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Not necessarily related to a particular state or location, but valuable information nevertheless.
Lots in buffet of golf town
The golf obsessed might want to consider an offer from Centex Homes at Barefoot Landing in North Myrtle Beach, SC. Just eight lots remain from an original 32 in the gated community of Oak Pointe...
Breaking story: Nicklaus going lefty
In an attempt to prolong his golfing career, Jack Nicklaus has re-invented himself as a lefty. We received an anonymous phone message indicating the Golden Bear's secret conversion and referring us to...
State of denial: Florida's St. Joe Company insults the literate
The St. Joe Company yesterday put a gun in its mouth and shot itself in the foot. The Jacksonville-based company announced it has put 100,000 Florida acres up for sale, will lay off 75% of its...
Inventories grow, bargains emerge, but just wait...
Inventories are increasing in Williamsburg, VA, communities like Governors Land, but pricing has not been affected significantly...yet. This is a view from the 1st tee at the Two Rivers Country Club...
Mother Nature does it to Wild Dunes, again
This is what the 18th hole looked like in August. The condos behind the green could be next to go. I was just about to go to press with the latest edition of the HomeOnTheCourse Community Guide,...
Private golf courses at your disposal...for one day
You know you are in Texas Hill country as you approach #4 at the U of Texas Golf Club. ClubCorp. will open 94 of its private clubs to the public on October 19 to benefit four charities. The...
Developers put own distinctive signatures on courses
Competition in golf-rich areas push course owners to do some odd things. At the Barefoot Resort's Davis Love course in Myrtle Beach, you can hit long to the fourth green and bounce a shot off the...
Living like kings and queens
If you owned a two bedroom, two bath 1,500 square foot apartment that you could convert to a 4,000 square foot brand new home, designed to your specifications, on an acre of land, with views of...
We "scoop" the Wall Street Journal...by eight months
I am gloating after reading an excellent piece by Conor Dougherty headed, "Is Florida over?" in today's Wall Street Journal. We asked essentially the same question here at GolfCommunityReviews, and answered...
The Perfect Hole
On most courses I play, the #1 handicap hole on the scorecard is a long par 4. That's the way it is at my home course, Hop Meadow in Simsbury, CT, where the par 4 7th runs to about 420 yards, the...
Trying to hide the blindingly obvious
Today, the Wall Street Journal reported that this weekend, residential building company D.R. Horton "is using an auction to sell 53 homes in San Diego. The starting bid for some units will be as...