Wow, the GHIN fee is $18? Our country club bills GHIN renewals annually at $30 per person. :cus::rant-rave:

Last couple of times I have renewed my GHIN I was asked if I was a priority member. From reading what the priority enhancement includes it sounds to me like a priority members get reduced rates on the GHIN not free as I had been lead to believe. Below is the text from the Golf The Villages web site.

"The Priority Golf membership enhancement allows you priority access to golf tee times for the Championship Courses, reduced greens fees, reduced USGA handicap Fees and eligibility in country club tournaments. Additionally, this enhancement entitles you to the use of all the country club pools, spas and FREE tennis at Hacienda Hills Country Club."

I am not a golfer but no body mentioned that all the executive courses are fee. I think that is right. And I also think the quality of the executive courses are as good as the Championship courses. Right. I am sure some of you golfers will let this party no if these comments are true or not. Ya just got to decide how many $1000.00 extras you want and can afford. There aren't really many extra cost items but the golf thing is one that is significant.

executive golf and new golfers
 

I think the championship courses are in MUCH better shape than the executives, BUT the executives get more use from new golfers, free if you are a walker like me, and a great opportunity to work on your short game....Many execs are VERY challanging, some like Amberwood, have a par 5 (granted it was originally a ....This might be the subject for a new thread but I would love for the Villages to give the NEW golfers an etiquette video to rent....I would do nothing to discourage our new golfers from playing more, but I'm sure they would also like to be in the know!!:pepper2:

[QUOTE=jebartle;265811]I think the championship courses are in MUCH better shape than the executives, BUT the executives get more use from new golfers, free if you are a walker like me, and a great opportunity to work on your short game....Many execs are VERY challanging, some like Amberwood, have a par 5 (granted it was originally a ....This might be the subject for a new thread but I would love for the Villages to give the NEW golfers an etiquette video to rent....I would do nothing to discourage our new golfers from playing more, but I'm sure they would also like to be in the know!!:pepper2:[/QUOTE


Hi jebartle,

I don't know about a video, but here is a link to the place on the PGA site where golf etiquette is covered.

http://www.pga.com/play/etiquette/

Here is another link that might help. This one is more to the point for new golfers. It has a part with the top ten tips.

http://www.usga.org/Etiquette.aspx?i...99a6831forward

I guess this should be in a different thread, but I thought I would put it here since the subject came up. (Anybody who wants to start a new thread is welcome to move the links.)

So anyway, "Drive for show. Putt for dough." -- (I know. I know. That part has nothing to do with any of the topics in this thread. And besides, I am a terrible golfer who can neither drive nor putt worth a darn. But I just love that old driving and putting saying, and I wanted to throw it in. I digress sometimes.)

Boomer

We all digress
 

And sometimes, I think I'm on the verge of becoming a good golfer - then the golf gods show me where I belong. I have discovered that on the 15th hole I'm ready to quit, which means I am a 9 hole golfer. Which is not all bad, because 9 holes on an executive course is free! And I'm really just there to enjoy the wildlife, or at least, that's what I tell myself.

And I keep meeting these golfers (in The Villages) in great shape who tell me (usually on the 7th hole) that they are 75 years old and always walk. That's good enough for me, except in Ohio, on 9 holes of a regular course, I am wishing I was riding on about the 4th hole. But those guys (in The Villages) keep me going, except on days that threaten a thunderstorm, which gives me a great excuse to ride . . .

(Catholic School hangover - please God, give me strength to keep walking)

The Ghinn fee is seperate $15.00

Hi Rag,
You bring up a good point for newbies wanting to know more about TV golf. The executive courses are free for walkers. You can pay a trail fee ($7, I think) to ride in a cart. There is no green fee. There's also an option to rent an awesomely easy-to-push push cart for $1.

The executive courses are mostly par 3, nine-hole courses. The executive courses in TV form a trail. You can play 18 holes of executive golf (or 27 holes, for that matter), by scheduling adjacent nine-hole courses back-to-back. As someone else mentioned, the executive courses are excellent for working on your short game. They are also a good choice for beginners.

Course conditions vary, not necessarily by executive vs. championship. In other words, the championship courses are not necessarily in better shape. The advantage of the championship courses is that they have the common range of par 3, par 4 and par 5 holes. They are more suitable than the executive courses for serious golfers (whether high or low handicap).

By serious golfers, I mean people who'd rather golf than have sex. Just kidding. I just mean people who LOVE golf. I'm a high handicapper, but LOVE to golf.

I love playing the executive courses, but play "real" golf on the championship ones and love them more.

Thoughtfully stated, P. The trail fee for one is $3.50. We sign up for the yearly trail fees so it feels more like free each time. Sweetie is a serious golfer, no wait, well close. He is a really good golfer and fun on the course....and off too.

The golf on the executive courses here isn't what long time golfers are used to. But still nice in it's own way.

How do you do that- schedule back-to-back?
 

I asked and was told one could only schedule 9 holes (except for Yankee Clipper, and that's only temporary). Is there really a way to get a reservation for 2 exec courses on the same day?

I heard from another golfer last trip that sometimes in the summer only on certain days you can play certain other exec courses as 18 holes, but not all.

Actually, don't think I even want to play 18 anymore, but still feel somehow this need to know . . .

Its true in the summer starting now there are several pairings you can request a tee time thru the reservation system. This info is in the Daily Sun.

In the summer you can request 18 holes at executives, but I would also do this over the winter when you can only request 9. The way I do it is put in a request for 9 at say Bogart and Bacall to try and play around 2.... After I get the request filled I go and make a reservation at another for an available time after say 4:15 at the one I did not get.

We did this several times this year playing Redfish at 2-3 and yankee at 4:30-5 (before Yankee was 18).

Keep in mind before daylight savings this is a much tougher thing. Now it is simple. The tee time system will only balk if you put your reservation too close to your request. In other words, say your request is 3:12 at Truman. Now you go to make a reservation and look at available tee times and see there is 5:09, 5:19, 5:29 at Roosevelt. If you select 5:09 at Roosevelt, the system will say you have a conflicting time, but will let you select 5:29.

Hope that makes sense....

ha ha. Glad you read my post carefully. ;)