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Originally Posted by schotzyb
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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I'm not sure that additional retention ponds can be built without permits or enviromental impact reports. The master plan presented to counties is what it is. You can't just "dig a hole" somewhere....as logical as that might seem to you...and remember "plumbing" has to be installed also to get that water from one location to another. There are houses, golf course, marsh land, that are all impacted if someone just starts digging.
One does have the option of playing other courses outside TV if they feel the courses are better. It will get better when it rains....the golf course, our yards, the retention ponds. The first year I was here, you needed a hammer to get the tees into the ground, it had been a hot, dry summer before our arrival. It got better...got rain during the rainy season. Florida goes through climate cycles, sometimes expected and many times, unexpected. Weather has been unpredictable without a doubt and the weather here is no exception.