[TomSpasm]

A fellow Villager and I went to Shallow Creek today at 10:30 to play 18. He lives near Lopez ,I live near LSL (21 and 16 miles away), so we drove in a car. We paid $120 for the golf then asked where to pick up a cart. Was told a cart would be another $30. So $75 apiece...shocking!

The course is in nice shape, pretty wide open and overall pretty easy. But I won't be going back. We could have played Mission Inn El Campeon for $30 less...

[UpNorth]

$30 for a cart? Folks in The Villages think it is a great idea to play the "Championship" courses in their own cart. Makes all the green fees overpriced by $30. Developers laugh all the way to the bank.

[dewilson58]

Where in TV is a golf cart rental included??

[Papa_lecki]

Originally Posted by TomSpasm

A fellow Villager and I went to Shallow Creek today at 10:30 to play 18. He lives near Lopez ,I live near LSL (21 and 16 miles away), so we drove in a car. We paid $120 for the golf then asked where to pick up a cart. Was told a cart would be another $30. So $75 apiece...shocking!

The course is in nice shape, pretty wide open and overall pretty easy. But I won't be going back. We could have played Mission Inn El Campeon for $30 less...

Greens fees are right in line with all the other course.
62.50 resident guest at most course
65.50 for Shallow creek

Cart is $14 for 18 holes

Seems reasonable

[BrianL99]

Originally Posted by Papa_lecki

Greens fees are right in line with all the other course.
62.50 resident guest at most course
65.50 for Shallow creek

Cart is $14 for 18 holes

Seems reasonable

I belong to a private club up North. It's $28/person for a cart for 18 holes.

I don't know of anyplace, where it's less than about $20, other than courses that include carts in their Green Fees.

[Papa_lecki]

////

[John Mayes]

Originally Posted by TomSpasm

A fellow Villager and I went to Shallow Creek today at 10:30 to play 18. He lives near Lopez ,I live near LSL (21 and 16 miles away), so we drove in a car. We paid $120 for the golf then asked where to pick up a cart. Was told a cart would be another $30. So $75 apiece...shocking!

The course is in nice shape, pretty wide open and overall pretty easy. But I won't be going back. We could have played Mission Inn El Campeon for $30 less...

Cart rental is the same cost at every championship course in The Villages…..$14.00 per seat for 18 holes. The prices for every championship course is on Golfthevillages.com.

Not sure why you would be surprised.

[John Mayes]

Originally Posted by TomSpasm

A fellow Villager and I went to Shallow Creek today at 10:30 to play 18. He lives near Lopez ,I live near LSL (21 and 16 miles away), so we drove in a car. We paid $120 for the golf then asked where to pick up a cart. Was told a cart would be another $30. So $75 apiece...shocking!

The course is in nice shape, pretty wide open and overall pretty easy. But I won't be going back. We could have played Mission Inn El Campeon for $30 less...

From golfthevillages.com;

https://www.golfthevillages.com/what...r2024Rates.pdf

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by TomSpasm

A fellow Villager and I went to Shallow Creek today at 10:30 to play 18. He lives near Lopez ,I live near LSL (21 and 16 miles away), so we drove in a car. We paid $120 for the golf then asked where to pick up a cart. Was told a cart would be another $30. So $75 apiece...shocking!

$60 for a slow season mid summer rate is very high, especially without paying for a cart. Golfers at Shallow Creek and Southern Oaks are getting gouged because of supply and demand in the southern area. I can drive my golf cart about 3 minutes from our home and play 18 holes after 3 PM at Tierra Del Sol for $22 this time of the year. And the layout at Tierra blows away either of those two courses.

[Papa_lecki]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

$60 for a slow season mid summer rate is very high, especially without paying for a cart. Golfers at Shallow Creek and Southern Oaks are getting gouged because of supply and demand in the southern area. I can drive my golf cart about 3 minutes from our home and play 18 holes after 3 PM at Tierra Del Sol for $22 this time of the year. And the layout at Tierra blows away either of those two courses.

You mean golfers in the southern end are getting gouged because they get to play the newest 36 holes?

[BrianL99]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

And the layout at Tierra blows away either of those two courses.

It blows away any other golf course in TV or the general area ... by a wide margin.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by TomSpasm

A fellow Villager and I went to Shallow Creek today at 10:30 to play 18. He lives near Lopez ,I live near LSL (21 and 16 miles away), so we drove in a car. We paid $120 for the golf then asked where to pick up a cart. Was told a cart would be another $30. So $75 apiece...shocking!

The course is in nice shape, pretty wide open and overall pretty easy. But I won't be going back. We could have played Mission Inn El Campeon for $30 less...

If you had CC membership and waited til the afternoon wave, and took your own golf cart, you could've saved a LOT more. It would've only cost you $37 each.

[BrianNotFromNYC]

Originally Posted by BrianL99

I belong to a private club up North. It's $28/person for a cart for 18 holes.

I don't know of anyplace, where it's less than about $20, other than courses that include carts in their Green Fees.

An equivalent course near NYC is over 100, and outside that area, around 35 -50. And carts are never less than 25 for 18.

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by Papa_lecki

You mean golfers in the southern end are getting gouged because they get to play the newest 36 holes?

Don’t confuse new with better. Once the shine of being new wears off, quality and value rule.

[BrianL99]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

Don’t confuse new with better. Once the shine of being new wears off, quality and value rule.

Palmer used to cost more than the other courses, but that changed.

Southern Oaks and Shallow Creek will probably be a premium price for the rest of our lives, as the Developer has apparently determined courses were over-built in the North and he's determined not to make that mistake in the South.

It's been how many years and how many courses in the Southern area?