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Originally Posted by villages07
my understanding is that the planning for amenities is done according to a formula.... so many golf courses per thousand homes, so many pickleball courts, etc. So, theoretically, golf availability should keep pace with population increases.
What you do notice, when you look for open exec course tee times, is that most of the 3-day out openings are for hilltop, silver lake, walnut grove, briarwood, chula vista, mira mesa, etc. You don't see many openings (other than 7 am or 5 pm) for Truman, Roosevelt, Bogart, etc.
So, in short, there still are golf tee times available just not necessarily at the courses you are looking for.
I think there are also more full time (or near full time) residents than there used to be ... so golf times are being used up more in Nov/Dec and May than they used to be. No proof of this...just a sense that is what's happening.
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I agree with your assessment about more full time residents. It sure feels that way. I have played mira mesa a few times, and although I like the layout, I didn't think the course was in very good condition compared to Bogart/Bacall for example. I don't know how Hilltop and Silver Lake are condition-wise. Has anyone played them? I expect that as the population ages, that the courses in a particular area will get less play. Is it possible that Orange Blossom, Chula Vista, and neighborhoods in that area have more older residents who don't play as much golf, while the newer neighborhoods have the younger folks who tend to be more active and play more golf? Or might it be conditions - the older ones may not be as well maintained, so people gravitate to the newer courses, or maybe its a combination of the two?