[emanzione]

Just wondering why the rates on the Championship Golf Courses continue to go up year after year after year. With the amount of CONTINOUS play they receive , they should be making enough suitable income already. I do not see other Championship Courses in the area doing the same...just the villages....can someone explain ?.

[MikeV]

What the traffic will bear.

[justjim]

All of the literature that I read indicates that "golf" is in serious decline across the country. The USGA has been very concerned as the number of golfers and rounds continue to decline. One of the major reasons is the time it takes to play 18 holes of golf.

As Retirees we have the time! The Villages I think are competive when compared to other Championship courses in Florida. Of course, they will charge whatever the market will bear and they have an excellent market. Fore!

[newguyintv]

Originally Posted by emanzione

Just wondering why the rates on the Championship Golf Courses continue to go up year after year after year. With the amount of CONTINOUS play they receive , they should be making enough suitable income already. I do not see other Championship Courses in the area doing the same...just the villages....can someone explain ?.

They will keep raising them as long as you keep paying them. They don't exist to please you, they are in business t make a profit. If you want to save a buck go to the other courses you reference.

[emanzione]

Hey NEWGUYINTV..it's not a question of saving a buck..this is a RETIREMENT COMMUNITY....it is wrong for ANYONE to take advantage of the elderly retired...do you understand this ???

[Bogie Shooter]

You can only be taken advantage of , if you allow it
If the extra buck is too much for you....his advice should be taken.

[alwann]

Originally Posted by emanzione

Just wondering why the rates on the Championship Golf Courses continue to go up year after year after year. With the amount of CONTINOUS play they receive , they should be making enough suitable income already. I do not see other Championship Courses in the area doing the same...just the villages....can someone explain ?.

I haven't been paying attention. How much have the rates changed? I have a priority membership and, in the three years I've been here, don't recall any major changes (except I feel Palmer is over-priced).

The irritant for me is how much the prices get jacked up in the winter. Many of us play off-site instead, where prices are cheaper - although the gap seems to be closing. I still don't understand why the owners do this. It drives away the full-timers, peeves the would-be buyers, and does nothing to reduce tee time demand.

[Polar Bear]

Originally Posted by alwann

...prices get jacked up in the winter...I still don't understand why the owners do this. It drives away the full-timers, peeves the would-be buyers, and...

...does nothing to reduce tee time demand.

I'm afraid you answered your own question.

[newguyintv]

Originally Posted by emanzione

Hey NEWGUYINTV..it's not a question of saving a buck..this is a RETIREMENT COMMUNITY....it is wrong for ANYONE to take advantage of the elderly retired...do you understand this ???

Sorry but you don't understand. Rates will keep rising as long as there is a profit to be made. If you don't like the heat, get out of the kitchen!

[Mikeod]

Originally Posted by emanzione

Hey NEWGUYINTV..it's not a question of saving a buck..this is a RETIREMENT COMMUNITY....it is wrong for ANYONE to take advantage of the elderly retired...do you understand this ???

The championship courses are not part of our amenities. They are a privately owned business able to set their prices as they see fit. If the owners see play decreasing because of the fees enough to make them unprofitable, they will change. Although they are golf cart convenient, they are no different from any public access course anywhere.

Plus, they do make concessions during the summer with the late tee time fees, and ability to play and pay for nine holes.

The executive courses are still available.

[John_W]

I didn't notice any difference from last year, I pay the usual $20 or $21 to play after 11am except Palmer is $24. It's the winter rates that I disagree with, and that's when I will play the executives, can't beat the price on them.

I would prefer if they charged the same rate all year and higher on the weekends, that's how it was done in Maryland and they usually didn't have any income from mid-Dec to mid -March because of the weather. They could still keep their Priority Membership and I'll ignore like I do now.

I had 7 very nice courses to choose from within 25 miles of my house, they were all $30 to $37, with the highest one providing a free hot dog and coke at the turn. That's what I would like to see done here. $35 all year long and if they want, charge more on the weekend, I'm usually playing softball or watching football on the weekends and don't care about the weekends.

[fred53]

Originally Posted by emanzione

Hey NEWGUYINTV..it's not a question of saving a buck..this is a RETIREMENT COMMUNITY....it is wrong for ANYONE to take advantage of the elderly retired...do you understand this ???

it isn't wrong....and it isn't taking advantage as playing golf isn't a right and you don't need to do it to survive...wrong and taking advantage would be selling them things they don't need or jacking up the prices for just them...the prices go up for everyone...

Feeling entitled is a progressive belief that is being pushed by the liberals in the world and no one is entitled...

[bagboy]

The cost of championship golf right now is $25 to $37 before 11 am, $19 to $25 after 11am. And for awhile longer $6 all you can play after 5pm. That is VERY reasonable. The price does go up "in season" but compared to other parts of the country it's still a bargain. Any area that has a "season" will see rates go up for everything from food, lodging, to entertainment and shopping. This is business as usual all across the world.
But I'm still not over White Castles not being a nickel anymore.

[kathygeorge]

Oh no! Why am I working so hard to sell my house here at Lake of the Woods in locusts grove, va. if the Villages is getting too crowded and expensive. I'm getting discouraged. Will somebody please reassure me I'm making the right decision.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by kathygeorge

Oh no! Why am I working so hard to sell my house here at Lake of the Woods in locusts grove, va. if the Villages is getting too crowded and expensive. I'm getting discouraged. Will somebody please reassure me I'm making the right decision.

Please read all of my posts. All of my posts. ALL of my posts.

Compare this..Lake of the Woods - Clubhouse

to 12 Championship courses, 33 Executive courses, Seven Regional Rec centers and more than a dozen neighborhood rec centers and 77 public pools....just for starters. Billionaires and people who have worked hard all of their lives and never expected to live like this, live here.