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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.
No tricks, plenty of treat at special Carolina Colours Discovery Weekend
A few spots remain for our special Discovery Weekend at Carolina Colours in New Bern, NC, which we are co-sponsoring with Carolina Living, October 29 through November 1 (Halloween weekend). Those...
If you want to live near a city in the Southeast, try these
One of our dedicated readers, Keith Spivey, is a data hound. Lucky for us, because he refers us to some interesting studies about both emerging and established areas of the South. Keith has become...
Cypress Landing hides, but golf homebuyers should go seek
In 10 years, I have visited and reviewed more than 100 golf communities, including Albemarle Plantation, Scotch Hall Preserve and Carolina Colours, fine golf communities strung out along Highway 17 in...
For a Few Dollars More: With Brook Valley, McConnell continues buying spree of outstanding golf clubs
John McConnell is the Clint Eastwood movie character of the golf industry. He rides up the driveway of a troubled golf club, cleans up its financial problems, reorganizes operations, improves the golf...
Trevino’s Ironwood Country Club course an easy pleasure
I was mentally prepared, if not physically, to play my first Lee Trevino designed golf course last week. Trevino presented quite a quandary for me as a young developing golfer in the 1960s and ‘70s....
Leland, NC, turns golf centric
Leland, NC, is a relatively small, but dramatically growing town -- its population sextupled between 2000 and 2010 -- with a growing emphasis on golf. The large community Compass Pointe (2,000...
Observations about Greenville, NC
I spent three days in the Greenville, NC, area this last week and can recommend it as a place to consider for retirement to a golf community. The three golf communities I visited -- Cypress Landing, Brook...
On the Way to the Other Greenville
The single most popular southern city for those interested in scouting golf communities at this web site is Greenville, SC. More visitors to Golf Community Reviews check out the details on Pebble...
Right on 'Cue
Barbecue and golf are hot topics in South Carolina, and one of our dedicated readers, Dr. Bruce Wellmon of Gaffney, SC, wasted no time –- actually about 60 seconds after we posted the article above –-...
Near Charlotte, a Grand Bargain of a Golf Community
Thumb through any magazine aimed at retirees, including golfers, and you are apt to see a dozen or more ads for golf communities. And for those who have ever asked for information about golf...
The attraction of a bargain golf home
Readers of our free monthly newsletter, Home On The Course, know a bargain golf home when they see one. Within a few minutes of reading our latest issue, which we distributed yesterday, two of our...
Hidden in Plain Sight, Bright's Creek Community Back on Track
My first visit in 2008 to Bright's Creek in Mill Spring, NC, was a mixed bag of impressions. It was not easy, even with a GPS car system, to find the road that led into the community. I stopped at a...