Christmas day golf
 

Are the championship coarses open 1st come 1st serve on Christmas day 2019?

Yes, and free
Steve

Do you think anyone will complain about the price? :icon_wink:

Don't forget to rake the traps, fix divots on the greens and sand the divots on the fairways...…………...

And the complaining begins before the fact. Last year it was posted the courses were destroyed. I live directly on and played the same course for years on Christmas. No change observed here free or charges. Everyone was and has been respectful and played at the same pace as normal - 18 holes less than 4.5 hours.

Not complaining just reminding..

:ohdear: I don't see a complaint...... where is it? You might be the site expert on complaining. So I ask where is it? :blahblahblah::blahblahblah::blahblahblah:

I asked a question and Bogie posted a request......:confused:

The first time I played Christmas golf was in 2011 and Bonifay had just opened two months earlier, except for Pensacola was still closed. I got there at 7:15 and I was about #35 in line, the first two guys said they got there about 4:30am. We were all lined up down the sidewalk up to the Destin starter shack and then they said, anybody want to play just nine holes, turn around and go to the Ft. Walton starter shack. Now, I'm #23 in line for 18 holes. Then they said, anybody here a single, and I said, that's me. Now, I'm next on the tee. What I saw when we came in about noon, there wasn't one person waiting to tee off. So if you don't want to wait, go later. Also on the way home I past Turtle Mound and Sand Hill Executives and nobody was waiting, later is better.

I don't see a complaint either. Oh dear the sky is not falling but last year the posts after the free Christmas golf was like a war zone occurred. I am reminding everyone before we go that route again - not in my experience and I'll bet I've played approximately 15 years of rounds of Christmas golf here in TV. My opinion is it is a wonderful jester for TV to provide free golf on Christmas. I have not seen it abused more than the normal abusers who don't rake sand traps or replace divots on a normal day.[COLOR="Red"] Spread the word. [/COLOR]Folks championship golf is FREE on Christmas and you can bring up to three guests without even a guest pass as long as you have your residence card.

:ho: Sorry..... but you said "And the complaining begins before the fact." My bad! Feliz Navidad

Merry Christmas, my only complaint is that we can't be there to enjoy it : ( Oh well, we will be playing at the Villages on New Years day : )

I don't know what course you live on, but I also live right on a championship course and have observed the Christmas carnage for 5 years now. There is a fairway trap 20 yards from my lanai, and the rakes were viewed as ornamental. 95% of divots were not filled, and I'm 200 yards from the green but it didn't look like any pitch marks were repaired. Playing the course 2 days later confirmed this. CW is right, it's a wonderful jester, but the gesture was ill conceived.

Ill concieved???? Jeez!

Steve

And I heard there was no bad neighborhoods in TV

:1rotfl:

Course starter list
 

Usually they post which starter course for 18 or 9 holes, Did I miss this?

Yes, Ill conceived, ie: BAD IDEA from its inception

The "family" tries to do something nice and still there will be some people that complain, or will keep their "better" ideas to themselves.
:ohdear:

You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time

Steve

Great day to play the executive courses. Always free.

Remember this post by eyc234 a few weeks back when we were talking about course conditions ?

1 - that was about course conditions during regular season not the day after free golf
2 - I was chastised for saying I think the fairways are too short during winter for the average senior. I was "politely" told to buck up and play the ball under whatever the course conditions like real golfers do.

Well it's time to be a real golfer on boxing day Ah ?

..."it's the Indian and not the arrow".

Looking at The Daily Sun over the past days, there has been no mention about the "free golf" as they used to promote in past years. Usually they make a big deal about this in the sports section. Today, all they print is that the Championship Courses are closed on December 25. Has something changed? Can anybody confirm that they will be free tomorrow as they have been in the past? Or will there be grinch ambassadors chasing people off the courses?:ohdear:

Free golf with "grinch" ambassadors.

https://www.golfthevillages.com/what...olf%202016.pdf


"Free golf on Christmas Day is available again this year on championship courses in The Villages.

A Villages resident identification card is required for each group of players, which also must include at least one Villages resident.

Golf carts and club rentals are not available and other facilities including the Golf Academy, country club pools and practice ranges will be closed.

To take advantage of the free rounds, players should check in at the country clubs as follows:

• Bell Glade: Check in at the Tequesta starter building for all courses.
• Bonifay: Check in at the Deslin starter building for all courses.
• Cane Garden: Check in at the Allamanda starter building for nine holes and at the Hibiscus starter building for 18 holes.
• Evans Prairie: Check in at the Killdeer starter building for all courses.
• Glenview: Check in at the Fox Run starter building for all courses.
• Hacienda Hills: Check in at the Palms starter building for nine holes and the Lakes/Oaks starter building for 18 holes.
• Havana: Check in at the Hemingway starter building for nine holes and at the Kilimanjaro starter building for 18 holes.
• Lopez Legacy: Check in at the Ashley Meadows starter building for all courses.
• Mallory Hill: Check in at the Amelia starter building for nine holes and at the Caroline starter building for 18 holes.
• Orange Blossom Hills/Tierra del Sol: Check in at the starter building.
• Palmer Legends: Check in at the Riley Grove starter building for nine holes and at the Laurel Valley/Cherry Hill starter building for 18 holes."

Steve

That's a PDF from 2016

OK so? What about the rest from the unmentionable news??
And this?
Residents Play FREE Golf on Christmas Day in The Villages

My god people, there is free golf tomorrow!
Steve

Bunch of assumptions without any research...…...

Not to worry I called and indeed there is free golf tomorrow. I can not verify if it is under 2016 rules and regs. The other news is a blog not an official TV announcement.

Ahhh..... some people can do their own research.
Steve

The starter at Tierra Del Sol said first come first served (same as past). Also you can not get in line unless all members of your party are there (this maybe new ?).

Are the exec courses also open?

7:12 AM, let the carnage begin !!!:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas Doc!

To you and your wife as well!!!

So how was the free Championship golf today? We so wish we could have been there. Oh well, we will be there playing before New Years. How long was the wait at various times (early AM, Mid Morning, Noon, early PM), that would be good information to know for future years. Merry Christmas : )

Went to Bonifay at 2pm (us and another couple). Pulled up to the Destin Starter - no line/no carts. Starter said we're next... 4some was just teeing off. Driving on Pinellas to Bonifay we saw no carts waiting for Pennsacola. Starter said it was very busy in the morning, but slowed down after 1pm. We had a great time, weather was really nice, and I didn't suck too bad. The price was right. Nice Christmas present. Thanks Morse Family!