Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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The USGA to the rescue?
Read in today's (3/29/24) Daily Sun the USGA cavalry is being called in to rescue The Villages executive golf courses devastated by El Nino's excess rain and cloud cover(!). It may be quicker and less expensive to check out who is doing the greens keeping at Continental Country Club or The Links of Spruce Creek South, both basically within The Villages, and ask them for advice.
Played The Links for the first time in several months yesterday and was shocked at the near-pristine conditions. The greens were magnificent and the fairways green and lush. A couple of tees could use some work but that's small potatoes compared to the conditions of a number of Villages courses, both Executive and Championship. And for $38.00 after 1:00 PM! Same El Nino. Same cloud cover. The Villages should be ashamed! |
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Thevillages.net Tee Time System and Website
It's Good Friday March 29 at 10:10 and thevillages.net has been down since at least 5:30 AM. Does anyone know what is happened or when if it is coming back up today?
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Of course, everyone views things in their own way. The first paragraph of that story mentions el Nino and our "aging" executive golf courses. Two excuses for bad management in one fell swoop. The fact that you hire an Executive course superintendent, now being overseen by not one, but two supervisors (hardly turf management experienced), and top it off with the USGA coming as advisors is just incredible in my opinion.
And to top it off, our superintendent thinks aeration should be used four times a year. Knowledgeable superintendents that I have known aerate once a year in the summer, verticut twice a year with top dressing watered in, and over seed with winter rye in October. They manage weeds and disease during the cooler months, and fertilizer and nurture grass in the spring. This el Nino narrative is a farce. In my humble opinion, of course. |
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Not many, just as no one believes the aging golf course narrative. Golf courses around the world in all sorts of climates have been around a heck of a lot longer than the villages.
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Very true but do you expect them to admit incompetence in taking care of the courses?
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There's no question we have harsh weather here in Central Florida, but as others have said, the other golf courses in the area maintain pristine conditions, much better than our courses. Maybe there were shortcuts when the courses were built i.e. underlying turf conditions are not as good? Or maybe it's just mediocre maintenance, who knows. But the problem has been going on for years and years. I've always wondered why the Villages didn't get into maintaining the courses themselves, instead of relying on these companies, where some are good and others are not.
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Do enjoy playing on over seeded greens and partially understand why they do not do this any longer. Greens will be bad for two months due to the planting/dying of the winter grass. Hopefully smarter heads will prevail. |
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