General
Not necessarily related to a particular state or location, but valuable information nevertheless.
A cart path that needs a Danger sign
There are plenty of blind shots at Laurel Ridge Golf Club but none as dangerous as the one around the corner on the cart path to the 12th tee box. Today, I was barreling up the cart path to the 12th...
Pro golfer penalized for hitting the ball too straight
I have been on the road all day. Dan, one of our readers, was kind to send me an email, which I just read at my hotel, regarding pro golfer Tripp Isenhour. Isenhour, a journeyman who has rarely...
Faint praise?
I have just started reading a book called "Leisureville: Adventures in America's Retirement Utopias." It is the story of The Villages, the humongous retirement golf community in north central...
Exchange agent: New service saves money, makes friends on golf vacations
Thanks to a home exchange program, I was able to stay for free at a cottage in the charming coastal town of Crail in Scotland, just two miles from a fabulous links course and nine miles from St....
Big week for housing reports
Hopes for any near-term recovery in the housing market are likely to evaporate as this week unfolds. Already, today, we have the National Association of Realtors report that, although existing home...
Golf community visit schedule September 1 - 5
I will be visiting the following communities in the mountains of western North Carolina during the first week of September: August 31 The Ridges Golf Club, Jonesborough, TN September 1 TBD September...
A satisfied customer buys in Chapel Hill
Old Chatham Golf Club opened just a few years ago. No pool, no tennis, just golf. A reader of this space, a friend from Connecticut, alerted me yesterday that he closed on a piece of property at...
National rags ignore small southern towns
The community of Madison Lakes, with a twisting golf course layout by Michael Young, is just two miles from the downtown area of Madison, GA, one of the best small towns in America. Rant alert! I am...
Developer Ginn's reach may exceed its grasp
High-end community developer Bobby Ginn desired a name synonymous with the classiest golf communities in the hemisphere. The Ginn name made its way onto high-profile events from professional golf...
Great bones: Manchester long on pedigree, short on pretension and distance
Manchester Country Club presents options on many tees. At the par 4 13th, you can take your drive over the trees (risk) for the possibility of a lob wedge to the green (reward). Or aim down the...
Chip shots (and cheap shots)
What happens in Vegas may not stay there It appears we may have more than Angelo Mozilo, Countrywide Financial and their ilk to blame for much of the housing crisis. According to today's real estate...
Timing the market: Greenspan predicts housing market turnaround
For the best part of two decades, most Americans said, "I'll have what he's having" when Alan Greenspan testified before Congress. Most of us did quite well during Greenspan's chairmanship of the Federal...