Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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All these comments, both good and bad, should be directed to Country Club Administration: Golf The Villages
Or even call. Posting on here and hoping that someone is reading the posts...is wasted effort.
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BTW,, the Villages contract out the maintenance of the flowers in the common areas, the pool maintenance etc. Most likely to the lowest bidder. I do no understand the point about the golf shops. When I check in, I am glad there are more then one person available. I guess I leave the staffing to the people in charge. It is like going to a restaurant, you my see lots of staff during slow times, but not enough when crowd comes in, again I allow the management to do the job. I for one think the shops are run GREAT!!! Your point about rates is interesting in the summer. I do not know what the break even cost is for courses. Conditions can not be compared because of the number of rounds the villages do. It is like trying to compare apples and oranges. But most people on here don't want to hear that. The point is if you do not like the conditions don't play. It is that simple! |
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My point was that I would love to fix the greens but the people reading these posts do not fix the greens. Voice your concerns to someone who can fix the problem, otherwise it is just complaining.
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Who do we complain to?
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I agree with an earlier post. Some greens are great, some are ok, and some a pitiful (Tierra del sol, Belle Glade). I think the original point is there should be some accountability by the villages organizations, greenskeeper, etc.
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Played Belle Glade last night-twilight-Calusa. Greens are unplayable, at least if you are trying to play golf. Fairways and Tees, acceptable.
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Thanks, I agree with you. Posting on here can't fix the problem. Call GMS, the company that runs the operations.
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I've worked at several Florida courses in the winter and I can tell you that starting times began at 7:00 and were completely full until 2:00 in the afternoon. Many days we'd have people come in for nine holes after 2:00. I worked here in the winter because they needed extra staff. Staffs were cut to the bare minimum in the summer season as the courses weren't making enough money to justify have a lot of people hanging around. While you might like having three people to wait on you when you go into a pro shop, it is not economically smart to be paying people to do nothing when your revenues are at their lowest. You shouldn't be staffing for your peak periods year round. As far as what the break even point is, it is always better top have people coming to play golf. They often spend more money on the range, restaurant and golf shops. I'd rather have ten groups at $80 each than five at $160 each. The additional wear on the golf course would be minimal and more people generate more revenue. As far as contracting out other work, planting flowers is not the same as maintaining a golf course. You can do a mediocre job of planting flowers and hardly anyone would notice. Do a mediocre job on a golf course and you have tons of complaints. What I don't understand is that The Villages does such a good job on every other aspect of this community. When I began playing golf about 14 months ago, I expected that the golf courses would be maintained at the same standard as the rest of this wonderful community. I am deeply disappointed.
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Those greens are in great shape!
Last edited by sheena0904; 07-02-2017 at 02:48 PM. |
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Mallory
I do agree with the sentiment of this thread, especially about having guests. I want to say that Mallory has been more consistent than other courses. I was told they hired a new greens keeper a year or 2 ago and I have seen the difference.
We played today and the greens were a bit slow with sand on them, but IMO putting sand on a green in time smooths it out, so someone is paying attention. to Mallory IMO
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