[Golden Domer]

The Palmer Course has lost its long held reputation as one of the best courses to play in the Villages.

Today the greens were at best a C-, most had bare (disease spots) and have had light sand applied recently. If you look closely many areas need some care and attention..... from tee boxes ti fairways..... its past .... its glory days it seems.

Need more attention everyday by course management.....

[waynet]

It's really too bad what they did to Riley. Over watered turned greens into mud . The people who are in charge of the course should be fired.

[UpNorth]

Didn't you read the front page headline in today's Daily Sun about The Villages "pristine" (!) golf courses? ;0

[BrianL99]

Originally Posted by waynet

It's really too bad what they did to Riley. Over watered turned greens into mud . The people who are in charge of the course should be fired.

Where did that information come from?

[BrianL99]

Originally Posted by Golden Domer

The Palmer Course has lost its long held reputation as one of the best courses to play in the Villages.

Today the greens were at best a C-, most had bare (disease spots) and have had light sand applied recently. If you look closely many areas need some care and attention..... from tee boxes ti fairways..... its past .... its glory days it seems.

Need more attention everyday by course management.....

Laurel Valley greens are better than most in The Villages and have been, for the last 2 weeks. A little slower than I prefer, but excellent putting surfaces.

I believe Riley Groves greens are diseased, but they have been improving over the last 10 days.

Cherry's are old and not in great condition.

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by BrianL99

Where did that information come from?

Someone's ying yang

[Miboater]

I just finished playing there and they were not as bad as I was expecting. Riley Grove was much better than Cherry Hill but both need a few weeks of good weather.

I don't know how true this is but the starter said they were closing Cherry Hill in two weeks.

[BrianL99]

Originally Posted by Miboater

I just finished playing there and they were not as bad as I was expecting. Riley Grove was much better than Cherry Hill but both need a few weeks of good weather.

I don't know how true this is but the starter said they were closing Cherry Hill in two weeks.

I don't know the date, but it's Cherry Hills' turn for renovation. Laurel was last year, Riley the year before. It usually happens the end of April.

[kcrazorbackfan]

Originally Posted by Golden Domer

The Palmer Course has lost its long held reputation as one of the best courses to play in the Villages.

Today the greens were at best a C-, most had bare (disease spots) and have had light sand applied recently. If you look closely many areas need some care and attention..... from tee boxes ti fairways..... its past .... its glory days it seems.

Need more attention everyday by course management.....

Hmm, I stopped by there today to purchase a shirt and the golf shop was full of people checking in to play; probably common folk that does not have your expectations.

[tophcfa]

Played Laurel to Riley last Monday and the greens on Laurel were great. The greens on Riley were not nearly as good, they appear to have some sort of turf disease. Some greens were better than others, but the ones on the last 4 holes playing along Lake Sumter had large patches of bumpy dirt with no grass and were very difficult to put across if they were in your line. Certainly not what one would expect from greens that were just completely renovated during last years growing season. Hopefully they can be fixed soon now that we are coming out of the difficult winter season.

[sdeikenberry]

MY golf group played Laurel to Riley two days ago and we found Laurel in very good condition although the greens a bit slow. Riley has a few greens sanded...probably all of them by now...and there were some spots that were bad on some greens. Otherwise a good experience. It really seems unfair to our group that golf administration can tell us their plugging schedule but cannot tell us when they slit and sand the greens. We've asked them and they claim it doesn't affect play...yeah, right...maybe for them but for all of us it does. We think we should be able to avoid sanded and slitted greens and they should tell us when they're doing that...but apparently it doesn't affect play.

[Rwirish]

This can not be true. I just read in the Daily Sun that the golf courses are Pristine.

[waynet]

My information came from another greenskeeper at a different golf course. No names do not want to get him in trouble.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

Played Laurel to Riley last Monday and the greens on Laurel were great. The greens on Riley were not nearly as good, they appear to have some sort of turf disease. Some greens were better than others, but the ones on the last 4 holes playing along Lake Sumter had large patches of bumpy dirt with no grass and were very difficult to put across if they were in your line. Certainly not what one would expect from greens that were just completely renovated during last years growing season. Hopefully they can be fixed soon now that we are coming out of the difficult winter season.

The sad part is that I played laurel literally 3 hours after it re-opened post renovation. Already, there were a few dozen unrepaired ball marks and unfilled divots. Footprints in the bunkers were plentiful, including my favorite---footprints that lead right back to a rake(I wonder if that "golfer" tripped over the rake on the way in or out). Maintenance crews cannot repair all the damage that hundreds of bozo golfers cause. I suggest that there should be significant penalties for any of the above infractions.

[SHIBUMI]

I will bet the pro didn't come out and pat you on the head and give you a balloon after your round either.

Originally Posted by dewilson58

Someone's ying yang