JC:
Seminole is a 9.
But the tenth best course in Florida is probably a 6. You could say the same for many other states, but few of them have 1,000+ courses.
Tom,
Apples and oranges. Name a state other than NY, California and maybe Michigan, which I don't know, where the 10th course is more than a 6?
Florida has different demographics than any other state. Why would The Villages (and a hundred others like it) try to build a Doak 6 for the 70 year old retired golfer on a fixed income who wants to play a round of golf before the shuffleboard tournament and the Early Bird? The majority of the courses in Florida are NOT built for the obsessed GCA golfer, especially Naples where JC has chosen to live.
20 degrees and I am about to drive to Westchester to look at a property. I will take The Villages right now!
Well, The Villages is Florida's friendliest hometown.
Why couldnt old folks play a Doak 6? Do you think a course with wide fairways and fun greens would be easier for them than having water and swamp on every hole so they have to lose a dozen balls a round?
Or, are you saying that because they are old they dont deserve a Doak 6?
Down here in Naples, these courses ARE built to be Doak 6's. There is a reason they have brought down "name" designers to do them. There is plenty of Arthur Hills, Rees Jones, Hurdzen/Fry, etc. here. Do you think they are spending all that money, ALLEGEDLY THOUGH NOT PERSONALLY CONFIRMED, because they want to build an "average" or Doak 3 course?