All so your friends from the tri-county area are prohibited from using the pools, pickle ball/tennis courts, activities at the rec centers like cards, dance lessons, club activities. They may play golf on the championship courses, for a fee, but not on the executive courses.

Did this answer the question: can a friend of mine from Leesburg play golf with me on a championship course?

Did you ask at the pro shop?

No, but the guy who I mentioned above stated, "The championship courses are open to the public" Was he correct or incorrect?

Yes, your friend from Leesburg can play with you on a championship course.

Yes it does answer it. From page 20:

If your guest does not qualify for a Villages guest pass they
will pay the non-resident greens fee.

Well, I called Palmer. Put your friend in the tee time reservation system as a guest. When you check in they will change the reservation (after looking at ID) from resident guest to non-resident and your guest will pay the non-resident fees.
Gosh, that wasn't hard at all and took all of 20 seconds to get an answer.

Below is a website that shows the current golf rates. At the bottom it is described what a Non-Resident is and what a Resident. It is amazing that this site is on The Villages.com under the golf area.

http://www.thevillages.com/golf/cham...s_winter09.htm

If this dosen't work go to the golf area then click on Championship then click on rates and you are there.

WOW !! Excellent summary of what has happened and why the "checks" are in place. Suffice it to say, if there's a loop hole, the people that look for those things will find it. Rules are made for the majority, they think, not for them. Good Job... Thanks !! (10 year resident of TV...& loving every day !!!

Seems simple enough!

I think I even answered my own previous question about whey the starter double checks even though there is a paid receipt:

I guess you could have residents pay at the pro shop and then substitute someone else (a full pay public) in their place. So the starter just checks the receipt with the ID's. Makes sense. The difference between resident and public is substantial.

Now I see where the problem is.... if you make a tee time over the computer and put a non resident, say from Stonecrest, down as your guest, when they get to the pro shop and check in they will need to be "changed" from a priority guest or resident guest to simply a non-resident. The only ID card they need then is a photo ID.... however, when they get out to the starter shack, his computer print-out likely still has them down as a priority guest or resident guest and if the pro shop hasn't communicated to the starter shack that they are really a non-resident (and not a guest) the guy in the starter shack is going to want to see a guest ID pass (which they obviously don't have). This is exactly what happened to the guy fron Spruce Creek I played with a few weeks ago. The guy in the starter shack was absolutely beside himself because the Spruce Creek gut didn't have a Villeges guest card.

:laugh:"Seems simple enought" Only took 25 posts to get there.

Maybe thats why ...........
 

Just got another reason not to try golf. It's way to complicated and that's before you even try the game.


:shrug:

It was easy to get the tee time. I just went to the golf system on-line (through thevillages.net, and looked for an open tee time and entered my wife, me, and two guests. My wife and I are priority members. I figured that my friend from Va. would pay the Priority Guest rate and that the Stonecrest friend would have to pay more. I was just trying to entertain my friends at one of TV courses. The 'system' allows available tee-time selection on the golf web site after the usual application period is over. It is not not necessary to wait for "day of play" availability.

Jerry

Just another reason...
 

Hmmm, you may be right....at least at TV.

Jerry