ask.