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Driving Range
We are coming for a lifestyle visit the end of May.
Q: Is there a cost to use the driving range ? Balls & Club rental ? Thanks. |
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Don't know if they rent clubs or not. |
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But my question is why would you do that? You can go to a driving range anytime, anywhere, Rather, try a Executive course or Pitch and Put if you have limited skills, but better yet use your time to explore this place. If you are on a lifestyle visit to determine whether this could be a home EXPLORE. If you are only using the Lifestyle visit as a vacation, relax at the pool, read a book, enjoy. In either event, welcome and enjoy. |
There's a few options:
1) A Villages driving range $6 for a half bucket of balls. 2) Oxford golf near 466/301 $8 for about double the amount as the Villages ranges. They have grass and mats to hit off of. They do have rental clubs available at the range. 3) Lady Lake driving range $6 for a large bucket bigger than the others. No rental clubs but best deal in town. Hitting off mats. 4) Continental Country club driving range $9 for a large bucket like Lady Lake. Hitting off mats. The pro shop might have clubs you can rent I think. |
Jus use The Villages ranges.
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This will be our 2nd time there.. Just want to do some normal stuff.
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Courses south of 44? FR and few between.
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I believe you have all the information you need here, but just wanted to mention that The Villages does not have a state-of-the-art practice facility.
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why has no one mentioned the Sarasota golf pro shop/driving range/executive course?
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because u can never get on it
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Two points
1) Just a quick correction, cost for balls at Continental Country is $4.50 for a small bucket and $8.00 for a large bucket. If you buy a card and pay $180, the buckets will be deducted from that amount at $2.25 for a small and $4.00 for a large bucket. 2) If you look around the garage sales, you can find a reasonable set of clubs to start playing. Then sign up for some lessons before you develop any bad habits. (Not that I have any bad habits, but I read that it can happen!) |
Please clarify
What is a state of the art practice facility?????????
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As others have posted, there are driving ranges inside The Villages that are managed by The Villages corporate... There are also many other driving ranges located within driving or golf cart distance that are independent... And less expensive!
My favorite place is the driving range in Lady Lake that is accessible by golf cart from Spanish Springs |
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Pitch and putt next to Edna's used to supply clubs for a round.
Don't know if they still do. Better than a driving range, where most only practice their faults anyway.:icon_wink: |
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Continental prepay seems like a good deal for hitting some balls if I land in reasonable proximity to there
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Bunker practice
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The two bunkers *are* rather deep and much of the forward portions are overly steep but the consistency of the sand seems to be in the ballpark of what I've tended to find on many of the executive courses. They can get a little "thin" down in the flat areas at the bottoms, but some judicious raking can pretty well get you the "depth" situation that you might prefer. An "acceptable" downside to this arrangement is that you get no real feel for what kind of "roll out" there might have been as the landing area is also quite sloped, as well as not being mown to typical putting green height. This *does*, however, offer the opportunity for practicing pitches off a downhill lie for returning the balls to the bunker for further practice - *if* you have had the patience to manage to actually have some balls escape the sand - another of those "plenty of good reasons" for spending little time there. :-) Even with this exceptional arrangement, I've rarely had to "wait" for an opportunity to practice sand shots there. It looks like there *used* to be a practice bunker at Evans Prairie and there's one at Palmer Legends (or was that Glenview?) down in the "bottom", but that one may be mostly reserved for lessons. Don't get up north much. . . |
My favorite place is the driving range in Lady Lake that is accessible by golf cart from Spanish Springs[/QUOTE]
Nice to know that it is staffed by Lions Club volunteers, and that the proceeds go to local charities. Worth supporting! |
We are just finishing up a Lifestyle visit and, although we are not golfers (yet), we had planned to go to a driving range but simply ran out of time. We did, however, make it to a pitch and putt which was so much fun! It's like a small 18 hole golf course where you can rent clubs/balls. You walk from hole to hole rather than use a golf cart. The golf courses, including pitch and putt, have dress code rules - so be sure to familiarize yourself with them before you go to one.
I wish we had had more time to try a driving range and an executive course. The executive courses are rated experience levels 1-4 so you can select a course based on your experience level. When we come back we're definitely going to try one. But I want to look into lessons, first. Enjoy your visit. There is so much to see and do! We ate lunch one day over at the Fenney Grill and afterwards took a walk on the boardwalk nature trail. We saw a mama gator and her three babies in the water sunning themselves! We also saw turtles and lots of different kinds of birds. Fenney has a golf course although I don't know the particulars of it but it might be worth looking into. |
Am I missing something? No one referring them to the one at Arnold Palmer County Club. They also have a nice outdoor patio for lunch/dinner and a cold beverage.
That’s where I’d go vs. Sarasota. |
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At Continental, you can buy a range discount pass and save 50% |
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