Nice post Murray. That is true - we had courses up north with goose poop, and things were not perfect, but our course, in general was in good shape most of the time. We live here full time now and I've seen quite a bit of variation in the course conditions and course maintenance. For anyone interested in following it, there are numerous threads where Villages residents have expressed the same sentiment. I think a lot of people's expectations revolve around what they are used to in terms of golf course conditions, or if they played a lot of golf and had the opportunities to experience really nice courses. That also follows for speed of play. There have been numerous posts about decrying the speed of play here.
I expect part of the problem regarding conditions is the sheer numbers of people in the high season on the courses; I've also noticed that quite a lot of golfers are not real good about repairing ball marks, or filling divots with sand. I do think a big problem is the way the maintenance is done. Its all contracted out, and I dont' expect that a maintenance company will have the same pride and take the same care, as a greenskeeper and his/her crew that will be on the course every day to observe and correct problems as they arise. Just my opinion.
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