Jealous of what we have. In this day and time people will say anything, with nothing to back up their statements, to discredit what they don't have.

All of our executive courses are all unique and not much flat land.

Agree…..Volusia hole #1 is definitely not flat! ⛳️������️������

FLAT? LMAO!
It’s Florida! I would not expect elevation changes like WV, E. Kentucky, VT, CO and so many other places.
I have not played all of the courses but there are pretty good elevation changes include Hilltop, Sarasota, Malory Hills.
Now I can understand the flat opinion if you played many of the courses like Silver Lake, Heron or Pelican, those would be difficult create hills, but then again they are in the Florida Peninsula.
I did play a VERY hilly course over by West Palm but then it was built on a waste dump piled very high.

Thank you Luggage, yes - my question was serious. I am the OP. The "jealous non-villager" is a friend of mine. I know where she lives, and I know the golf courses she golfs . She lives in a community very much like the villages only much smaller. And on a huge lake full of boating and skiing and tubing. Tellico Village in Tennessee. The three golf 18-hole golf courses they have are meticulous and gorgeous and challenging, filled with very few par-3's. The terrain undulates and moves uphill, downhill, through and over deep gulches and across water. Not ponds, but a large body of lake water. A former New Yorker, she is not jealous of The Villages because she already lives in a similar place but does not care for the crowds and congestion compared to her current area.

Anyhow, the entire purpose of the post was because she mentioned her opinion of the courses in the Villages and since I have only golfed a very few of them, I thought I would validate / invalidate her opinion by gathering intel from those of you who have golfed far more than just a few of the courses in The Villages.

Thank you all for your input and insights.

I most certainly notice the need to add/subtract a club due to elevation changes on many, if not most of the executive course holes...

So, she's comparing championship courses to executive courses... Alrighty then...

And also, "very few par threes" on he championship courses?

It's pretty much standard for 18 hole courses to have 4 par 3s, 4 par 5s and the rest par 4s...

Are her courses "special" in some way?

And it sounds like her home is carved into the mountains. Of course there will be more elevation changes!

One of the most beautiful and most challenging courses I've ever played was Kiawah, SC. Relatively flat, since it's on the beach!

Thell her to stay out of TV. she does not know what she is talking about...has she ever played golf here?

What are you so bent out of shape about? In the originating post I stated she has played in The Villages dozens of times. She made an offhand comment to me about her opinion and I simply wanted to see if there was any merit to it.

Didn't intend to personally offend you. No one is attacking you, your life's work, your choice of retirement housing, or anything else. Geeez. Deep breath. Pop a rosuvastatin.

I did a search on mapquest of Tellico Village and I only see one course, Toqua. And doesn't look to be in very good shape. I would imagine it only gets limited play do to seasons there. Maybe a lot of snow and cold weather in the winter?

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There are actually 3 18-hole courses. Toqua, Tanasi, and one in a satellite portion of the community at Kahite (in Vonore, TN). The courses are largely Bermuda grass, so they are emerald green all summer, but dead brown dormant from first frost until 90-degree days (roughly mid Oct to mid May).

I believe these are her home courses, FWIW. Try clicking on the Amenities drop-down menu.

Golf Courses | Tellico Village | Loudon , TN
Golf Tellico Village

Who cares?

Why then???
 

I see posts like this on so many different social media places. If people don't like the types of golf courses, why come and visit to play golf? Go somewhere else. It's not just people saying it about TV golf courses, it goes all the way to Disney World where the complaints include "it's too expensive" and "it's too crowded". Don't go then. Even if her statement would have been true - who cares and why check her statement?

How many of those Rinky dink aces have you made if it’s as easy as you suggest?

None, and I'm proud of it.
Sounds like you made a few
My only ace was #5, Colony Hill G.C., Happauge, NY, 5/25/78, 198 yds with a 5 iron.

No idea why that person appears to have been offended, but why would one take a hydroxymethylglutyrlcoenzymeAreductaseinhibitor to calm down??????