How Golf Is Structured at The Villages
The Villages operates two tiers of golf: executive courses and championship courses. The distinction matters practically and financially, and understanding it upfront prevents a common surprise that new residents experience.
For the casual golfer who plays two or three times a week and is happy with par-3 and executive layouts, the lifestyle fee essentially pays for unlimited golf. For the serious golfer who wants championship courses regularly, budget an additional $150–$400/month depending on frequency. By national private club standards, this is still extraordinary value — full 18-hole championship rounds at Villages green fees are priced far below comparable private club access anywhere in the country.
Championship Courses
These are the full 18-hole regulation courses that serious golfers return to repeatedly. Each has distinct character and varying difficulty levels. Green fees apply beyond the lifestyle fee.
The Villages continues to add championship courses as the community expands into Fenney and Eastport. The above list reflects confirmed courses as of 2026; new courses open periodically and are announced on the official Villages website.
Executive Courses — Full List
These are the courses included in your $195/month lifestyle fee. All of them are fully free to play for any Villages resident. They range from straightforward 9-hole par-3 courses to more challenging executive layouts with par-4 and par-5 holes. Most serious golfers use these for warm-up rounds, working on specific shots, or quick afternoon play when a full 18-hole round is not on the agenda.
The executive course list continues to grow as new villages are developed. New courses are added without additional lifestyle fee increases. The total currently exceeds 40 executive courses across all three zones.
What Serious Golfers Actually Do Here
Residents who play five or six days a week typically build a rotation: two or three executive rounds per week (free, close to home, good for working on specific parts of the game) and two or three championship rounds per week (green fees apply, more varied and challenging layouts). The variety across 50+ courses means you can go months without playing the same hole twice.
Cart transportation to any course is on the golf cart path network — you do not need a car to reach any Villages course. Most residents cart directly from their home to the first tee. The combination of free transportation and no-reservation-required executive play means a spontaneous afternoon 9-hole round is genuinely possible on any given day. That ease of access changes how often people actually play.
Golf Cart Path Access to Courses
Every course in The Villages is accessible by the golf cart path network. You do not need a car to reach any course — the paths connect all three zones and all courses throughout the community. This is worth emphasizing because it changes the practical golf experience: you can cart to the first tee, play your round, and cart home without a vehicle, without parking, without loading and unloading clubs from a car. It is a genuinely different relationship with the game than most golfers have experienced.
The path network also means that north-of-466 residents can access south-of-466 championship courses without a car, and Fenney residents can reach Spanish Springs-area executive courses. The community is designed for cart-only movement and golf is a primary use case.