I selected $50. I'd like to see the executive courses in better shape and more of them.

Just curious, OP, from some non-golfer’s point of view: how much would you pay for bananas at Publix you did not buy?

I have no idea what that question means or how it relates to the question.

I don’t play pickle, tennis or paddle, I don’t swim in the pools (I have a pool in my back yard), I don’t belong to any clubs that use the rec centers to meet, etc, BUT, my amenity fees support them.

I would pay a premium on my amenity fees to have the BEST Pickle Ball facility in Florida, WHY? the prestige increases my property value.
Same with the flowers in the common area, they are nice, I don’t notice them, but visitors do and buyers do.

Well, I’m not in the real estate business, and I play golf too but I think that people do not want to see amenity fees go up. If you took a survey to see how many people want to see it go down, I think you would get a response.
And if we are going to build anything, let’s see a great new art museum gallery etc. A wonderful concert hall etc. what about adding a little more culture?

Not even close.:wave:

I never heard of the term casual golfer. Do you mean everyone but you and your buddies who fashion themselves as expert golfers? I thought you experts only play on Championship courses and join the “casual “ golfers “ just to practice”? I live directly on a Par 3 championship course and see a lot of expert golfers who need a lot of “practice” Hitting the green on this 100-125 yd.distance is very rare for these experts..

The Villages is not a golfing community for retirees, it is a retirement community with golf as one of the Amenities.

What about the regular golf courses? Some are worse than some of the exec courses. Played Briarwood on 2/12 and greens were great.

Some tees have no grass or very little grass on them. Have never seen a cart on them. Some courses should have mats on the tees. I do hate mats.

Really? So much fun hitting off food colored hard pan fairways, weeds on greens, overgrown trees in the middle of fairways, etc. There are exceptions. like Glenview, Palmer and Lopez. Courses should cost +/- $35. Not +/- $70. Pros should be giving free lessons on hitting shots off of grass that is as hard as the cart path. In the summer, rounds take 20-30 minutes longer since rough is so thick and high. Shots which barely miss fairways can be a search and rescue mission.

Executive conditions
 

My question is why is there so much difference quality between conditions on the executive courses.

My thought is the maintenafce company that does the work. There is no controls
from whomever manages the execs for us.

Maintenance control, you want maintenance control.
They have Ambassadors plucking weeds instead of keeping the swinging lumberjacks in check. :laugh: