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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.
Why Live in Pinehurst...and Why Not
This week, the eyes of the golfing world have been on the Pinehurst Resort in the Sandhills of North Carolina. (Side brag: I picked Martin Kaymer to win the U.S. Open in my fantasy golf pool.) The...
Editor’s oversight leads to great day with Porters Neck Men’s Golf Association
In the August edition of our free monthly newsletter, Home On The Course, I included a bunch of descriptions in 140 characters or less, Twitter-style, of some of the more than 150 golf communities I have...
Mountain and Golf View Home for Sale in Burlingame Country Club community
A friend and reader of this site, a Realtor in the Brevard, NC, area, has put her beautiful home on the market at Burlingame Country Club, one of the premier private clubs in the mountains of...
Bright’s Creek’s future looks partly sunny
I had a good conversation today with a lot owner and member of the golf club at Bright’s Creek, the financially jinxed Mill Spring, NC, golf community a little less than an hour from both Greenville...
Mountain Golf Home for Sale near Asheville
Two of our faithful readers are selling their home, located a half hour from Asheville, NC. If you are interested in learning more or would like to speak with the owners, please contact us. Wolf...
Developer, golf architect worked together to craft user-friendly Carolina Colours layout
Some golf designers consider themselves artists; suggest to them what to paint, and they are likely to walk away from their commissions. Founders at Secession, for example, the circa 1991 wonderful private...
Champion Hills celebrates the number 25
USA Today“discovered” Hendersonville, NC, just last week in an article titled “5 Great (Unknown) Places to Retire” -- to which we say better late than never. We made our first trip to the western...
Tiger Woods design for Cliffs officially dead
According to an article today by Keith Jarrett in the Asheville Citizen-Times, current owners of The Cliffs Communities in the Carolinas say any hopes of Tiger Woods completing his first American...
One way to own a home on Shinnecock, Pine Valley or Winged Foot
The neighborhood in New Bern, NC, known as Greenbrier preceded by a decade or so the Emerald Golf Club that wends its way through the golf community. The original streets of Greenbrier, developed in...
New owners, experienced management put Carolina Colours in prime position
Prospective buyers love to see a golf community developer with deep pockets. A strong and steady backer, like Lord Baltimore Capital at Leland, NC’s Brunswick Forest, not only provides a sense of...
Wilmington’s Landfall coastal golf community attracting spec homebuilding
Builders willing to buy individual and clusters of home lots is a sure sign that the residential leisure real estate market is on the mend in selected golf communities. Landfall, the sprawling...
Asheville, NC makes Forbes Best Places list
Forbes magazine released its annual “Best Places to Retire” list yesterday, and a few of our own favorite places made the grade in the top 25. They include Asheville, Austin, Columbia (SC) and...