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        We are constantly impressed with the extent to which copywriters will go to distinguish their golf community or golf course from the rest of the pack.  With thousands of courses vying for attention,...

        Glenmore Country Club members David and Jayne Rathburn are probably the most popular residents in their Keswick, VA, golf community.  They have stepped in to pay off nearly $300,000 in the club’s...

        I will be in the upstate area of South Carolina in early May, with planned stops at Greenwood Country Club, Furman University Golf Club and Musgrove Mill.  I will be evaluating these courses as part of...

        I learned today that, as a member of the South Carolina Golf Rating Panel, I now have the privilege of casting votes for nominees to the Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame.  Members of the Carolinas Golf...

        If you even know where the Delmarva Peninsula is, you probably do not think of it as a golf retirement destination.  But 10 miles from one of the manmade wonders of the world, the Chesapeake Bay...

        We wrote yesterday that Cliffs members who opted to lend a minimum $100,000 to the developer would achieve a return of around 14% annually.  That calculation included a waiver of dues for Cliffs club...

        Waiters, check please.  Scores of owners at The Cliffs Communities have taken a wait and see attitude before committing $100,000 or more to the Cliffs financial bailout program.  They pledged to...

        As I watched the Masters coverage on Friday and marveled at my contemporary Tom Watson’s gutty play -– that young whippersnapper Fred Couples wasn’t bad either -– I lapsed into a rich fantasy world in...

If history counts, the Jekyll Island Club and the entire coast of Georgia is not likely to be hit by a major hurricane anytime soon.           The most oft-asked question by my customers contemplating a home on...

        These have been bad years for those ad agencies that had counted on a continuing stream of media placements from free-spending golf communities.  That all ended with the housing crash.  In its most...

        Cliffs closing in on $60 million loan from residents.  Cliffs officials have extended the subscription deadline from April 1 to April 16for loans from its residents.  The loans, in increments of...

        An article in today’s New York Times by Ken Belson about The Cliffs Communities and Tiger Woods ends on a strangely ironic note.         “I can’t find 12 percent guaranteed income in any other thing theseIf...