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Originally Posted by mikeod
Think water allocation. It differs from place to place, with a lot depending on when they were built, even within TV. That's why Hacienda wasn't overseeded completely. In TV, with more and more homes being occupied, the drain on the reclaimed water supply is increasing. Home irrigation has priority over golf courses. Wanna bet some people are irrigating more than two times a week? Look at the zoysia lawns around TV. They are the closest to the bermuda used on the golf courses. Lots of brown. And they don't have golf carts running over them every day. To blame this on anything but the lack of rainfall presumes the people responsible for the golf courses don't care or don't know what they are doing. Their hands are tied by the water restrictions THEY have imposed on them. It's not fair to compare to courses outside TV which may have sources or allocations of water TV doesn't have. OBH is the oldest course in TV, with plenty of time for the roots to get deep so the grass can sustain drought conditions better than the newer courses. It is not a coincidence that the courses above 466, in general, have been in better condition (except Hacienda, for obvious reasons) than the newer courses south of 466.
I have met and spoken to people responsible for golf courses in TV and they are passionate about these courses. Talk to the pros at the courses and you will see the same concern about conditions, tempered by the reality of the unusual seasons we have experienced the last two years with temperature and rainfall.
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Sorry to be late to this conversation. I totally agree with mikeod in his posts.
I think the staffs are doing the best they can with the amount of water they have to use. One staff might be a bit better at it than another but I think they are all trying their best. The problem is as mikeol said- that we don't have enough water for all the houses and the golf courses. Most states would never of let a developer impact the local environment with this many people. All the lakes have been used up in Ocala National Forest. We use a great deal of water in here.
Friends of ours bought 40 years ago and believe me they have gone through many, many changes in plans and build out dates. So I don't believe for a minute plans can't be changed. I don't believe in building more and more when you don't have enough water for what is already built.
So I think mikeod knows what he is talking about. One thing I hear all golfers agreeing on is that the golf courses are in poor condition.