The new owners of The Cliffs Communities promised residents, golf club members and Gary Player that they would proceed with the construction of the golf course at Mountain Park, and according to testimony by one club member, who was kind enough to send along photos, all signs point to a 2013 grand opening.
Player, who designed the Mountain Park golf course half a decade ago, is personally invested in the completion of the course and club, and not just as an architect hoping for his vision to be realized. When Player and former Cliffs owner and developer Jim Anthony negotiated for the South African’s services, Anthony convinced Player to move his design offices and his family from Florida to The Cliffs. The former golf star built a large and beautiful home in the community.
The new golf course, The Cliffs’ 7th, could be its last, at least for some time. The new owners face enough challenges in rejuvenating land and homes sales at The Cliffs without being distracted by re-starting the ill-fated Tiger Woods golf course at High Carolina. Also, the multi-golf-course membership, whose price tag reached $150,000 during the Anthony regime, has lost some of its luster as many members have shown a disinclination to travel up to two hours round trip between Cliffs communities for a round of golf. The new club membership plans offer some lower-cost options for the non-itinerant golfers, mindful that some members will play the vast majority of their rounds on their own community’s golf course.
You will find an impressive array of golf homes for sale at The Cliffs in the Greenville area at our companion site, GolfHomesListed.
Our thanks to our reader, who wishes to remain anonymous, for the photos of the Mountain Park golf course.
