Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Just my Opin............and the seven other guys I golf with...........the have improved and are very playable and enjoyable. The cour6ses I've played in the last three weeks: Evans, Belle, Palmer, Havana, Cane..........and they are all in good shape. I just had visitors here and we played 36 holes back to back. They enjoyed the courses and conditions. We were all members of a CC up North, so we like good conditions. I assume more will chime in. |
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Again I was in Pinehurst NC this week, The 9 courses in Pinehurst get as much play as the Championship courses do in TV - at this time of year. Tee times are booked solid sunrise to sunset. The fairways are like a carpet. On the best of times I have never experienced the same type conditions in TV. Stop the BS about the amount of play. Now on the other hand different types of grass may explain the difference.
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2. Given the price of golf and amount of play on the championship courses here in TV the budget is hardly that of a pasture. 3.TV not hosting the US Open - that part is probably correct. I have yet to here a reasonable explanation for having to shoot off essentially dirt on the fairways. Another poster had it right - move the ball to the rough to simulate fairway grass. |
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Tiera Del Sol was changed over to the new grass for the greens and it has been in great shape. The worst I have played recently in Havana. (Terrible) Numerous bare spots in the fairways and very little if any turf. The courses are recovering from the pounding of thousands upon thousands of golf carts this winter. They will get better (if we actually get our rainy season). If I were in charge I would have the ambassadors fully implementing and enforcing the 90 degree rule. Then you still have all the carts with RA's driving right up to and sometimes on the greens when they are suppose to stay back 15 ft.
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Exactly, it’s like comparing apples and oranges. Pinehurst and The Villages?!? Come on lol. I would bet money the courses that are allowed carts at Pinehurst, probably 10% or less drive on the fairway. I also bet if the carts drove where they weren’t supposed at PINEHURST they would be thrown off the course immediately!!
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I used to obey all the rules of golf never drove up close to the Greene raked the traps I fixed divots etc. Now I do as the rest of the people When in Rome do as the Romans do. The Villages has changed tremendously so I am with the changes. The king and his court doesn't seem to care about the condition of the courses so neither do I I play what's there and enjoy it. Much easier not having to rake the sand, fix my divots. When The Villages decided not to design any decent courses like the old ones which had trees Lakes sand traps etc. When they decided to take a cow pasture dig a few holes put in some sand plant some fountain grass and put 18 sticks in the ground and call it a golf course that's when I stop caring. I got so tired of hearing all the excuses like too much rain not enough for me too much traffic on the courses too hot to cold Just poor maintenance . Money money money
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I'm not a golfer (so I'm not thrilled about paying fees to support golf) but I have read from the PWAC that the first reason for the golf courses is for water runoff management. The 2nd reason for the golf courses is as a resident amenity. Obviously, #1 is a higher priority for The Villages system, but, probably most folks view the amenity function as being #1. Obviously, those folks would be wrong.
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