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Flyers999
02-24-2024, 06:51 PM
Played Hawks Bay last Thursday and the greens set a new low for playability. We know that most of the executive greens are bad but they are at least a smooth surface in my experience (bits of grass, dirt and sand, squashed down with a steamroller). But this time they were bumpy and just about unplayable. I complained to the Ambassador.
mkjelenbaas
02-25-2024, 08:08 AM
Try Harbor Hills as it is in great shape and have reasonable prices!
Bay Kid
02-25-2024, 08:25 AM
It is such a shame for the conditions of lots of executive courses. They are good for the short game practice, but not putting.
Flyers999
02-25-2024, 04:10 PM
Try Harbor Hills as it is in great shape and have reasonable prices!

Is that an executive course? (Just kidding)

But I wouldn't play HH due to the compressed tee times. The Villages it's 8 minutes. HH is shorter than that.

Anyway I don't have a problem with the Villages regulation courses that I play, as far as greens go.
TStVillages
02-26-2024, 06:26 AM
Interesting article, what one superintendent is saying
Why are Florida greens running so slowly? A superintendent explains (https://golf.com/lifestyle/el-nino-impact-florida-golf-courses/)
golfing eagles
02-26-2024, 06:33 AM
Interesting article, what one superintendent is saying
Why are Florida greens running so slowly? A superintendent explains (https://golf.com/lifestyle/el-nino-impact-florida-golf-courses/)

Great article with one exception: It starts off by stating SW Florida got 1/3 the usual rainfall while the east side got 3x usual. But then it goes on to stating the CC of Naples had standing water that the pro hadn't seen in 16 years. Kind of a contradiction.
Breeze729
02-26-2024, 03:13 PM
I played Hawkes Bay a week ago and wondered how it got so bad in such a short time after it had been closed for a time to bring it up to the standards we want here/. I played Truman this past Sunday and they were pretty bad as well,
billethkid
02-26-2024, 05:59 PM
Lowest bid "landscapers"
randykw
02-28-2024, 09:49 AM
Played Bacall Feb. 26. Greens were TERRIBLE.
ThirdOfFive
02-28-2024, 11:11 AM
Interesting article, what one superintendent is saying
Why are Florida greens running so slowly? A superintendent explains (https://golf.com/lifestyle/el-nino-impact-florida-golf-courses/)
Gotta love it. When all else fails, blame the climate.