Originally Posted by Rainger99 (Post 2319655)

It is true that, nationwide, total participation in golf started decreasing about 15-20 years ago. However, most of the decline was with millennials and the two biggest factors were that golf took too much time and that it was too expensive.

And if you advertised yourself as the golf capital of the world and one of your top marketing features was “free golf for life,” and you were the fastest growing area in the country, you would want to build more courses to keep up with demand and population growth.

Originally Posted by kansasr (Post 2319683)

Be thankful for the pitch and putts....you don't want many of us who play them to be clogging up play on executives if they didn't exist. And for people moving to The Villages who have never played golf, they are the perfect introduction to the game.

Originally Posted by JMintzer (Post 2319822)

Simple answer:

Because they didn't have enough land for an Executive course on those areas...

The southern area along Morse/Meggison is VERY narrow and thith the Southern Oaks course taking up so much space, there simple wasn't enough land for more executives.

The area with more land mass (Marsh Bend, Fenney, De Luna) has what 5 Executive courses?

Now that they're expanding west and south of the Turnpike, there are huge tracts of land that can handle more golf courses. Three (a championship, an Executive and a Pitch & Putt) are scheduled to open later this year, with more already scheduled or under construction...

Originally Posted by Altavia (Post 2319829)

They also probably want enough space to have high profit premium golf course view lots around the course that add $250K+ to the purchase price of a home.

Originally Posted by Dave951 (Post 2320147)

Just reading the replys. A level one executive course would have been perfect at Mickey Lee. Similar to Turtle Mound or Sarasota

Originally Posted by Dave951 (Post 2320147)

Just reading the replys. A level one executive course would have been perfect at Mickey Lee. Similar to Turtle Mound or Sarasota

Originally Posted by Rainger99 (Post 2320167)

I agree. Plenty of room for nine holes - if they had wanted to do it. Play 1 red box to green 2; 3-4; 5-6; etc. Plenty of room for nine holes -especially if you use the land for the putting course.

Originally Posted by Altavia (Post 2319829)

They also probably want enough space to have high profit premium golf course view lots around the course that add $250K+ to the purchase price of a home.

Originally Posted by Altavia (Post 2319829)

They also probably want enough space to have high profit premium golf course view lots around the course that add $250K+ to the purchase price of a home.

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter (Post 2320192)

Is that bad? Why?
So, build it they will come.