Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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The greens on Laurel Valley were atrocious 3 weeks ago. I think they've cut back on their mowing schedule, allowed them more growth (slows them down a little) and now the greens seem to coming back and most are putting well. I believe Riley Grove's greens had been infected with a disease, but they seem to be improving. Glenview's overall condition has improved in the last 2 weeks, although it's always been reasonable good. I noticed the bunkers are being power raked more often. On Palmer yesterday, I noticed a bunch of areas where they've removed bad areas of fairway & green turf and patched in new sod. Mallory's overall condition seemed to improve over the last 2 weeks. I was told this morning, that there's a battalion of folks working on the Havana courses that are closed. Some of the above is attributable to better weather and growing conditions, but I've also noticed more maintenance people seem to be out & about and working at the courses. I think all the social media and other attention the courses have received over the last month, has been a little bit of a wake up call for the Developer. We're not dealing with dumb people here and once they began to be concerned their image might get damaged, I think they took notice. Just my opinion, your mileage may vary. Last edited by BrianL99; 03-11-2024 at 09:00 AM. |
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31 replies so far, and not one says they heard what you are implying.....fake news, and rumors.......nice try, i'm sure the developer is shaking in their boots
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Its amazing when the grass starts growing how conditions improve. Its amazing when the grass stops growing how the complaints roll in. Mother Nature is waking up and the conditions will continue to get better. Take a good look at your lawn, its starting to comeback too. Most looked like crap in the winter.
Truly amazing this Mother Nature and grass growth. You cant fool Mother Nature in the winter and force grass growth, so conditions will be not as good in the winter and voila, spring hits, heat hits, water hits and its a golfers miracle. If we copy all these posts, we can just re-enter them next winter when the grass stops growing, save time to complain about other stuff. Very glad to see Spring has sprung. QUOTE=Golden Domer;2309176]I have heard rumblings recently that a group of Priority Members have been discussing a "boycott day / week" ....... anyone else heard anything about this ?[/QUOTE] |
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Don't be going back on your previous, 100% accurate statement: "A good superintendent can grow grass on a bald head". Any dummy can grow grass when it's 75 degrees and the weather alternates ... 2 days sun, 1 day rain. In New England, we grow grass when it's 50 degrees and we grow grass when it's 95 degrees. We keep it safe & secure, when it's 5 below zero ... and sometimes in the spring time and sometimes in the fall, we do it all. Remember all that, for your pre-retirement? |
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That's a great idea. We need to send a strong message about the lack of value for our pricy investment
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Don't be going back on your previous, 100% accurate statement: "A good superintendent can grow grass on a bald head". Any dummy can grow grass when it's 75 degrees and the weather alternates ... 2 days sun, 1 day rain. In New England, we grow grass when it's 50 degrees and we grow grass when it's 95 degrees. We keep it safe & secure, when it's 5 below zero ... and sometimes in the spring time and sometimes in the fall, we do it all. Remember all that, for your pre-retirement?[/QUOTE] Grass growing Mic drop! |
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While this winter's weather has been a factor, it's far from the whole story. Turn on your TV and look at the conditions at TPC Sawgrass---same weather, or Bay Hill last week. To make a more reasonable comparison, look at Juliette Falls. Heck, just look at the difference between Glenview and Havana. It would seem the biggest factor is the maintenance crew and their supervision.
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That's what's so frustrating to me. It's as clear as day, the problem is with their contracting approach and management of same. There's hardly a contract of any sort, in effect anywhere, that does't have a revocation/cancellatoin clause. Get rid of the contractors that can't do the job and hire ones who can and will ... or take it over yourself. This is Business 101 and the Developer has demonstrated for years, there's no shortage of business savvy on staff. |
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I don't play golf so I don't really know much about this but I was wondering how would a boycott help your cause?
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Unfortunately, for a boycott to be successful, you would need 85 to 95% participation. the course would need to be EMPTY for 2 or 3 days. That won’t happen. People will see an opportunity to play on empty courses and cave on the afternoon of day 1. |
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