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[QUOTE=djl8412; I have corresponded with Eric recently and he offered to meet to discuss these problems which I commend him for. However, meeting and discussing with your group has not produced positive results.:evil6:[/QUOTE]

Did you meet with Eric? What did he say?

Our group meets quarterly. At the last meeting (April) there was no problem with conditions. Our next meeting is Thursday. We will discuss what is going on and what is being done. I reiterate, from my work with these people I can safely say that no one is happy or satisfied with these conditions. But there is no magic treatment that will suddenly grow grass.

Just finished playing Cane Garden . I was asking the starter before we teed off on Hibiscus how the course was & he said great!! I don't like calling people liars but his words were untrue. The fairways were very good but the greens wer a 2 on Hibiscus & 2.5 just a tad better on Jacarnda

I just got back from a party where people were discussing the condition of the golf courses in The Villages. Everyone agreed that the conditions overall are poor. Cane was one of those courses that should be avoided as it is not good right now. They were saying Mallory is good right now.

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Originally Posted by djl8412 (Post 903045)

:bigbow:Hats off to you and Russ Boston. Your reply from golf admin was the same I received last month. He stated that we shouldn't expect major improvements any time soon. I, as well as others I golf with regularly, noticed poorer conditions this year and they appeared very quickly. I've had a belief that reclaimed water used in irrigation contains disease qualities that flourish in hot weather. Whatever the problem(s) are the admin. claims they can't identify anything specific. I have a problem with that assertion. They cannot convince me that if scientific samples are taken from multiple sources i.e. water, turf, soil, etc. that experts such as at the Univ. of Florida Extension could not identify problems. Perhaps even the over seed material used in the fall should be examined. Of course, the biggest problem I have is that the permanent residents of The Villages are left with closed courses and poor conditions in the summer and our seasonal residents play in better conditions in fall and winter with ALL courses open.:spoken:

Samples of the soil and grass and water have been sent to Univ. of Florida, it is a problem that they are tying to correct.

Played Sweetgum today and the greens were spotty at best. Many bare spots.
Sad as that course is very pretty to play.

John

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Originally Posted by mikeod (Post 903067)

Did you meet with Eric? What did he say?

Our group meets quarterly. At the last meeting (April) there was no problem with conditions. Our next meeting is Thursday. We will discuss what is going on and what is being done. I reiterate, from my work with these people I can safely say that no one is happy or satisfied with these conditions. But there is no magic treatment that will suddenly grow grass.

:(I did not meet with Eric and shared our communications with other golfers whom I golf with regularly and the consensus was there was no point in meeting as Eric had already determined that conditions were probably not going to improve any time soon. That answer convinced us that meetings are not going to be anything positive. When your group met in April conditions were good as many seasonal residents were still here in TV. Beginning in May conditions rapidly deteriorated. Even Glenview, which I always praised for good conditions, was inundated with apparent fungus on the greens resulting in bare areas. Even after aeration, these conditions did not improve. Other courses both championship and executive also became despicable with greens and fairways. I hope your group can exact some specific answers from Eric such as scientific identification of problems, remedies and most importantly, not allowing these conditions in the future. Since we have resided here for 7 years, each summer season seems to worsen over the previous one. This has to stop.:grumpy:

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Originally Posted by drcar (Post 903207)

Samples of the soil and grass and water have been sent to Univ. of Florida, it is a problem that they are tying to correct.

:clap2:Finally!! This is a step in the right direction.:ho:

I doubt if anyone will agree with the results?

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Originally Posted by djl8412 (Post 903905)

:clap2:Finally!! This is a step in the right direction.:ho:

Yes, I agree. You'd think that might have been one of the first things they did, if they didn't know what was happening. Oh well.

It's good that the people in charge are friends of the Morse family.

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Originally Posted by LittleDog (Post 903210)

Played Sweetgum today and the greens were spotty at best. Many bare spots.
Sad as that course is very pretty to play.

John

I played it 3 weeks ago and there was more dirt and weeds than grass......