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Not necessarily related to a particular state or location, but valuable information nevertheless.
Winning Never Gets Old
At age 67, there are not many more athletic achievements ahead for me. But golf handicaps are the great equalizer in terms of competition, and if you have a good day against your own standards, you might...
Golf homes for...$400,000
This is the first in an ongoing series of articles about golf homes in excellent golf communities currently on the market at specific price levels. If you are interested in more information about any of...
The Case for Mandatory Club Fees
The May issue of our free monthly newsletter, Home On The Course, will be emailed in the next few days. Some of the best golf communities in the Southeast require that when you buy a property...
Free 27-page issue from top golf market newsletter
We love Bowden's Market Barometer, and not only because the comprehensive golf industry follower gives us a shout out every once in a while, but also because we learn something every time the...
No Educated Guessing About These Golf Communities
CarolinaLiving.com recently posted an article I wrote for its Compass eNewsletter about golf communities near universities. Large universities and even more modestly sized colleges are magnets for...
Don't forget to check cell phone coverage on golf community visit
In the excitement of an exploratory visit to a golf community, those of us searching for a golf home may ask all the right questions about financial stability, membership dues, homeowner...
A Rant in Defense of Golf
The following screed by your editor ran in ourHome On The Course monthly newsletter last month. If you would like to subscribe to our free publication, please click here. Judith Shé, the editor of...
South Carolina has most "golfiness" of southern states
LINKS magazine's Spring edition includes a ranking of the best states for golf, according to article author Jim Moriarity. The author admits his list is "a subjective state-by-state ranking of...
Announcing a New Way to Search for a Golf Course Home
For more than two years, we have listed golf homes for sale at our companion site, GolfHomesListed.com. Thousands of people visited the site to look at pictures and at brief details about homes in...
Bland marketing language on Nicklaus' side in lawsuit
We wrote a few days ago about Jack Nicklaus' new ice cream venture; the current global businessman and golf architect formerly known as the best professional golfer in the world is lending his name...
Nicklaus dishes it out
It has been a slow few years in the golf design business, and former golf-playing architects have to do what they can to keep busy, especially after their competitive golf days are over. We...
Coast Has the Most for Retirees, but Asheville Leads the Way
Lists of Top Places to Retire and similar rankings are published for the benefit of their publishers, not their readers. They help build traffic to web sites and sales of magazines. They are either...