Originally Posted by jabacon6669 (Post 2178874)

Sad to think that it's now all about the developer maximizing his dollar. The developer did a nice job laying out the championship courses further north, 27 holes, lined with homes. They look great. Championship courses are in short supply in the new areas. The focus has clearly changed.

Originally Posted by BrianL99 (Post 2178819)

Please don't hold your breathe while you're waiting for them.

Originally Posted by Dcurrie911 (Post 2178336)

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

Originally Posted by Marathon Man (Post 2178913)

How do we get people to stop thinking that they are in charge of what a private business decides to do? How do we get people to realize that if they are no longer unhappy with the community in which they live, that they should consider doing the only thing that they have actual control over?

Originally Posted by Rainger99 (Post 2178344)

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.

Originally Posted by Dcurrie911 (Post 2178336)

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

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2178655)

Basically, you don't stop it. The idea is that residents south of 44 are going to trend toward the younger range of retired seniors - like in their 50s. These younger folks don't want to WASTE the time going to a 18 hole longer type course. They realize that the longer course is BORING and of LITTLE exercise value so they would rather play the pitch and putt, which gives them the skilled shots and clubs while eliminating the driver and the 2 or whatever iron. And they may still have time to go to a weight room or run on a track for REAL EXERCISE.
...... THERE ARE many other advantages of pitch and putt.....starting with less BACK pain and injuries, which is a BIG bugaboo for the over-50 crowd that wants to pace themselves and avoid injury so that they can still be relatively PAIN free and "running, jumping, and playing" well into their 80s and up.
.......Pitch and Putt is less expensive than the alternative and leaves money left over to buy that antique vehicle that they always desired.
........Pitch and Putt is less frustrating and can be played less competitively (if desired) vs the longer alternative.
.........Pitch and Putt leaves more time at the POOL so they can work on their TAN and show off to their northern friends.
......Pitch and Putt has fewer heart attacks during the HEAT of the summer than the alternative.
.......Pitch and Putt has less grass area, therefore NEEDS less fertilizer that can run off into the close by lakes and pollute them. Also, there is the obvious need for less water, which helps keep the cost of water DOWN and helps out with the resident's budget.
........I may have missed a few others ?

Originally Posted by derkster (Post 2178405)

The least they could do is treat the Pitch and Putt courses as a separate category in the reservation system like they do with Executive and Championship courses. I would actually play them if it did not add a point to my Executive play totals. It is a point that impacts getting group reservations in the system and should not be considered as having played an Executive course.

Originally Posted by Dcurrie911 (Post 2178377)

Yep…. If people don’t stand up they will go to virtual golf. What could be cheaper? I have contacted them, is there batter suggestions?

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2178978)

I would PREFER virtual golf because then there would be zero fertilizer runoff and zero lake nutrient pollution. And there would be zero gas engine pollution from the polluting grass-cutting equipment.

Originally Posted by jimjamuser (Post 2178978)

I would PREFER virtual golf because then there would be zero fertilizer runoff and zero lake nutrient pollution. And there would be zero gas engine pollution from the polluting grass-cutting equipment.

Originally Posted by Gatorgreen (Post 2178963)

Exactly

Originally Posted by JMintzer (Post 2178826)

Horse hockey! They are building 5-6 more Executive and 3 more Championship courses below 44.

To your other points... You know nothing about golf. Your comment that to play the pitch and putts, one must give up their "driver and the 2-iron" proves that. In reality, you would have to give up 9-10 of your (14) clubs to play.

Nor do you know anything about what "younger folks" want to do... When I play golf when I'm in MD, if I'm not in my usual 4-some, I'm ALWAYS playing with a 20-30 something kid...

My son in law is a golf fanatic and he's 35. He can't wait to visit next month so we can play golf... My wife thought golf was "boring" until she started playing. Now, she understands the skill and technique that goes into playing and she'll sit and watch a tournament on TV (when the weather is bad and we can't be outside playing golf or pickleball)... I suggest you actually try it. Maybe you'll learn something...

According to you:

Pickleball is bad... Too many injuries...
Golf is bad... Too many injuries (even though I regularly play with men in their 80's who can often kick my butt!)

I guess your solution is an e-bike, which gives minimal exercise and can get you killed...

All that grass on a golf course helps clear that dreaded CO2 you keep complaining about... The water used is reclaimed. The same water used in your sprinkler system...