Roy McAvoy: I tend to think of the Golf Swing as a poem.

Roy McAvoy: The critical opening phrase of this poem will always be the grip, which the hands unite to form a single unit by the simple overlap of the little finger. Lowly and slowly the club head is led back, pulled into position not by the hands, but by the body, which turns away from the target, shifting weight to the right side without shifting balance. Tempo is everything, perfection unobtainable, as the body coils down at the top of the swing. There's a slight hesitation. A little nod to the gods.
Dr. Molly Griswold: A, a nod to the gods?
Roy McAvoy: Yeah, to the gods. That he is fallible. That perfection is unobtainable. And now the weight begins shifting back to the left, pulled by the powers inside the earth. It's alive, this swing! A living sculpture and down through contact, always down, striking the ball crisply, with character. A tuning fork goes off in your heart and your balls. Such a pure feeling is the well-struck golf shot. Now the follow through to finish. Always on line. The reverse C of the Golden Bear! The steelworkers' power and brawn of Carl Sandburg's Arnold Palmer!

Excerpt from Tin Cup, starring Kevin Costner as Roy McAvoy.

Guide to Executive Golf at The Villages

Currently, there are 42 executive style courses totaling 386 holes in The Villages, Fl. All courses have multiple sets of tees and from the back are challenging for most golfers. Conditioning is not consistent so I have only ranked these courses on two factors: How many holes are somewhat interesting/challenging of the 9 and what is the overall difficulty of the course on a scale of 1-4. After adding these factors I have come up with the four tiers below. * Course has two par 4's.*
Tier 1 (10-12pts)-12
Roosevelt 8/4*, Truman 8/4, Pelican 8/4*, Amberwood 7/4, Gray Fox 6/4, Southern Star 7/3, Mira Mesa 7/3*, Yankee Clipper 7/3*, Bonita Pass 7/3, Briarwood 7/3, Volusia 7/3, Okeechobee 6/4.
Tier 2 (9.5-8pts)-14
Longleaf 6/3.5, Bacall 6/3.5*, Bogart 6/3, Walnut Grove 6/3, Silver Lake 6/3*, Red Fox 5.5/3, Sweetgum 6/2, Lowlands 5/3*, Churchill Greens 5/3*, Loblolly 5/3, Heron 5/3, Palmetto 5/3*, Oakleigh 5/3, Turtle Mound 6/2, El Diablo 5/3.
Tier 3 (7.5-6.5pts)-8
Belmont 4/3.5, Hill Top 5/2, Hawkes Bay 5/2, Sandhill 5/2, Tarpon Boil 4/3, Redfish Run 4/3, Escambia 4/3, Mangrove 3/3.5.
Tier 4 (6-3pts)-8
De La Vista 3/2*, Pimlico 3/2*, Chula Vista 3/2, El Santiago 4/1, Sarasota, 3/1, Saddlebrook 2/2, Marshview Pitch and Putt 2/1.

"If that ball was wrapped around with bacon, Lassie wouldn't find it."- David Feherty