[schotzyb]

We played Spruce Creek(North) today and have to say their fairways are as good as any here in The Villages. Greens had been aerated maybe a week or 10 days ago but were healing nicely. Green fees were $18.00 + tax. A very good deal.

[ajbrown]

Played Ashley to Torri at Lopez yesterday morning. Beautiful morning and course is nice shape.

[ajbrown]

Originally Posted by Taj44

What ticks me off is we were driving by Mallory Sunday, and they were watering the big traffic circle plantings near the clubhouse for at least 3 hours. Water was pouring all over the street, being wasted. Yet I almost never see them watering Mallory or Cane. If water is so precious why aren't they putting it on the golf courses not on the road or watering the medians?

I have no idea if the two issues are related but I have always wondered the same thing. I take it a step further and wonder in a meticulously planned community of our size that ??must?? stress resources such as water, why all plantings along roadways would not be done in such a way that minimal water is required to keep aesthetically pleasing.

I could be off base here. I have no idea where the water for all roads and cart paths comes from and how it relates to my yard or golf courses.... but I wonder and others will straighten me out

[spk7951]

Originally Posted by ajbrown

I have no idea if the two issues are related but I have always wondered the same thing. I take it a step further and wonder in a meticulously planned community of our size that ??must?? stress resources such as water, why all plantings along roadways would not be done in such a way that minimal water is required to keep aesthetically pleasing.

I could be off base here. I have no idea where the water for all roads and cart paths comes from and how it relates to my yard or golf courses.... but I wonder and others will straighten me out

After taking a cart ride along 466A Sunday to check out the Bonifay progress I can not help but wonder if possibly water is being re-directed, at the expense of other courses, to Bonifay to help the grow-in process???

[aljetmet]

With the conditions of the courses, how many people have full priority memberships? Doesn't seem like a prudent investment if you do not like the conditions? Is it because of your friends belong and best way to get a tee time for 18? Just curious....

[schotzyb]

I have purchased a Priority Membership each of the three years I have been here but when it expires in Oct, I am not sure I will renew it unless the golf courses conditions improve dramatically.

[ajbrown]

Originally Posted by aljetmet

With the conditions of the courses, how many people have full priority memberships? Doesn't seem like a prudent investment if you do not like the conditions? Is it because of your friends belong and best way to get a tee time for 18? Just curious....

No one is saying anything in this thread about the condition of the courses that I do not agree with. I agree it has been a less than stellar year and I do not know the reason, so I will not speculate.

With that said, I will be keeping my priority membership for next year. This year I had 4 courses I could play through the winter (OB, NL, GV, PL), two others had their moments (TDS and Havana). Most of my life I have been a member of one course. When that course had a tough year, you really had an issue and you were out of pocket $2500. In addition, I truly enjoy driving my cart from my garage to a local course, I hope TV can get it right so I never feel I must to go outside to have decent golf.

PS. Personally I am hoping everyone cancels their priority memberships. The pools get to crowded for me in high season

[Fourpar]

Originally Posted by schotzyb

I have purchased a Priority Membership each of the three years I have been here but when it expires in Oct, I am not sure I will renew it unless the golf courses conditions improve dramatically.

Ditto!

TV advertises this as a "Golf Community", and they should be ashamed to do so. The only courses that seem playable are Lopez and Palmer (& maybe OBH). The rest remind me of neglected muni tracks.

This ain't what I signed up for, and I am hearing a lot of others saying the same thing. More are folks looking "off campus" for courses to play because of the conditions here.

[gcrisp]

I can't believe the complaining about the course conditions. Worse than muni's. please. I have only played on visits, but have never played on a bad course. Maybe a fairway or two. The surroundings and views are spectacular everywhere you look. I can't wait to make TV our home so I can play these "bad conditioned" courses often. Just having so many choices available is great. Enjoy the view and remember a bad day on the golf course is better than any day at work.

[schotzyb]

Originally Posted by gcrisp

I can't believe the complaining about the course conditions. Worse than muni's. please. I have only played on visits, but have never played on a bad course. Maybe a fairway or two. The surroundings and views are spectacular everywhere you look. I can't wait to make TV our home so I can play these "bad conditioned" courses often. Just having so many choices available is great. Enjoy the view and remember a bad day on the golf course is better than any day at work.

If you are an avid golfer and are in The Villages now, go out and play a round on Cane Garden and then come back here and let us know if you still feel the same way.

[Taj44]

gcrisp - I'm glad the courses were in good shape whenever you visited, but they are not in good shape now, with a few exceptions. Those of us who are die-hard golfers and are paying a premium for a priority membership, plus the additional greens fees, are very disappointed in the conditions, which really have been pretty bad all winter then continuing into the spring. When you live here full time you get to look at the views in The Villages all day, every day,so that is not so important to us when we play golf as it might be to someone on vacation. But when we play golf we expect good condtions given the $$$ we are spending to play these courses, and The Villages has advertised that we will have golf courses maintained to a high standard. They are not keeping their promise.

[chuckster]

Originally Posted by aljetmet

With the conditions of the courses, how many people have full priority memberships? Doesn't seem like a prudent investment if you do not like the conditions? Is it because of your friends belong and best way to get a tee time for 18? Just curious....

We use priority for the country club pools (for visiting family and grandkids), to play in couples events and mens day. Have played in several off campus courses and found similar conditions (mallory and cane excluded) to village championship courses. Among them Harbor Hills, Stonecrest, and others. Courses north of here in Marion county (near Ocala) are better in that they have been getting the rain that the villages has been missing. Several weeks ago (on a wednesday) at Ocala golden hills finished before the heavy rain that never materialized in the villages. Same the week before at Juliette Falls. In fact it never came south into our area.

Been here 8 years and have seen wet and dry years for golfing.

[schotzyb]

Originally Posted by chuckster

We use priority for the country club pools (for visiting family and grandkids), to play in couples events and mens day. Have played in several off campus courses and found similar conditions (mallory and cane excluded) to village championship courses. Among them Harbor Hills, Stonecrest, and others. Courses north of here in Marion county (near Ocala) are better in that they have been getting the rain that the villages has been missing. Several weeks ago (on a wednesday) at Ocala golden hills finished before the heavy rain that never materialized in the villages. Same the week before at Juliette Falls. In fact it never came south into our area.

Been here 8 years and have seen wet and dry years for golfing.

We played Spruce Creek North which is very close to Stonecrest this past Saturday and their fairways were superior to any here in the Village other than Palmer and Lopez and they were equal to them. Greens had been aerated 7-10 days ago and were healing nicely

[chuckster]

Thanks for the info...will give it a try. cane and mallory definitely off our list.

[Taj44]

Played Tierra the other day and its not too bad, but I believe they're slated to aerate it on May 22.