Links Living: Mayacama
This private golf and residential community in California wine country offers owners the flexibility of being in residence or placing their villas in the rental program Twenty years in, Mayacama feels as fresh as the day it opened. Jack Nicklaus, who disturbed very little land when he designed the Signature Course, played the first honorary […]
Links Living: The Enclave at Kingsmill
Tucked inside Kingsmill Resort, this exclusive new neighborhood offers resort-style living, three golf courses, and puts you within walking distance of historic Williamsburg, Va. Back in 1607, when the first English sailing ships explored the James River, they nearly chose this land (before ending up at Jamestown) as the first English settlement in America. But […]
Links Living: BallenIsles Country Club
Rich in golf history and best-in-class amenities, this private club community in the heart of Florida’s Palm Beaches keeps raising the bar for excellence Few private clubs can boast a history over the last half-century as rich as BallenIsles Country Club. In a region abundant with premier golf communities, BallenIsles was honored as the 2021 […]
When is Your Golf Course Ready for a Renovation?
Your course’s renovation clock is running. It’s not a matter of if, but when. To the untrained eye, nothing looked out of place in 2018 at Reynolds Lake Oconee’s Great Waters, a lakeside stunner designed in 1992 by Jack Nicklaus. Beauty can fade, however. So can infrastructure. It was time for a facelift. “Every golf […]
6 Trends in the Private Golf Community Industry
What’s trending now—and what could be next at your private golf community Putting Parks As the popularity of large-scale putting courses has risen at golf resorts across the country, it has become a trend among private golf communities, too. Boot Ranch’s 34-acre Practice Park is complemented by the largest green in Texas: Opened in 2017, […]
Links Living: The Club at Pasadera
The only golf destination on the Monterey Peninsula with a Jack Nicklaus Signature course, this gracious country club is being restored to its original greatness by an all-local group of investor/members. It took nearly two decades for The Club at Pasadera to come full circle. Opened in 2000 as home to the Monterey Peninsula’s only […]
How to Choose the Best Golf and Ski Community for You
Love to golf and love to ski? Quite a few communities will satisfy both those passions. Here’s how to choose the best one for you. “The mountains are calling, and I must go.” So said John Muir, the Scottish-American naturalist and founder of the Sierra Club. Muir spoke of mountains as “recreational playgrounds for the […]
Bay Creek: Third Time’s the Charm
A new owner, big plans, and a magnificent setting on the Chesapeake have Bay Creek poised for an exciting future There’s a story told about Sam Snead’s first visit to St. Andrews. Coming into town on the train, he looked out the window and said, “Looks like there used to be a golf course there.” […]
Dogs, Flies, and Tigers: Mark O’Meara’s Talisker Club
Mark O’Meara makes the most of the outdoor and indoor pleasures surrounding his home at Talisker Club in the mountains of Northern Utah Mark O’Meara surveys the large pond that defines the cape-style 9th hole at Tuhaye, the golf course he designed at Talisker Club—Tuhaye near Park City, Utah. Even at 7,000 feet above sea […]
Two Days at The Landings Club
You’d think that after spending two days playing two different golf courses—one being host to a yearly Korn Ferry Tour event—dining at Arnie’s Tavern (named after The King himself) next to a third course, taking a trip to a riverside marina, and touring the 52,000-square-foot wellness center that I would have seen just about all […]
