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Friday, April 19, 2024

2.5 million rounds played in 2021 at executive golf courses in The Villages

There were more than 2.5 million rounds of golf played in 2021 at executive golf courses in The Villages.

The exact total was 2,562,703, according to Director of Executive Golf Mitch Leininger.

In a report Monday morning to the Project Wide Advisory Committee, Leininger noted some additional highlights from last year:

• The Silver Lake Executive Golf Course on the Historic Side of The Villages was completely renovated by the Amenity Authority Committee at a cost of $329,234.

• There were new greens put in at the Sweetgum and Sandhill executive golf courses.

• Infrastructure improvements include work on timber bridges and the replacement of storm water pipes.

• A new District-wide contract was procured for pine straw.

Golf course deserves a failing grade

A Village of Hadley resident recently played an executive golf course that had earned a B- grade in a recent report grade. He says the golf course now deserves a failing grade.

It’s great that Villages-News.com features holes-in-one

A reader from Arkansas is envious that Villages-News.com publishes stories celebrating Villagers’ holes-in-one. He wishes he and his friends could get that kind of recognition where they live.

Roosevelt Executive Golf Course should be downgraded to F grade

A Village of Bradford resident, in a Letter to the Editor, contends the Roosevelt Executive Golf Course has a D grade, but should be an F.

The press is biased against Trump

In a Letter to the Editor, a Village of Osceola Hills makes the case that the press is biased against former President Trump.

Former Morse South Gate attendant offers a little perspective

A former Morse South Gate attendant, in a Letter to the Editor, offers a little perspective after another letter writer was critical of attendants working that gate.