Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Enjoy the view!
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While we're young.
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Golf is for enjoyment is a valid statement. Paying for one's time is also a valid statement but deducing from both when viewing the dynamics of play on the course in question is flawed. Every player there wants to enjoy golf. Every player there paid for their time. It doesn't give any player the right to poke along or to look extensively for a lost ball or to keeping hitting the ball an 8th 9tth 10th....time In the pocket exists for a reason. I have played behind people who have shown this entitlement and it always mean that I wished I packed a lunch Personal Best Regards |
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I've already tried the latter by mistake. No thank you.
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I walk. So when my golf is bad at least the walk was good.
I carry a 50X optical zoom lense camera. So when the golf is slow I shoot water birds and can zoom in so they don't get spooked. I try to get to know the others I'm paired up with. So when the golf is slow it turns into a blind date of sorts. And I enjoy meeting new people. It's rare that I have a bad time playing the exec courses and it's rare that the rest of my foresome has a bad time too. They may get upset with themselves but the overwhelming majority are self-forgiving and laugh about it. When it comes to golf, I tell people that for me TV is like a free buffet. I play almost every day with strangers. I think less then 3 times a year I was paired up with someone I played with before. Of course I don't remember as much as I used to so take that for what it's worth. |
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Pace of Play
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Wow. I absolutely love your post, tomweb. I'm still rather new to golf in TV. (I moved here just over a year ago and then proceeded to have major surgery...so just really getting into the swing of things. (No pun intended...well...maybe pun intended a little bit. Heheh.) I agree with almost every word of your post. Walking, playing with strangers, enjoying the Execs, the free buffet. Everything. I think you've even convinced me to buy a hi-res zoom camera. |
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What about the stress levels and enjoyment factor of the golfers behind you. If you were told on the sixth you were slow, it could impact tee times on one. I believe telling the ambassador 'it was not your problem' might have set the tone for future encounters.
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We played more than 20 times in December on the 'free' courses. Never paired with others twice. Always nice people. Just wish there was more social intercourse afterwards..
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I got a kick out of the previous post. Maybe interaction might have been a better choice of words.
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social 'intercourse' in sumter county is worse than peddling drugs. we have hanging judges here!
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Did you mean "Social offthecourse"?
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A Different Opinion about Ambassadors
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We have only once been asked to play faster, and of course we immediately sped things up. The Ambassador thanked us after the game for being so co-operative, and he gave us coupons for a discount at the Pro Shop. Gotta love "Free Golf For Life".
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Played the Palms at HacHills yesterday and after waiting approx 4 minutes on the tee box, we teed off on a par 3. (It was a slow day) After finishing the the hole and walking off, the group behind us teed off as we were walking off the green with a ball rolling by. Three hole later, the same thing happened with the ball hitting the cart of our playing partners while they were getting in. We mentioned this to the ambassador on the 9th hole. Any other suggestions besides driving back and punching them out?
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My rule....first time, explain to them that they need to wait until you clear the area of the green. The second time I hit it back to them, the third time I hit it out of bounds. Did the Ambassador give you any less drastic suggestions?
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