15 minutes tops. If the course is in good shape and thats a big if its well worth playing,great layout.

Its one of the best courses around and in great condition
http://worldwoods.com/ I have a card for great discounts all the time it cost $138 for the year - well worth it. A real championship course. Stop by Margaretta Grill after golf for a snack - do not order the large margaretta if you want to drive home. It takes about 1 hour and 5 min. - i go different way

You mean Harbor Hills I assume?

World Woods is well over an hour.

sorry Russ yes Harbor Hills.

Good to know! Thanks for the info. :)

Played Eagle Ridge again today. $20 + tax after 9:30am. Course still in very good condition. Greens nice and fast.

Thurs group has been talking about playing Eagle Ridge this month. By chance do you know if they plan over seed or aeration or have they already been done?

Thanks.

We played the links at spruce creek four times in April, and found it to be a great course at a great price, and easy to get on.

No, we didn't ask about overseeding but now that you mention it, I wish we had.

Ok, thanks. Then I guess once we decide on a date I shall call them rather than get an on line tee time.

We did play Eagle Ridge on Friday and found it to be in great condition with fast greens. First time we have been there and liked the layout. Definitely will be playing there over the winter.

Course will be closed Oct 24th & 25th for over seeding.

Thanks for the overseeding info. Played Arlington Ridge today. $30+ tax for 18 holes and a box lunch consisting of hot dogs, hamburgers , baked beans ,potato salad and drink. Course was in very good condition, Greens really fast.

Our group played Stonecrest today and all agreed the course was in great shape and green fees were only $20 + tax after 12 noon. Greens were very fast but so very smooth that the ball rolled very true. Lots of awkward lies as course is not flat. Really enjoy playing this layout.

We played Spruce Creek South this Saturday.Course had just been overseeded earlier in the week or the previous week and they were not cutting the fairways or greens to allow it to grow in.Greens were extremely slow but in great condition. $20 + tax and a free lunch. Great deal. Course will be in great shape in another week or so once they turn the mowers loose. Also, very aggravating that the sprinkler system was being computer operated and you had to deal with them.

Played Arlington Ridge Saturday. $28 FOR 18 holes and a free buffet lunch. A good deal for the price. Several greens had stripes onthem where it looked as though a mower had leaked some fluid on them and killed the grass Best I can remember it was about 4 holes.

Played Country Club if Ocala today. Just great!!!!!!

I bet it was. Played there as a guest back in Oct. Was really nice

Played Harbor Hills today and it was a big disappointment. Fairways were very nice and green but the greens(all of them ) were very bad. Looked like a shoddy job of overseeding. Some real slick spts and some spurts of grass . Impossible to make a put from over 3 feet. $29 including tax after 12noon and it was a modified shotgun start with our foursome starting on #3 hole.

While I do like the Harbor Hills course I do not care for the shotgun start. Back in Sept we played in the am shotgun start and they had two groups on every hole. We started on #8 which is a par 3. Got to #9 tee and the 2nd group there was still waiting to tee off. It was pretty much like that the whole round.

I agree; it was like that yesterday. Hit and wait; hit and wait. We barely finished before dark.

Played Eagle Ridge on Friday, Heritage to Champions, and found it to be in great condition. From tee to green the course has done well with the late Oct over seed. I can see more trips up there during the coming months.

We played Stone Creek Golf Course in Ocala today and I have to say that this is the nicest course I have played in the 3 years I have been here. T boxes, fairways and greens all immaculate and the greens were fast! $28.00+ tax. We will play again

Played Spruce Creek this past Friday. Originally had T times for 1:08 pm but got a call from them stating there was a good possibility of frost and wanted to move us up to 1pm. No big deal but after arriving, we found it was a Shotgun Start and they dropped the green fee from $28 but $17. Good deal and course is in great shape especially the greens.

Glad to hear it, we will be playing Spruce Creek a lot the next two months. Has anyone played Continental CC recently?

Played Arlington Ridge this past Saturday which is a great deal at $28 and a free lunch but I can vouch that slow play is not only happening in The Villages but at surrounding courses also, especially at Arlington Ridge. We were there 35 minutes before our scheduled T time . They were way behind at this time and we were nearly a half hour late getting to start. Absolutely the slowest round of golf I have ever been invoved in. 5 Plus hours and it was dark when we played the 18th hole.

Thanks for this info. We have been trying to decide on a date to go there but this makes me think it might be best to wait a few months.

Off Campus Golf El Diablo
 

Has anybody played El Diablo Golf Course in Citrus Springs? I see in The Daily Sun their has been ad for the course.

Played Eagle Ridge Saturday and course was in super condition. $34 after 11 am. Conditions were less than desirable. 25mph winds are not my idea of ideal conditions.

I played Miona Lake for the first time yesterday. While it certainly was cheap ($22/person for a foursome), it proves the old addage: you get what you pay for. The tee boxes were terrible - in some cases you couldn't even find grass to stand on. The fairways were not too much better than executive fairways in TV.

The biggest problem was the way the fairways were squeezed next to each other. Even if your shot was in the middle of a fairway, you were in danger of being hit by someone having an errant shot in the next fairway. If you ended up in the rough, you had better be wearing a hard hat.

One other thing: there is at least one hole where you tee off over the roadway coming into the place ... talking about an accident waiting to happen.

The biggest positive about the place was the Scottish gentleman who was the starter. He was a riot.

Played Arlington Ridge today. Green fees have increased to $32 with a free lunch. Still an excellent deal. Believe me, The Villages courses are not alone with unrepaired ball marks. It got to the point today that each person in our foursome was repairing at least one place on every green. Not unusual to see 6-8 spots and I don't think the foursome in front of us fixed any other than maybe their own.

Do you think they have renters like us. "I paid alot of money to rent here, I'm on vacation and don't need to fix anything". :boom:

Played it yesterday
 

Played El Diablo yesterday. The course is in good shape. The fairways are overseeded and the greens are better than almost any other course I've played this year (of course they do have a few spots but nothing to complain about). The layout is unique for this area, almost all holes are cut out of the woods. You can see they spent extra money when they designed the course, with bushes and landscaping. Because of the lack of rain the fringes of the course are looking stressed, but the fairways and greens are in good condition. I would rate it a 3.5 of 5 now, and can see where it would easily be a 4 in the spring. With the special (coupon) in the Daily Sun for $28.00 it is a bargain and worth the drive.

We played Eagle Ridge Saturday $32 + tax. Course was in great shape but the wind made play really tough. They don't cut their fairways as tight as The Villages do and I kinda like it that way though it does cut down on your roll a little. Easier for some of us to hit off of versus the "tight lies" you get on tightly cut fairways. Probably my favorite off campus course.

Arlington Ridge is a goat ranch.

Arlington Ridge must have gone downhill. We played there about a month ago and it was in fairly good condition

Your description of Arlington Ridge was extremely accurate. Never saw a golf course go downhill that fast . Really bad shape; not worth the 35$ + free lunch.

Eagle Ridge is in good shape and a nice challenge. Harbor Hills has really come in after the rain and high temps. Juliette Falls was Ok but the grass wasn't in yet a couple of weeks ago. World Words was about the same. Deer Island was great the last two times we went there (about 2 weeks ago). Summer Glen was OK too - nice price $20. The prettiest course and the one in the best shape is Baseline if 6 par fours will satisfy you.
Stay thirsty my friends.
Irish

I agree with you on Eagle Ridge. Great course and seemingly always in great condition. Another very nice course but has a little longer drive to get there is Stone Creek in Ocala. Have played it twice and it is a very nicely conditioned layout for $28 + tax.