[hedoman]

You just have to see Bonifay to believe it!

[waynet]

played Mallory today....an embarrassment...greens very slow, bunkers horrible,play slow,just a bad course.

[nitehawk]

Originally Posted by waynet

played Mallory today....an embarrassment...greens very slow, bunkers horrible,play slow,just a bad course.

i have to agree - played last week - same thing

[nitehawk]

Played Bonifay this week - half the course is greens - new have i seen such large greens - the rest of the course is average - no character - no trees no nothing - just fairway - half way to hole - then one large green you may be able to chip your second shot and then putt 100" to the hole

[schotzyb]

Played Lopez today. You want fast greens, check Lopez out. Lightning fast. Course in very good shape. Can't say the same about the weather conditions. Wind was really strong and it seemed to be in our face on 90% of the holes.

[ajbrown]

Originally Posted by schotzyb

Played Lopez today. You want fast greens, check Lopez out. Lightning fast. Course in very good shape. Can't say the same about the weather conditions. Wind was really strong and it seemed to be in our face on 90% of the holes.

Darnit!!! I have cancelled the last two Sunday's AM tee times at Lopez due to weather. This Sunday I will try again. Thanks for the update.

[ajbrown]

Originally Posted by jebartle

This course is in better condition than Palmer EVER.....Plush fairways....The course was GREAT!

Is Hacienda really better shape that Palmer? I have not played Palmer since December. I have some friends coming next week for a visit and Palmer is one course I always take folks. Last winter Palmer was immaculate.

Hacienda is in good shape overall, fairways nice, the rough is "rough" and some places marked GUR as they have no grass. I think they ran out of while paint .

I found the greens on Lakes better than on Palms. Palms were slower and bumpier (still OK). I believe this is caused by the aforementioned Poa seed heads.

[ajbrown]

This thread seems as good as any to ask this. I have only been playing once or twice a week for a while, so I am not up to date on many of the championship course conditions in TV. I am very familiar with the pros and cons of each course layout, so I am looking for opinions of each course's condition based on recent play. The condition of the greens matters most to me.

I have friends coming next week and will be playing four days. I will be bringing them to Bonifay for sure as it is new and I like it, but then I have some choices:

Lopez (top possibility, I just played and know it is in good shape)

Palmer (always a favorite, no idea the condition?)

Glenview (another favorite, last time the greens were 'just OK", wondering if anyone has insight now?)

Havana (my guests have never played there, anyone have an update on the condition?)

I may decide to sleep in and do Sunday straight tee time at Tierra or Orange Blossom. Anyone play either lately?

I appreciate any feedback you have. Which four would you play based on conditions?

Thanks
Alan

[gage405]

I just played Palmer, Laurel to Riley. Great condition!
Played Kilimanjaro to Kenya last week. Very nice condition.

[ajbrown]

With all of the site issues I wonder if someone may have missed this. If you have some thoughts on the 4 best conditioned courses in TV now, I would appreciare it. Requests for tee times start tonight. Thanks for the insight gage405

Originally Posted by ajbrown

This thread seems as good as any to ask this. I have only been playing once or twice a week for a while, so I am not up to date on many of the championship course conditions in TV. I am very familiar with the pros and cons of each course layout, so I am looking for opinions of each course's condition based on recent play. The condition of the greens matters most to me.

I have friends coming next week and will be playing four days. I will be bringing them to Bonifay for sure as it is new and I like it, but then I have some choices:

Lopez (top possibility, I just played and know it is in good shape)

Palmer (always a favorite, no idea the condition?)

Glenview (another favorite, last time the greens were 'just OK", wondering if anyone has insight now?)

Havana (my guests have never played there, anyone have an update on the condition?)

I may decide to sleep in and do Sunday straight tee time at Tierra or Orange Blossom. Anyone play either lately?

I appreciate any feedback you have. Which four would you play based on conditions?

Thanks
Alan

[gage405]

Played Tierra today. I thought it was in fabulous condition!
The fairways had nice grass on them which gave some great lies.
The greens were very nice.
Kind of like some northern courses.
I think it is one of the best courses, condition-wise, in The Villages
now.
I dont play there very often but I loved it today.

And no, I didnt have my best round of the year there, lol.
Just thought the conditions were great.
Our group played the white tees...we usually play the forward
tees.

But, you wont go wrong if you play there, believe me.

[ajbrown]

The past four days (Sat – Tues) we had guests and played Havana (Kil-Ken), Glenview(Fox-Sti), Palmer (Lau-Ril), Hacienda (Pal-Lak). The weather was spectacular and all of the courses were in good shape. Was proud to show off my home courses THIS YEAR.

After we were done I asked them to rate the courses based solely on condition, not factoring cost or layout, greens being most important factor, then fairways, then general. It was unanimous:

1. Palmer (greens are almost perfect, which means to me if you start a ball online it STAYS online)
2. Glenview
3. Havana
4. Hacienda

IMO Havana greens looked great, but they barely lost to Glenview because they had recently been verticut and the mowers were being kept a bit high over the weekend.

PS. If we do not get some rain, these great conditions cannot last for long…..

[hedoman]

Played Caine ( Allamanda to Hibiscus)and the greens were lightning fast. We need rain to get things growing as the Bermuda "rough" was better than the fairway....

Starting to see the effects of lack of rain and new water restrictions on most of the courses now....

[spk7951]

Played Mallory, Virginia to Amelia, yesterday and the lack of rain is taking it's toll on the courses. Greens were in decent condition with a couple of greens having a brown patch or two. The fairways were mostly brown with your drive getting good roll but some fairway shots were like hitting right off of dirt. One ambassador said they can only water the fairways once a week and greens three times per week. Probably going to be a long sumer if rainfall does not come soon.

[Fourpar]

Played Bonifay yesterday, and it is really rough! So dry they really ought to close it if they cannot water. Greens okay, but that's all.
Played Glenview today: Only SC to FR rotation, Tally closed. Fairways a bit dry but way better than Bonifay. Greens pretty good.