The Villages Daily Sun

Havana Country Club golf professional Todd Basso said he has been fielding questions about the browning of the grass on the

courses.

“I have had many questions about the golf course turning brown and the greens turning purplish,” Basso said. “It’s the cool weather. The Bermuda is shutting down. It doesn’t like 40-degree weather and is in a slowing-down process. We have overseeded the courses. Those overseeded in November have not caught up with those done in October. When we get a few days of warm weather the seeds will pop up.”

Basso said golfers are also concerned about the greens being fast.

“We are not cutting them any shorter,” Basso said. “The grass is not growing as usual. They will become more

consistent when the seed takes hold.”

On the course, Chuck Eggers eagled the 497-yard third hole of the Kilimanjaro course.

Mallory Hill

The courses at Mallory Hill Country Club reopen today following overseeding.

“The overseeding went well,” said Mallory Hill golf professional Dan Machande. “For the first couple of weeks, golfers may experience water running. The course will also be “rough only” for a period of time. The starters will give the golfers details on the best way to get around the course.”

Machande is asking for help from those living along the golf course.

“It’s that time of year we have out-of-town visitors and along with that there have been some not-so-pleasant activities on the golf courses,” he said. “Residents can be helpful by being a set of eyes and if they see anything unusual, such as golf carts driving on greens at night, we ask them to please call the police. We cannot be there all of the time and we ask (that) they help us to keep the golf courses in good shape. We ask them not to hesitate to call the authorities if they see something strange or

something they are

uncomfortable with.”

Good-golf shots include Bob O’Neal’s first eagle that came on the 295-yard first hole of the Virginia course and eagles by Barry Thomas, on the 481-yard sixth hole of Amelia, and Bob Thompson on the 303-yard fourth hole of the Virginia course.

Cane Garden

Cane Garden Country Club golf professional David Williams said the greens and tees have come in nicely from the recent overseeding, but that the fairways are a little behind.

The much-anticipated Jacaranda nine, which will be opening soon, was also

overseeded.

Post-overseed cart

restrictions at Cane Garden have been lifted.

Good golf accomplishments include a couple of eagles on the seventh hole of the Hibiscus course by Vinny Pagnotti, playing it from a 299-yards, and Diane

Lindstrom, at 196 yards.

Dan Wible eagled the

460-yard first hole of the Hibiscus course and Estee Intravaia made an eagle

playing the first hole of the Allamanda course from

283 yards.

Steve Day is a sportswriter for the Daily Sun. He may be reached at sports@thevillagesmedia.com.