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Old 05-15-2012, 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by jebartle View Post
I noticed that the squeaky wheel gets the grease...Contacted local Championship course Pro because our exec. course "Par 4's" fairway??? are close to being cement and they were watering today, Yea!....I know the Villages is limited on watering during this "drought" but the par 4 second shot is difficult at best...Could you all be so kind and contact your local golf pro and ask him to "at the very least" water the fairways on the Par 4's....I also think the Championship courses should adopt the "NO CART" philosophy that all execs have, if for no other reason than the Par 3's on the execs. are fairing much better than the Championship courses...One more thing, I know there are legitimate Villagers that need handicap tags and others have handicaps that are not obvious but it would be GREAT if those that are within an inch of the green with their carts would reconsider driving soooo close to green...Not sure what the ruling is on this but I sometimes wonder about some of the tags that are distributed...IMHO
Championship are doing alternate days odd or even holes rough only.