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Old 05-31-2011, 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by pooh View Post
We ARE at the mercy of the weather, here and in just about all locations across the US. Where the heck do you get more water if it doesn't rain? Florida doesn't buy water from others, salt water isn't desalinated for use here. The past few summers have been hot and dry. Haven't you ever lived in an area with water restrictions? Would you prefer that potable water be used to irrigate the courses instead of non-potable water? Maybe that's what could be happening in other locations.

No, what i would prefer is to receive what is being advertised, that being Championship Golf Courses not courses that resemble Municipal Golf Courses. Even with a priority membership here in The Villages you pay more for 18 holes of golf in the summer months with the courses in their present condition than you do playing at many courses outside The Villages in much better condition. You can only blame the weather so long before people tire of hearing it. Knowing that rain is so vital to the conditions of the courses , is anything being done to offset the lack of it? More retention ponds being built to store more water for times like these.? I don't see them if they are.
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