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Originally Posted by Bruiser1
You will find the off campus courses are very accommodating. If you go to Stone Crest for example you can play 18 with cart for u der 30 dollars . yes it's a mile north of the villages . It overlooks the villages.
About a mile east of Brownwood there is a country course named Continential. For a little over $17 (tax ) you will find a 18 hole course once frequented by Micky Mantle (his club was stuck in a tree off the 18th hole)
the day we were there the main broke and part of the fairway was roped off .
The people couldn't have been more accommodating or apologetic. The Pro drove out personally to give us a rain check. so 36 holes for 17 dollars is not too shabby. |
I recently posted my comments about the Villages championship courses being the most expensive with a radius of 25 miles. You would have thought I had called Mother Theresa nasty names, I was attacked severly and one replier suggested that I should move from the Villages. Golf course conditions in the Villages are generally poorer compared to the off campus courses. I also find the Golf Administration Staff to be much less cordial and helpful than the off campus courses administrators. We recently played Harbor Hills and Ocala Gold, the pro shop people (especially the pro at Harbor Hills) at both fascilities were more polite and helpful than we usually find in the Villages. You were instantly made to feel that they were happy you came to play their course. Nice way to start a gound of golf. As to the course conditions here in the Villages, I have watched the golf maintainence people do their thing in the Villages for years. What I have observed is the Villages maintenance people seem to be only reactive to problems as they arise. One does not have to be very intelligent to know that being reactive doesn't get the job done, what is necessary, especially with golf courses, you must be proactive. This means, preventing the problem, not always having to try to cure the problem...,