Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Why is Palmer in better shape again?
I played Palmer last Friday and .....
<Alan's opinion> </Alan's opinion> I plan on asking the golf management team this question, but I see no harm getting some opinions from fellow Village golfers. If you agree with my premise that Palmer is in much better shape, then I ask why?
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One word, marketing.
It is the course they tout and show the most on LSVs. Army Guy
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It's also the one that is the most expensive to play hence getting the least play.
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The condition of the courses in TV and outside TV vary. It is 100% related to how much care they are given, how much water and who the grounds keeper is. If Palmer is always better then they are spending more money to provide that care. Could be water, when they did the over seeding, when they applied fertilizer, how much of each was done, when it was done, and who did it. Probably some combination of all. I guarantee you that they could have all TV courses in the same condition if they wanted to spend the money. BUT they don't have to. As long as there is a wait for tee times, why spend the money. Someday that attitude will bite them, but for now they are busy and filling every available tee time.
The problem will not change until those of us who pay to play cause a change. Start using more outside courses that do keep up the quality of their course. Once the revenue drop starts to impact them, they might do the same level of care at all courses.
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It's watered more.
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I played it last Friday and the greens were really nice. However I thought the fairways were spotty and not appreciably better than other courses here. I thought the fairways would be better.
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Interesting, I came away thinking the failrways were better than Cane and Mallory which I just played, maybe I was not in the fairway enough, or I was happy with how I played . Which nines you play, I was Cherry to Laurel.
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I haven't played Palmer in awhile, so can't really compare, but I'm sure it got more water during the overseeding process. I used to go by there and Mallory as well, and Palmer was always being watered, and Mallory not very much. I'm sure they were prettying things up for the President Bush visit, but Palmer is always in the nicest shape, while some of the other courses are not very good.
I'm with l2ride on this. Its ridiculous that we're getting these crappy conditions on some of the courses every year, and there is always an excuse, yet Palmer is pristine. Makes no sense. |
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Quote:
John
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