Sean O’Flynn thinks he already died and went to Heaven.  Sunny weather, 11 Championship Golf Courses within a 20 minute golf cart ride from his front door…or should I say garage door, plus 30 Executive courses.  Three of the Championship courses are 18 holes and the other eight all have 27 holes. The Championship courses are located at the Country Clubs with Restaurants and Pro Shops.  I want to mention that as a  resident you automatically belong to all the Country Clubs, and there is not a monthly amount you have to spend. There is however a fee to play the Championship courses, but in comparison to what Sean was used to paying in the New York City area, Naples and Ft. Lauderdale, they are next to nothing.  If you play those courses regularly you can pay for a Priority membership, which gives you an even better break on the fee.  However, if you don’t want to pay a fee at all to play golf you don’t have to, as all the Executive courses-30 of them-are free.  There is a nominal trail fee for your cart, and even more nominal for a pull cart, but if you walk there is no fee at all.  The Executive Golf Courses are rated based on the difficulty level of the course.  It is displayed on a scale of 1 to 4 with 1 being the friendliest and 4 the most challenging…water, trees, bunkers.  This allows each resident to choose what playing level best suites them so they will be able to maximize their enjoyment when they come out to play. Sean also has within 20 minutes of his garage door four Practice Ranges and two Custom Club Shops which offers equipment from the most respected names in the golf industry, including Adams, Callaway, Cleveland, cobra, Lopez, Miszuno, Nike, Ping, Taylorshipmade, Titleist, Tour Edge and Wilson.  The shop’s motto is “See It, Try It, Fit It, Buy It” with emphasis on trying equipment and getting it properly fitted before purchases are made.  The shops have a lot state-of-the-art technology in custom fitting, repair services and also demo clubs are available for use at the Custom Club Shop’s covered hitting stations, as well as to check out and try on the course.   As with everything else at The Villages, the courses and facilities are top notch and are meticulously maintained, making residents’ golfing experiences fun and pleasurable. I almost forgot to mention The Villages three Golf Academies. which offer private lessons, group lessons, custom group lessons, and game enhancement practices along with new-to-golf programs, swing improvement schools, scoring schools and clinics.  Each state-of-the-art indoor, outdoor and covered facilities are conveniently located and offer synthetic and natural-grass hitting areas, as well as bunkers and greens for all your short game practice needs.   Whew.  If you like to learn a little more, you can go to www.golfthevillages.com and you can check out even more information.  A little summary, The Villages’ Championship and Executive Golf Courses have a total of 540 holes of golf, far exceeding the second largest golf facility in the world, Mission Hills in China, which has 216 holes.  With over 10,000 tee times available each day, Villagers generated some record statistics in 2012.  There were 1,978 holes in one recorded in 2012 compared to 1,832 in 2011, and 1,630 in 2010. That’s an average of 5.42 holes in one every day for 365 days.  398 Villagers shot their age or better in 2012 a total of 1,899 times.  Tony Zeoli at age 97 was the oldest villager to shoot his age, carding an 87.  There were 3 double eagles recorded in 2012, compared to 2 double eagles in 2011 and only one double eagle in 2010.  There were approximately 8,925,570 range balls hit in The Villages in 2012 and statistically, there were 6,336,218 golf balls lost in 2012.  Imagine how lucky you would be if you found 10% of them. And last but not least in 2012 the residents drove their golf carts on the courses approximately 7,051,763 miles – a distance equal to 283 times around the world at the equator.  I don’t want to disappoint Sean, but I’m not so sure Heaven can even match these statistics, so he’ll just have to stay here and play and play and play.