Guests already pay $15 so they should be able to keep them in better shape already. Why have I heard that the ones around Lopez up north are in great shape? Must be the person/persons that do maintenance on those courses!

Approximately half of the amenities fee goes to pay off the purchase of the amenities from the Developer. All of that money is not available for maintenance.

Still a lot of money left in the pot. That isn't the problem.

As miraculous as it may seem, some regular and experienced golfers do report good conditions at some of the courses. Why only at some? Conditions should be all good if mgmt/supervision have their finger on the pulse of maintenance. Less than good at any course should be the result of a plague of locusts. An individual case, not the general condition for all or most courses.
Mgmt has failed! Maintenance has failed. Time sweep out the office.

I was not commenting on the condition of the courses. I was not commenting on whether there is sufficient money available to maintain the courses. I have no experience in golf course management. I can only remember one poster on this forum who has such experience. My comment was in response to a post about how much of the amenities money is available for maintenance. Dissatisfaction with the conditions of the courses would be best expressed to the CDD management instead of this forum.

Let it go.

Just a “bad” idea…

Mr
 

No way! No way!

Greens Divot Repair Tool - supplied by The Villages
 

I would propose since many of us enjoy the Executive Golf Courses, we take a different approach to supporting the greens keepers. Instead of raising rates, no one wants that, why don't we ask The Villages to place some Greens Divot Repair tools on the green and we can help, after all, the reason the greens are in bad shape is because many of us are not repairing the ball mark on greens, I may be guilty as well on occasion. Perhaps if TV buys enough for 4 courses and distributes them to different courses, we all can pitch in and fix the issue. As it is, these courses are over played and until we find a way to help resolve the issue, no additional fee or separation of tee times is going to fix the issue. I think it is better to take a Root Cause analysis approach to the issue and we, the ones that see the issue fix the issue. Open to suggestion, but before I get a snarky response, let's remember, the people that are causing the issue are not the ones who are going to fix the issue, it's the old 80/20 rule, 80% cause the problem and 20% fix the problem. Lastly, I agree with some of the comments about the Ambassador, but they should be enforcing speed of play and other issues and we all should be good patrons and fix the greens.

The courses up north of 466 are in great shape. Perhaps the problem is some people (Greenskeeper) at some locations do NOT know how to do their job?

More than likely.

Course Conditions
 

Playing on Executive courses for "free" draws many who have poor golf skills. Paid public courses tend to draw golfers with a better understanding of the rules of play, including repairing divots and ball marks.
The Spring season here is dry and the number of players is at its max.

The Villages have been at it well over 50years. Now some come- lately thinks that they have a solution!!!!!!!

Or in this case, let the user pay TWICE...

Players: fix your divots and ball marks. Only drive your carts where permitted.
Course Management: train your staff AND make sure your maintenance staff are doing a good job.

District Management: let your contracted maintenance staff know whether they're doing a good job or a bad one. Renew contracts only for doing a good job.

Everyone: be thankful our low amenity fees bring a lot of great options for activities, including golf.

The Championship courses should be in better shape as more $$$ are coming in from the players