[MrMark]

Originally Posted by cabo35

We played Hacienda Hills yesterday. Fairways ok but winter brown showed little green. Very dry in spite of rainfall. Lots of roll. The greens were green and ok. Played Palmer a few days ago. Fairways were green and good......not spectacular. Greens fast and in good condition. Any reports on Glenview, Lopez or Cane Garden?

Is there any interest in suggesting a Golf Course Conditions Forum to the TOTV administration? Like restaurants, course conditions fluctuate and I would find it useful to frequently pull up a forum that gives current playing conditions as noted by golfers who post regularly. Hopefully, there would be enough interest to keep the forum fresh and up to date.

Your thoughts.

Mallory on Wednesday. Pathetic in all respects. Beginning to think Priority Membership is over priced based on the number of times we choose to play outside TV. By the way, most if not all these off site courses are in far better condition than TV.

[Hoosierb4]

Have the courses recovered from the drought and tropical storm? We'll be there for a short stay in about a week and hope to have nice conditions for golf.

[Autoshow]

Originally Posted by cabo35

We played Hacienda Hills yesterday. Fairways ok but winter brown showed little green. Very dry in spite of rainfall. Lots of roll. The greens were green and ok. Played Palmer a few days ago. Fairways were green and good......not spectacular. Greens fast and in good condition. Any reports on Glenview, Lopez or Cane Garden?

Is there any interest in suggesting a Golf Course Conditions Forum to the TOTV administration? Like restaurants, course conditions fluctuate and I would find it useful to frequently pull up a forum that gives current playing conditions as noted by golfers who post regularly. Hopefully, there would be enough interest to keep the forum fresh and up to date.

Your thoughts.

I wonder why this post is still here after 18 months

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by autoshow

I wonder why this post is still here after 18 months

They don't ever go away................

[NJblue]

Originally Posted by autoshow

I wonder why this post is still here after 18 months

I wonder the opposite. It would be nice if regular golfers on the championship courses updated the conditions more frequently so that those of us who are more infrequent championship players would have a better idea about where the conditions are best. Perhaps at this time of year, with more frequent rain, the assumption is that conditions will be good everywhere.

[rubicon]

Originally Posted by MrMark

Mallory on Wednesday. Pathetic in all respects. Beginning to think Priority Membership is over priced based on the number of times we choose to play outside TV. By the way, most if not all these off site courses are in far better condition than TV.

We agree on Priority. I have held it for six years. You need to play 66 times to breakeven based on TV prices. However when you factor in the fees by utside course the math changes. In addition you need to be in a foursome where all or at least two have priority owing to the how priority is applied. If you are the only one in your group it won't make much difference. I also do not agree that priority and guest beat out priority and resident. Essentially what TV is saying is that strangers get priority over residents who have invested thousand of dollars to live here. I know why it is set the way it is. I just don't agree. I ave decided to terminate my priority especiually since all of my neighbors prefer to play off campus year round

Personal Best Regards;

[mickey100]

Mallory is probably the worst golf course in The Villages right now, condition wise, with Cane being a close second. Not a question of drought conditions, we've had plenty of rain. When I played Amelia the other day, there were tons of weeds around, even on the greens, and the greens are horribly bumpy. They were obviously never rolled after the greens were plugged. That is not environmental causes, that is just poor maintenance. Those 2 courses have been in poor shape for the last couple of years. In my opinion they need to look at getting a different maintenance company. That's what they did when Orange Blossom was so bad, and now its in great shape.

[Indy-Guy]

Originally Posted by autoshow

I wonder why this post is still here after 18 months

Originally Posted by NJblue

I wonder the opposite. It would be nice if regular golfers on the championship courses updated the conditions more frequently so that those of us who are more infrequent championship players would have a better idea about where the conditions are best. Perhaps at this time of year, with more frequent rain, the assumption is that conditions will be good everywhere.

This post has been here long enough it allows you to look back to a year ago and see what the course conditions were then and see if there is a pattern in yearly conditions. So I like being able to do that.

[mickey100]

This thread is also a help to visitors so they know which courses are good, and which ones to avoid.

[hedoman]

Glenview has really bounced back from having some questionable greens on Stirrup to excellent rolling speeds. Amazing what a little rain will do.........

[spk7951]

Played Havana today, Killimanjaro to Kenya, and thought it was in poor condition. First four holes on Killimanjaro have partially burnt out fairways. The other holes on Killimanjaro were not as bad as the 1st four. Greens are not good either. A number of the greens have damage, mostly along the edges, where replacement turf has been put in place. The Kenya nine has recently been aerated from tee to green. Greens are covered in sand, so good luck trying to putt. To make matters even worse the rest rooms at the Kenya starter and out on the fairway are closed for painting. Perhaps a little thought should have gone into that decision????

[mickey100]

Wow, sorry to hear about Havana, that's one of my favorite courses. We played Cane the other day, and they had opened up Hibiscus after a long closure, so we had Alamanda to Hibiscus. The greens on Alamanda were nothing special,but the fairways aren't bad. Hibiscus was ridiculous. The last 3 or 4 greens are so bad, I can't believe they've even opened the course up for play. With everyone gone in the summer, and so many other courses in good shape, why don't they just close down the bad courses and let them recover? And don't get me going on the weeds and poor greens on Amelia (Mallory). I guess we just have to keep using this forum to let people know how things stand, so we can make our reservations at the good courses.

[jbdlfan]

Originally Posted by mickey100

Mallory is probably the worst golf course in The Villages right now, condition wise, with Cane being a close second. Not a question of drought conditions, we've had plenty of rain. When I played Amelia the other day, there were tons of weeds around, even on the greens, and the greens are horribly bumpy. They were obviously never rolled after the greens were plugged. That is not environmental causes, that is just poor maintenance. Those 2 courses have been in poor shape for the last couple of years. In my opinion they need to look at getting a different maintenance company. That's what they did when Orange Blossom was so bad, and now its in great shape.

Oh boy......have you played Bonifay???!?!?!?! I will NEVER play that course again. It was absolutely the worse course I have played since I moved to Florida 5 years ago! They should just close it, it needs a year to repair itself!

[mickey100]

Originally Posted by jbdlfan

Oh boy......have you played Bonifay???!?!?!?! I will NEVER play that course again. It was absolutely the worse course I have played since I moved to Florida 5 years ago! They should just close it, it needs a year to repair itself!

When did you play, recently? I played it a couple months ago before the rain, and I agree it was horrible then, but just assumed that after plugging the greens, and having all the rain, it would be back in nice shape.

[TomSpasm]

I played Bonifay last week for the first time, clearly there were still a few areas lacking good grass, but overall I thought it was in reasonable shape. Palmer is consistently the best conditioned course I've played in the year I've been here, worth the extra money in my opinion.