I'm Glad You Mentioned This
 

Is it a little too 'regulated'? You want to bring a friend in from Spuce Creek and you have to endure this?

Jerry

We are not a small one golf course community. Doesn't seem much to "endure" to me. It takes some rigamarole at our home private club to get a guest in and the member pays.

Jerry - Seems to me that you tried to slip one by, got caught, were embarassed, and are now trying to shift the blame. Sorry.

I don't think you can get a guest pass if you live in Marion Co.

Jerry

Where in the 'Rules' is it written that you can't put a Marion County resident in as a guest in the tee-time system? That is your understanding, but without being a TV lawyer, how does one know?

Jerry

Nope, but I Won't
 

No, actually, I just wanted to make a tee time for my wife, me, and two guests. But, I won't try again.

Jerry

it is as good a system as I could come up with, the starter shack guy seems to not get the info he needs so as to not hassle the non resident player . I think I now understand the situation enough to navigate it with non resident friends.

They are NOT a guest... they are "non-resident" players. They pay a higher fee than guests and do NOT need guest passes. It took me a while to figure it out.

Did anyone read this??
The problem you had is the lack of communication between the pro shop and the starter shack. Wouldn't it make sense for one of the offfended parties to contact the Pro a AP, explain your concern.......maybe he just might fix this gap.
(flinging barbs back and forth will solve nothing)

Jerry,

I truly feel bad that you had a bad experience. I would be more than happy to meet with you and help you work the system to your needs. I don't want to debate the issue. I beleive that the system works and that more times than not it is a misunderstanding as to how to work the system for what your needs are.

Feel free to private e-mail me, from up in the upper right hand part of this screen, and I will meet with you if you feel that I can be of help. If not I feel that this dead horse has been kicked to death.

Yep, that's what I did, so I'm a law-abiding citizen. EXCEPT, I didn't get the Va. guest a guest pass. (Didn't think I'd have to if he wasn't using amenity-supported facilities.) I couldn't have gotten the Stonecrest resident a quest pass because, duh, he is a tri-county resident.

Honest, guys, I wasn't trying to be deceptive. Just trying to make a simple tee-time request—as a priority member on a TV golf course.

Jerry

Hey Jerry ..........
 

From another Jerry .............. I live in TV and in Marion County. I DON'T play golf yet some of my amenities money goes toward the upkeep of the courses. I DON'T play pickleball, tennis, et al but part of my amenities goes toward upkeep of those facilities also. I know nothing anything about polo nor am I interested so I DON'T go there either yet part of my amenities go towards up keep of that place also. I could go on abou baseball fields, town squares and the like but you get the idea.
Perhaps if the percentage of money I pay through my amenities thing for stuff I won't ever need or use, you could put that amount of monies towards your friend's fees as he does use thse facilities.
I guess if your a golfer, it's important. To me, I could care less if they come from two blocks or 200 miles away. Sure gives a twist to "Florida's
Friendliest?? Home Town though dosen't it?
Gives the folks going back home a real piece of cannon fodder to tell their friends. I won't ramble cause I'll get in trouble again.

:shrug:

Jerry.

Up north in Ohio we have a home in a golf course community that we pay membership dues to the golf course year round. This community has a top notch school system. This community has a fitness center and nice shopping and good restaurants nearby. We can only play golf on the course in the summer months. We don't have kids in the school system. We don't go to the fitness center. BUT all of those things make our home more comfortable and the community more attractive and although values everywhere have dropped, we still have a decent investment relatively speaking.

Here, most of us don't avail ourselves to everything offered, and even if we don't play golf, the profusion of golf courses make attractive green spaces and increase the value of the community.

The amenities fees of about $130 per month do not seem unfair to me.

I hope I am not jumping on you Jerry. You and me and everyone here should be having the time of their lives. That is one of the draws of this lovely place, the residents seem to be enjoying themselves and are so friendly.

GG

P.S. Jerry, you might try golf, a LOT of people love it!

Sorry Grace ............
 

Sorry Grace, golf is a great outlet for some people. But for me .... taking a stick and hitting a ball around a cow pasture in the hot sun is a four letter word ... w-o-r-k!
I used to play baseball into college and at some point decided exercizing my mind was more important. I do nothing that involves any kind of ball, stick, puck, water or horses.
I do however still have a passion for sports research and music.

I for one, if I didn't do any activity that was funded by the amenitiy fees, I would probably be living some place different. As was posted before, you do get more house per dollar outside The Villages. Why wouldn't I do that if I don't partake? The reason I am living here is because of everything TV offers and I don't mind the "cost" for this.