Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter (Post 1163113)

Most times it pays to read all the posts.....

Originally Posted by John_W (Post 1162599)

I live in Tamarind Grove and the street next to ours is Odessa Circle. On one of of Odessa the homes have a villa wall behind them, on the outer side of the circle they have Southern Star Executive behind them. Those homes sold for $135,000 more than the ones across the street. That was the going rate for a golf course lot in 2011 when they were built regardless of the type of course. The villa wall homes were also charged a premium for having the wall, even though some of them had yards no deeper than 12' to the wall. I believe golf course lots now go as high as $175,000 in the Brownwood area.

Once after I first moved year in 2011 I noticed the cart path at Southern Star Executive was very wide, about 6' to 10' and concrete and would make an excellent bicycle path and I would not have go out on the street to ride my bike. Even though I noticed that day there were hardly any golfers on the course, within two minutes of riding my bike a marshall told me to leave. So you can figure that anyone on the course who is not authorized to be there, will be asked to leave no matter what you're doing, even just walking or jogging.

Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1164053)

I read your question to my husband and he said, "He must be pulling your leg". And then he said, "If he plays golf he must know that you can't do that on any course in the world".

Originally Posted by VApeople (Post 1164106)

We are members of a private golf club in Northern Virginia and several of our members live next to the course. Late in the afternoon, some of them walk on to the course and play a few holes before dark. Of course, they never cut in front of other groups. No one has ever complained about them doing this.

Since people do it at our club and since all Villagers can play for free on the Exec courses, I wondered if people did it in The Villages.

Originally Posted by CFrance (Post 1164059)

OP, there was another thread on a similar subject here: https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...ight=golf+dusk

Originally Posted by VApeople (Post 1164106)

We are members of a private golf club in Northern Virginia and several of our members live next to the course. Late in the afternoon, some of them walk on to the course and play a few holes before dark. Of course, they never cut in front of other groups. No one has ever complained about them doing this.

Since people do it at our club and since all Villagers can play for free on the Exec courses, I wondered if people did it in The Villages.

Originally Posted by tmbromley (Post 1164131)

Absolutely not. Spoken like a person that knows nothing about the game. First of all the champion golf courses cost money to play. That would be totally improper and that goes for the executive courses as well. That's like breaking in line or sneaking in thru a back door into a movie theater. I'm actually surprised at this question! When you get here they give you a book of rules for the golf courses; I suggest you read it and all your questions will be answered.