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Originally Posted by mikeod

Taj - If you want to think TV is intentionally, through mismanagement or apathy, degrading the course conditions, I'm not going to change your mind, nor will try. But that, to use your term, doesn't ring true, either.

It's a fact that Havana benefited from the timing of its overseed. I think it was seeded just after Palmer and got the little bit of rain that we had in the fall to help germination. Cane did not. Hacienda was not overseeded in the fairways because its water supply is very limited. I think there are only two retention ponds on the entire 27 holes that can be used for golf irrigation. There was not enough water to do the fairways. If they spread seed and didn't water, people would be complaining anyway. They didn't just not "bother" to overseed. They also had planned to overseed the par 4 fairways on the executive courses, but that didn't happen because of water limitations.

Sorry. I don't agree with everything that happens around TV, but I cannot buy a conspiracy against the golfers in this community. It just isn't in the best interests of the developer in trying to sell homes. Think about it. That's the busy season for visits and sales. Do you really think they would be comfortable knowing the courses are in mediocre shape when they could have made them better?

I suggest you go to Golf the Villages and read the article under Turf Talk regarding overseeding. water, and rain run-off. It explains what happened and what we could expect.

I don't think it is a conspiracy either but somewhere along the line there is some mismanagement to allow things to snowball the way they have that out of all the Championship courses there are only 3 that are worth the price of the green fees.