Archives of Home on the Course Newsletters
These are the previous issues of the Home on the Course newsletter. Issues are posted here in the month following the issue distribution date. To receive our monthly newsletter, please subscribe here.
November 2022
Okay, I admit I have become obsessive/compulsive about tee boxes the last few months. Watching pros hit pitching wedge approach shots on 450-yard par 4s has gotten to me, since my own approach shots on...
October 2022
Many of my fellow golfers ruin their rounds even before they step to the first tee. They play from yardages utterly inappropriate for their games. Their golf handicaps, especially when they play...
August/September 2022
Although it may seem counterintuitive, the current real estate market, with its soaring prices, offers an opportunity to many retirees looking for a permanent retirement home or a vacation home. How...
April 2022
It is a feature and a bug of capitalism that one hand giveth and the other taketh away. Over the last few years, the real estate market reacted to the Covid pandemic by increasing the equity in...
February/March 2022
Hidebound private golf clubs have traditionally been a lagging indicator of what the market wants. But in recent years, many have come to understand that extending memberships up and down a family tree...
January 2022
How did a glorious week in New York City make me rethink the parameters of retirement living? Read this January issue of Home On The Course to find out. Also, I digest the notion of food as a...
December 2021
December is when we look back at the year past and ahead to the coming one. The pandemic has had a profound effect on real estate, especially in high-quality golf communities. Demand is up, supplies are...
November 2021
For nearly 20 years, I have written articles that tout the glories of living in the Southeast, including climate, low cost of living and great golf. I still believe all that and will continue to...
September/October 2021
The 2021 hurricane season will just be a painful memory a month or so from now. But as we wave goodbye, we should not forget that flooding is becoming more of an issue in low lying areas of the east...