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Originally Posted by MrMark
Good Post. Just one more question.
Where does all the water come from that keeps the grassy areas along all of our major roads so green and plush. Occassionally they are watered so much that one requires winshield wipers to go by. Is this the same water that is not available for our golf courses or is it from a hidden water resource that our golf course superintendents are unaware of? Actually, given a choice, I'd much rather endure viewing brown grass along Camino Real than searching unsuccessfully for a blade of grass to play a fairway shot from. If there's a water shortage so be it. Until everything is brown it seems more like an allocation issue and guess where us golfers fall in the pecking order. Anxious to hear where all this roadside watering comes from if not from the same source being used for golf courses. Using watering restrictions is a cop out as long as the common area grass is greener and thicker than golf course grass.
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It's not a question of water source. It does come from the same source as the golf courses. The difference is that those areas don't have a parade of golf carts on them all day, every day. Ask any course superintendent about the problem of maintaining turf with golf carts constantly running over it. That's why you see the "Scatter" markers at the end of some paths.
I'm sorry, but I don't see a conspiracy against golfers here. Remember that we constantly have visitors here thinking about buying a home. It is important for TV to have attractive landscaping all around AND to have the courses in the best shape possible. To let either area suffer needlessly would not serve the residents or the developer. As far as the comment that you would rather see the common areas brown so the courses could be greener, remember there are residents here who do not play golf and could not care less about the courses. They enjoy the overall beauty of TV. It would not be fair to take that away from them. What if they could force it the other way!