[donassaid]

Would love to take a Villages wide survey to see how many golfers feel that the fairways are mowed way too low. TV Sirector of Holf told me they are mowed at a height of 5/8". I told him that in 10 years of playing here, I had never seen a single fairway on a single course that had so much as a 1/4" of grass and, most of the time, even less. The other issue is the sand in the traps. Nearly impossible to get a clean lie in a fairway bunker and due to excessive sand around the face of the bunkers, many shots completely bury, making it impossible to get out in one shot. These courses could be a masterpiece with the right grooming but apparently not a high priority for the family or else they just don't care. How many of you agree with this assessment?

[Singerlady]

Originally Posted by John_W

May 1st to Dec 31st afternoon wave starts at 11:56 and a non-priority resident was $34 and is now $36, that's a 12.2% increase. That's all I'm concerned about.

Percentage Lesson:
(36-34)/34 is the correct way to calculate this....not 12.2%. 5.9% is the correct increase. Now, if you’re comparing it to another season’s price...that would be different.

[Cheapbas]

Originally Posted by kcrazorbackfan

Good gawd! Do a bunch of you whiners get together and each one take turns on complaining about something here in The Villages?

If you can’t afford the $2.00, then it’s probably time you quit golf. Do you complain about The Villages when you lose your balls and have to buy more or when your grips wear out and you have to replace them?

Stop the incessant whining and complaining.

I was pretty disappointed having just bought here to see a huge increase in the rate. These are not $64 courses.

It’s not just the $$ for me, I Despise getting Hosed or being taken for a ride.

this is a venue where we can all speak up about it. Why can a course just west of here charge $25 with cart and do so at a profit and we pay 1.5 times more for sub- standard conditions. Our courses, what I heard, were not over seeded And they didn’t appear cared for. So, It seems to me they raised the price and kept it for themselves.

Are you sure it’s whining, I think the term is raising your voice.

[Slakeforest]

There are many good golf courses outside the Villages. I think those that complain have a right to say how they feel, and those who put down the complainers have their right as well. I think both are getting their "fix".
God it's hell getting old!!!

[UpNorth]

Originally Posted by Cheapbas

I was pretty disappointed having just bought here to see a huge increase in the rate. These are not $64 courses.

It’s not just the $$ for me, I Despise getting Hosed or being taken for a ride.

this is a venue where we can all speak up about it. Why can a course just west of here charge $25 with cart and do so at a profit and we pay 1.5 times more for sub- standard conditions. Our courses, what I heard, were not over seeded And they didn’t appear cared for. So, It seems to me they raised the price and kept it for themselves.

Are you sure it’s whining, I think the term is raising your voice.

Agreed. I think the only reason most people are willing to pay $64 for these courses is that they are close by and you drive your own personal cart to them. For $64, you get a visually boring, wide open design with little rough to impede the quick moving along of the crowds. Take your pick - it's the same thing over and over again. There are some great , interesting designs outside The Villages - too bad they aren't closer.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by Cheapbas

I was pretty disappointed having just bought here to see a huge increase in the rate. These are not $64 courses.

It’s not just the $$ for me, I Despise getting Hosed or being taken for a ride.

this is a venue where we can all speak up about it. Why can a course just west of here charge $25 with cart and do so at a profit and we pay 1.5 times more for sub- standard conditions. Our courses, what I heard, were not over seeded And they didn’t appear cared for. So, It seems to me they raised the price and kept it for themselves.

Are you sure it’s whining, I think the term is raising your voice.

No, you will learn it is whining...………………...

[Jokomo]

It’s not the $2. It’s the complete disdain they display for proper course conditioning and the arrogance to raise the rates for an inferior product.

[croughwell]

Sorry... TV has too many extended family members to feed.

[jebartle]

Originally Posted by timberpike1

The problem with the championship courses is the overpricing for the provided product given. The conditions are no where near what they where 5 years ago. Within the last 10 years the fees have doubled and the quality of the playing conditions have greatly decreased. The greens are average, however the fairways have no grass, it would be nice to see over seeding resume as was done prior to the last 3 winters. With the current conditions I would rather drive 30 minutes or more, to play other courses that over seed and are in much better shape all winter and cost $20 to $35 dollars less. Time is not important when you are retired and there are many courses outside the property that take only 5/10 minutes more to get to. The only way CC's will improve is if residents call golf management and state their concerns and/or totally boycott play. Money does talk. If the fairways were over seed again, the water and fertilizer given during the winter months would greatly improve the spring conditions and preserve the regular fairway grass for the summer months.

Agronomist conclude, overseeding timing is the key, it also causes some problems with return of bermuda, or bent (our home course).

[boobear51751]

Not going to happen. This place is going to the dogs fast. People are going to take a fast look here and fine out it isn't what it use to be. Priced way out of sight. This economy is about to bite the developer family in the butt with greed. My daughters age group who should be the next to start buying are not even interested in this life style. These young folks are making far more money than most of us ever did and that generation which is much smaller than our (baby boomers) group will not even give this place a second look. Extremely cramped, to busy and looks like a place that the communist would like. Only certain style homes, only certain colors, only certain amount of land, etc. etc. etc....... Cookie cutter villas. One comment is, "when you have one to many to drink how the heck do you know which villa is your?"

[JoMar]

Originally Posted by boobear51751

Not going to happen. This place is going to the dogs fast. People are going to take a fast look here and fine out it isn't what it use to be. Priced way out of sight. This economy is about to bite the developer family in the butt with greed. My daughters age group who should be the next to start buying are not even interested in this life style. These young folks are making far more money than most of us ever did and that generation which is much smaller than our (baby boomers) group will not even give this place a second look. Extremely cramped, to busy and looks like a place that the communist would like. Only certain style homes, only certain colors, only certain amount of land, etc. etc. etc....... Cookie cutter villas. One comment is, "when you have one to many to drink how the heck do you know which villa is your?"

Wow, guess those that keep buying below 44 didn't get your memo.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by sloanst

I just noticed the off season rates were published with an approximate increase of ~18%. Can we expect an 18% improvement in course conditions this summer? Just wondering.

You can expect heat and humidity.

[dewilson58]

2.5mil rounds of golf each year..............conditions are fine, not perfect, for over 50,000 golfers.


Then there is the whole Supply & Demand argument as well.

[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

Many of the people are younger south of 44 and have no interest in golf , in the early surveys of what people wanted , many said that golf wasn’t there biggest priority. Not everyone comes here for golf, I myself have lived on 3 courses including the Bay Hill CC and have never picked up a club.

[Northwoods]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

2.5mil rounds of golf each year..............conditions are fine, not perfect, for over 50,000 golfers.


Then there is the whole Supply & Demand argument as well.

I just tried to find a tee time on a Championship course for 2 golfers, 3 days out (tee times released today). Pretty much all the tee times are gone before 5:00 pm.

I agree with dewilson... There appears to be plenty of golfers that want to golf The Villages Championship courses. It's convenient and there's a lot of variety.
So... the complainers should probably either play off-site or take up Pickleball. I don't see any reason for TV to do anything substantially different at this time.