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No other state in the east offers more in the way of golf community choices than does North Carolina, whose 500-mile length spans ocean to mountains with a fertile Piedmont region in between. Choose from among dozens of coastal golf communities, like Landfall, just a few miles from the exciting town of Wilmington and even closer to Wrightsville Beach; or Mountain Air (photo left), whose 4,000+ foot elevation will add a few yards to your golf shots; or any of the great choices near sophisticated cities, like Asheville, Charlotte and Raleigh/Durham. And there are plenty of out-of-the-way choices where bargain real estate abounds and the golf is excellent, such as the area between Hertford (Albemarle Plantation, Scotch Hall Preserve) and Greenville (Cypress Landing, Brook Valley); and the many top notch golf communities sprinkled throughout the western North Carolina mountains.
Play where pros play: Wakefield Plantation
The Rex Hospital Open Nationwide Tour Event is winding up today at Wakefield Plantation in Wake Forest, NC, just 10 miles northeast of Raleigh. I haven't played the course but judging from scoring...
Cliffs courses on TV this weekend
The Cliffs Communities, a string of pearls that runs along the western edge of South Carolina and up into the Asheville, NC area, offers the most mountain-oriented golf of any group of communities. With...
Phil Mickelson to design NC mountain course
We missed the announcement of the formation of Phil Mickelson Design. Perhaps it was the same day that Tiger announced he would be designing his first course (in Dubai); once again, Tiger beats...
Uwharrie Point on the list to visit
We have an informal list of areas and golf course communities to visit in upcoming months for our newsletter, HomeOnTheCourse, as well as for articles at this site. These include the Gulf Coast...
A taste of Bald Head Island
Island living is not for everyone, especially on an island reached only by ferry. Just getting used to trading a car for a cart as your major mode of transportation is daunting enough, but then...
Sea Trail opening new neighborhoods; Brunswick offers cheap overnight stays
Note: GolfCommunityReviews has no marketing arrangements with any golf course communities or clubs. We report what strikes our fancy and what we think will be of interest to our readers. The large...
Old Chatham founders got what they wanted, and paid for
The founders of Old Chatham in Chapel Hill, NC, were looking to establish a private club purely dedicated to golf, and they chose wisely in giving the design job to Rees Jones. Out of the club’s 400...
Golf Community Review: Tough golf course and easy living at The Governors Club
The Governor’s Club is at the highest end of the communities we surveyed in the Chapel Hill area. It has the cachet not only of a Jack Nicklaus Signature 27-hole layout, but also the most carefully...
Chapel Ridge: Easy on the golf game, and the mortgage payments
Golf Community Review Chapel Ridge is a sister community to The Preserve, which we reviewed here yesterday, and although the two communities share the same Bluegreen Corporation parentage, the...
Golf community choices small but wide ranging in popular Chapel Hill
The Davis Love design at The Preserve at Jordan Lake is tough, with many forced carries. Few southeastern cities with golfing communities can boast also of professional sports franchises and...
Dances with wolves: Seniors name the game, administer whuppin' at Porters Neck
Most friendly golf matches among strangers are won and lost on the first tee, before a shot is struck. It is all in the negotiation of terms and handicaps. Rule #1 in the negotiation process: Don’t ever...
Best holes in the Carolinas: One group's opinion
In one colorful and interesting sitting, you can see why so many golfers choose to spend their vacations and retirement years in the Carolinas. A small panel of experienced golf writers and players have...