[Indydealmaker]

Originally Posted by Warren Kiefer

I agree with the thoughts of the first posting. The Villages and the residents have a unique relationship and simply going elsewhere is not a reasonable souution to being goughed by pricing. Without the Residents there would be no Villages and without the Developer there would be no Villages. So in a sense both depend on each other. Now to my main point; Three years ago I did a survey during the month of March. The survey was to determine the prevailing green fees within a 25 mile radius. I accumulated the green fees from 23 local golf courses and found it outragous that except for Orange Blossom, the top six with the highest green fees were the Villages Championship courses. The comparison green fees were based on the "Resident" fees in the Villages. I might toss in the fact that the "outside" green fees included a golf cart whereby in the Villages needing a golf cart will cost extra. In most cases the Villages green fees and Priority fees have gone up three fold in the past 15 years. Why should a Villager be taken advantage of simply because he enjoys driving his personal golf cart to the courses. ??? Harold Schwartz where are you when we need you ?????????

Don't forget the value of the transportation time and fuel cost to the off campus courses.