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Originally Posted by Dcurrie911

Three pitch and putt courses south of 44. These courses are the last to get booked which is a clear indicator that they are least desirable for home owners. This activity of building non-desirable pitch and putt courses south of 44 continues to put pressure on executive courses north of 44. How do we stop this bad behavior? I sent a mail to villages.com but wonder if there is a better way.

Dan

I platy both Ex. & P/P. I enjoy both. Are you a golf elitists? There are levels of gofers, get used to it.

[rsmurano]

Have you actually tried to get a t time at Richmond? It’s is just as difficult to get a t time as other executive course. i know some people don’t like sarasota either because it’s pretty easy. Marsh Bend needs to get cleaned up to take some pressure off Richmond.

[DonH57]

Originally Posted by MSGirl

So wrong! Pitch and Putt- 1. You tee off a cushioned pad. 2. The play is completely off from an executive course 3. If there are sand traps, they are minimal 4. Greens are flat 5. There are no par 4s …

The pitch and putts are fine unfortunately those pads are not so cushioned. Anytime I've played Marshview I've used older clubs I don't care about possibly damaging. They're nice but we now have enough.

[coconutmama]

Originally Posted by justjim

I know a number of golfers that play the executive courses because they cannot walk the pitch and putt courses. It would be nice to built a pitch and putt course with golf cart paths or an executive course (with cart paths) with only two sets of tees with the longest hole no more than 125-130 yards. Call it a “starter course”or whatever. It’s not “rocket science”. A starter course would take considerable less land and designed for golfers just starting to play or for one wanting to sharpen their short game. Almost everyone happy? ������

Yes! Many cannot walk the PNP, that is true. A cart path would be helpful. Good idea

[MandoMan]

Originally Posted by Dcurrie911

Three pitch and putt courses south of 44. These courses are the last to get booked which is a clear indicator that they are least desirable for home owners. This activity of building non-desirable pitch and putt courses south of 44 continues to put pressure on executive courses north of 44. How do we stop this bad behavior? I sent a mail to villages.com but wonder if there is a better way.

Dan

People love the pleasure of making long drives, but for a large percentage of players who want to improve, spending hours pitching and putting will help their score a lot more. Think how many players drive bucket after bucket of balls at driving ranges but never pitch buckets and learn to place the pitched balls accurately. Pitch and putt courses focus on what may be the hardest parts of the game for most players.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by coconutmama

Yes! Many cannot walk the PNP, that is true. A cart path would be helpful. Good idea

A trail fee comes along with a cart path. Lay down you 4 bucks.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by John Mayes

Three new championship courses, (two 18’s and one 27), six executives, one additional pitch and putt and a golf academy.

Continuing The Dream: Volume 15

This is worth repeating for those that don’t read ALL posts before offering an opinion!

[coconutmama]

The OP was merely expressing an opinion. Too many snarky comments here.

[bjansson]

You have to consider the hazards of putting an executive course that close to the freeway. The fairways are a lot longer on an Executive course and you really have to belt that ball out there to get to the green. If that ball went awry you might hit someone on the freeway accidently. So in lieu of putting up great big nets to protect the freeway drivers the developer gets to save land and build more houses.

When they start developing the land farther away from the freeway I'm sure they will add more executive courses south of 44.

[MrFlorida]

We like the PNP's, great for new players.

[MaryShields]

Build more executives!

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by John Mayes

Three new championship courses, (two 18’s and one 27), six executives, one additional pitch and putt and a golf academy.

Continuing The Dream: Volume 15

This is worth repeating for those that don’t read ALL posts before offering an opinion!

[Regorp]

Originally Posted by Dcurrie911

Three pitch and putt courses south of 44. These courses are the last to get booked which is a clear indicator that they are least desirable for home owners. This activity of building non-desirable pitch and putt courses south of 44 continues to put pressure on executive courses north of 44. How do we stop this bad behavior? I sent a mail to villages.com but wonder if there is a better way.

Dan

Being a non golfer, I prefer the simple putting courses like at Ezell. No pressure but lots of fun and no shoulder/muscle injuries.

[quietpine]

It would be interesting to see actual usage for ALL executive courses. The Villages has this data. There might be some favorites or close to the south side courses that seem crowded but there are probably as many in less easily accessible areas that are under utilized. The intent might be to cause people to travel a little to a second or third choice so all courses are fairly used. Just a thought.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

I don’t know why they built Richmond as a pitch & putt instead of as an executive. It is 18 holes and the total length is about 1300 yards. You could easily put a nine hole executive on the piece of land.

"Easily"? I doubt it. You'd need much more land due to the longer shots taken on most Executive courses (this included good shots and errant shots)...