[Emkay56]

I'm curious how you got a one week rental in January! I have friends that have been looking for months and no one will rent less than 3 months in high season.

Originally Posted by Mulligan07

I rented a house in The Villages for a week in the beginning of January. I am coming down with a couple of other guys and are planning on playing 36 holes a day.

Without having a guest pass or a resident pass until I get there, how do I go about booking tee times in advance?

[asianthree]

Originally Posted by Emkay56

I'm curious how you got a one week rental in January! I have friends that have been looking for months and no one will rent less than 3 months in high season.

AB&B, newly closed houses that owner is desperate for $$$ or a management company that doesn’t give a crap who they rented a house to.

[NoMo50]

Originally Posted by Mulligan07

I rented a house in The Villages for a week in the beginning of January. I am coming down with a couple of other guys and are planning on playing 36 holes a day.

Without having a guest pass or a resident pass until I get there, how do I go about booking tee times in advance?

Short answer...you can't. At least, not more than 3 days in advance.

The tee time system will allow requests to be entered a maximum of 7 days in advance. Your name can appear on only one request per day. Plus, if your group includes any guests (sounds like it will), your request would receive the lowest priority in the request pecking order.

You can see available tee times for any course 3 days prior to the day of play. These are considered open tee times, and are available. Having guests does not impact picking up open tee times, and you can have more than one tee time per day. Snagging open tee times is different than submitting requests seven days out.

My guess is that your best approach would be a combination of sharpshooting open tee times, along with calling courses the day of play. January is the height of the busy season here, and you will be competing with a lot of folks who want to play golf. Good luck!

[jimmy o]

Originally Posted by Mulligan07

I rented a house in The Villages for a week in the beginning of January. I am coming down with a couple of other guys and are planning on playing 36 holes a day.

Without having a guest pass or a resident pass until I get there, how do I go about booking tee times in advance?

Here’s an honest answer. There is no way your foursome will play 36 holes per day in TV, zero chance. I would advise you make arrangements outside TVs for early morning tee times, then pick a Villages course for twilight. Twilight is first come first serve only, usually sometime around 3:30. That said, what you can do is: after you get your guest passes and sign up for Tee Time System you can use TTS to get in que behind all the residents and enhanced members for available championship courses within TVs. Good luck.

[DrHitch]

As a newbie, check out the map and golf intro pages on The Villages 101 The Villages 101 You've come the right place for renters and snowbirds to learn about The Villages "Florida's Friendliest Hometown". Neighborhoods, house rentals, activities, and pointers to the many other resources..

Why can't your landlord authorize temporary resident IDs in advance? Once they process the form, you "may" be able to get the sales office to release your six digit number in advance of your stay...

[DrHitch]

As a newbie, check out the map and golf intro pages on The Villages 101 The Villages 101 You've come the right place for renters and snowbirds to learn about The Villages "Florida's Friendliest Hometown". Neighborhoods, house rentals, activities, and pointers to the many other resources..

Why can't your landlord authorize temporary resident IDs in advance? Once they process the form, you "may" be able to get the sales office to release your six digit number in advance of your stay...

[BrianL99]

Originally Posted by jimmy o

Here’s an honest answer. There is no way your foursome will play 36 holes per day in TV, zero chance. I would advise you make arrangements outside

As of 10 minutes ago, there were over 700 completely open (available) Tee Times on the Championship courses in TV, for tomorrow. 3000 players.

[John Mayes]

Originally Posted by BrianL99

They could probably play Orange Blossom, all day every day. Of course, they'd need therapy after a week of that.

There's actually only one way to do what the poster wants, that I know of.

1. Make a list of the Pro Shop phone numbers for every Championship Golf course.

2. Starting 3 days before your scheduled arrival, call Pro Shops until you find a morning & afternoon (2nd Wave) tee time. Early mornings will be fairly easy, 2nd Wave ... not so easy.

3. Every morning, start making your calls for the upcoming day or days.

Whether you have an ID or Guest Pass isn't going make much difference when you book the Tee Time.

Championship courses are all open to the public and staff will sort out ID's, Guest Passes, etc. when you check in and pay. If you're paying the Public Rate after January 1st, you'll be looking at about $100/round depending on status.

Tee times are only available for day of play when making arrangements through the golf shop. For reservations/view open tee times, one will need access to the tee time system.

[BrianL99]

Originally Posted by John Mayes

Tee times are only available for day of play when making arrangements through the golf shop. For reservations/view open tee times, one will need access to the tee time system.

That would depend on who you talk to.

[Mulligan07]

Appreciate all the advice.

Can someone give me some recommendations of courses to play outside the Villages?

Thanks

[BrianL99]

Originally Posted by Mulligan07

Appreciate all the advice.

Can someone give me some recommendations of courses to play outside the Villages?

Thanks

There aren't many decent ones, close by.

Juliett Falls is usually in great condition.
Deer Island is kind of an odd ball course, but ok.
Candler Hills in Ocala isn't a great layout, but decent.
Skyview is supposed to be good, but I've never played it.
Cabot Citrus Farms is one of a kind and probably worth the trip.

[Indy-Guy]

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The courses above both have two different great 18 hole layouts at the same location. If you are looking to play 36 holes these would be great because you wouldn't be playing the same course twice.

[Snakster66]

Originally Posted by jimmy o

There is no way your foursome will play 36 holes per day in TV, zero chance. .

I'd take that bet. Just looked at current open tee times for Thursday. I could easily pick two foursome times that would get me 36 holes in a day. Considering no one seems to like playing early morning in the 'winter' months, 7:30 tee times are wide open. Finding a 12:45-ish tee time is also possible. Boom...36 holes.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Snakster66

I'd take that bet. Just looked at current open tee times for Thursday. I could easily pick two foursome times that would get me 36 holes in a day. Considering no one seems to like playing early morning in the 'winter' months, 7:30 tee times are wide open. Finding a 12:45-ish tee time is also possible. Boom...36 holes.

True 2 weeks before Christmas, but January is very, very different. Maybe they can, and maybe they can't, but there are no guarantees. And remember, without access to the tee time system they are going to have to call each course the day of play.

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by Snakster66

I'd take that bet. Just looked at current open tee times for Thursday. I could easily pick two foursome times that would get me 36 holes in a day. Considering no one seems to like playing early morning in the 'winter' months, 7:30 tee times are wide open. Finding a 12:45-ish tee time is also possible. Boom...36 holes.

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

True 2 weeks before Christmas, but January is very, very different. Maybe they can, and maybe they can't, but there are no guarantees. And remember, without access to the tee time system they are going to have to call each course the day of play.

I would add that once January rolls around the pace of play typically slows down significantly (especially if you get stuck behind a 9 and dine group in the later afternoon) and it gets dark out around 5:30. The early PM wave t times get booked up very fast and are dominated by leagues with enhanced memberships. Getting in the afternoon round, with guests, will be difficult.