Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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I've never played an Executive Course, so my knowledge is only anecdotal and mostly from this site. If I moved to TV with the understanding I'd be able to play "free golf" to my heart's content and I assumed that the courses would be maintained to the quality I saw when I bought my home, I'd be pretty damn PO'd with what I see of the Exec courses. Why isn't anyone do anything about it? Doesn't the CDD have the obligation to continue to provide what you were sold in the first place? If "free" golf was why you agreed to buy in TV and assume that Amenity Fee ... why aren't there picket lines at the CDD offices and people withholding their Amenity fee? Why all the complaining, but a lack of action on behalf of the "tax (fee) paying public"? |
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Last edited by sheena0904; 02-18-2024 at 05:27 AM. |
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Withholding their amenity fee? That won't work out well ;-)
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Probably not. But with all the complaining, why not do something?
Maybe ... bring 1000 of your like minded friends to the Golf/CDD Office, line up around the corner ... complain in person, one by one and wait for the press to show up? Maybe a golf cart parade, with slogans and signs? I'm the first to admit that the Championship courses are in abysmal condition, but that's a different story. They're privately owned and the owner is entitled to maintain them as he feels necessary and he's entitled to not serve the folks who don't like it. The Executives are a whole different story. "Government" is not providing what they promised and charge for. .... or perhaps some folks are complaining because they're not playing well? |
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The executives are fine, some are worse than others, but it’s lots of holes of golf all winter, no snow, with great people. The amenity fee is spread among a lot of things, it’s not like it only pays for executive golf. I think the contractors who maintain the courses aren’t monitored or held to the standard in the contract as close as they should. I played Evans Prairie today. It was fine, not great, and certainly not in as good shape as my country club at home (which is under 6” of snow). But I didn’t have to write a 6 figure check for access to Evans prairie plus thousands of dollars of dues every year. |
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Seen sanded greens and tee boxes, as in pictures, on many occasions on courses, some they spike, others just sanded. I even spike and sand my lawn at home once a year. |
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First of all, I don't complain about the executives and I have zero desire to participate in a golf cart parade and make signs. That is just silly talk. There is a large variance in the quality of the executives. Why this is so, I don't know. I am reasonable sure the folks responsible for the maintenance aren't happy with the situation on some of the courses. The conditions on the courses with issues probably won't improve until the weather warms up. I suspect the management would like to shut down some of the courses (Bonita Pass comes to mind) but the high demand for tee times may prevent that from happening.
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Yes, that's sand on those greens, filling in all the dead areas killed by fungus. It is not the time of year to aerate and top dress the greens. But it is the only thing you can do when all else fails. Likely the mowers carrying the disease from one green to the next on those three courses.
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I have found playing golf in and around TV at this time of year is a bit dicey in that you don’t always know what you’re going to get in terms of course conditions. Online course reviews can be helpful if you can find them and they are recent. I always try to do some homework lest risk having a bad experience.
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tarpon boil
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