Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Played nine holes on Palmer - Cherry Hill late yesterday. Course and greens in good shape. We recently returned from the Jersey shore and when I updated my SkyCaddie I noticed Evans Prairie's Egret was available. Is it open? If so, how is it? Haven't checked but a couple of pages of back posts
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Played Riley at Palmer today. Been away for awhile but the course is in good shape. Fairways green and healthy. Greens very good.
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Most of the courses*** seem in reasonable shape post over seed, but I thought Lopez today was a step ahead. The greens seem 18 inches faster than the others I have been playing lately and worth a try. I played Erin to Ashley....
*** I have played Havana, Mallory, Cane and Glenview recently.
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We played Lopez yesterday and I agree with ajbrown, the course is in very good condition. Started on Ashley.
I haven't played any of the new executive courses south of 466A. Which ones are worth while? |
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I've played Palmetto, Sweetgum, and Mangrove and like them all. Mangrove goes thru a lot of prairie with a lot of water, Sweetgum is more wooded and is a very pretty course, and Palmetto is sort of in between these others. It has a couple of par 4's.
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Egret greens still not ready. They went with the cheap stuff again. I don't get it.
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Cane Garden, Hibiscus to Jacaranda is in decent shape. Hadn't played there in a while.
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Used to be good clubhouses and good golf courses - as time goes on it seem to "quantity not quality" although some people will not see or admit to it -
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I just don't get it. For a place that is on the cutting edge in so many areas those responsible for the golf courses are still using 1970's methods and resources. It's all about water and disease people. Modern grasses such as champion Bermuda and Mini Verde should be used on the new greens. They had a chance at Tierra and nothing improved. They had chances to use modern grasses across 466a and didn't. Egret is messed up. Again water and disease are the issues. And please don't tell me about expense. The golf courses make tremendous amounts of money,all of them.
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champion bermuda and Mini Verde are the grasses I mentioned. They are what the majority of southern golf courses are using. Need less water and are much better against disease. Far less maintenance.
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That's not what the USGA article indicated concerning ultradwarf bermudas, which includes champion and mini verde. It was written by the Director of the USGA Green Section for Florida, who should be a credible source. I would be interested in a link supporting your assertion.
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This past week I played Bonifay and Glenview.
Both had sanded greens. I was impressed by Bonifay's greens. Even with the sand, they had some speed to them. One interesting thing about the day was that my two playing partners thought the place was in terrible shape, too hard and dry.... It was completely the opposite of how I would have assessed. Their complaining did see to be proportional to the number of triple bogeys they made ![]() I must say, I was again disappointed by Glenview. It has always been one of my favorite golf facilities in TV, but more often than not I am underwhelmed by the conditions. I am not saying it was horrible, it is very playable, but is not keeping up with other courses that I have played is TV. Always too wet IMO. If you have a day to play up that end, play Lopez. (I do share this with the correct folks online so they can use as they will). Anyone been over to OB? Rumor is it is good shape... How about Tierra?
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