[bevlaur]

Can anyone come up with a true evaluation of all the championship courses in The Villages??? Would like to see it!

[chuckster]

Best way is to play all courses and form your own opinions of the courses. IMHO.... What I might think is terrific might not rate as high with others.

[Russ_Boston]

The best course in The Villages is an easy one: It's the course that I'm playing now. I work so I don't play everyday but I play 2-3 championship a week and 1-3 execs (yes I play two on some days!). At times I have seen every single course in TV either have great conditions or horrible conditions. Kind of depends on time of year and blind luck.

Overall I've had the best luck with Glenview but that may just be timing.

[NJblue]

Originally Posted by ronat1

Just to clear up the point of golf course ownership by quoting the VCDD Community Development District's website Village Community Development Districts, "While the Country Clubs are owned and operated by the developer of The Villages, the Executive Golf Trail courses are owned and operated by the Village Center Community Development District and the Sumter Landing Community Development District. They are supported and maintained by the amenities fees of the residents of The Villages, meaning Greens Fees are free for all Village Residents." Hope this clarifies the different opinions.

I'm not sure about the quote from the web site, but Janet Tutt has publicly stated that most of the amenities (i.e., exec golf courses) south of 466A are still owned by the developer. This will eventually change when the IRS issue is cleared up and the CDD can acquire them.

[Threeputt]

Originally Posted by Russ_Boston

The best course in The Villages is an easy one: It's the course that I'm playing now. I work so I don't play everyday but I play 2-3 championship a week and 1-3 execs (yes I play two on some days!). At times I have seen every single course in TV either have great conditions or horrible conditions. Kind of depends on time of year and blind luck.

Overall I've had the best luck with Glenview but that may just be timing.

During the drought my group would not request a time south of 466. I have played all championship courses in the past month and my rankings IMHO
1.Orange Blossom
2. Lopez
3 Glenview
4.Palmer
5. Bonifay- NEW Pensacola
6. Havana
7. Hacienda
8.Tierra


do not play
Mallory
Caine

[waynet]

with the money garnered by these courses I think there is no valid reason why all these courses are are the least in good shape. Cane and Mallory are an embarrassment to the Villages. Get some people who know what they are doing and increase the budgets for the courses. Make a profit but don't gouge.

[Mikeod]

Originally Posted by waynet

with the money garnered by these courses I think there is no valid reason why all these courses are are the least in good shape. Cane and Mallory are an embarrassment to the Villages. Get some people who know what they are doing and increase the budgets for the courses. Make a profit but don't gouge.

Unfortunately, you can't buy rain. All the courses except Orange Blossom are on water restrictions that limit watering to one day on fairway and two days on greens. There is just so much you can do to maintain turfgrass that is subject to the traffic we have here without adequate water. All the courses that started to green up after the late June rains are now starting to show the stress of lack of water.

[schotzyb]

Originally Posted by mikeod

Unfortunately, you can't buy rain. All the courses except Orange Blossom are on water restrictions that limit watering to one day on fairway and two days on greens. There is just so much you can do to maintain turfgrass that is subject to the traffic we have here without adequate water. All the courses that started to green up after the late June rains are now starting to show the stress of lack of water.

Understand what you are saying but Cane Garden namely Hibiscus has been an embarrassment for the last 3 years.

[soonfl]

Seems that after 15 August Cane will close once again.
Jacaranda will open at that time.

[mickey100]

Originally Posted by schotzyb

Understand what you are saying but Cane Garden namely Hibiscus has been an embarrassment for the last 3 years.

Agree. I don't understand why Havana, which is much newer, is always in better shape than Cane. It makes you ask - is it the maintenance company ? or was it constructed in a different (better) manner? Both courses probably get about the same amount of rain.

[spk7951]

Originally Posted by mickey100

Both courses probably get about the same amount of rain.

Not necessarily true around here. Couple of weeks ago I was playing Kenya and as we approached the green on hole #3 the wind picked up and it started raining hard. Waited about 5 minutes to see if it would slow down before heading back to the clubhouse for a credit. At Havana pro shop the rain was light. When I got back to my house, which is about 1/4 mile from Havana pro shop, the roads were dry and we did not get any rain that afternoon. See that often here where one place gets rain and another does not.

[Mikeod]

Originally Posted by mickey100

Agree. I don't understand why Havana, which is much newer, is always in better shape than Cane. It makes you ask - is it the maintenance company ? or was it constructed in a different (better) manner? Both courses probably get about the same amount of rain.

I can't speak about Cane since I haven't played there in years, but the post indicating the maintenance group was fired indicates at least some of the problem is maintenance.

[Hank & Nancy Lehn]

We haven't played Nancy Lopez courses yet. They appear to be in great shape judging what we can see from the road. Any comments about greens, fairways, t-boxes etc,
Thanks ,
Hank

[ajbrown]

Yeah, I know old thread... but still valuable.

IMO TV championship courses are in pretty good shape as a whole right now. I post this not to be negative, but just to let folks know. Glenview's greens are some of the worst I have seen in TV recently. If you have a guest like I did today, you have other choices.....

[Bogie Shooter]

How can a post in July of 2012 of course conditions have any meaning today?
Maybe its time for a new thread?