Links Living: Mirabel
There is no shortage of supersized private golf communities in the Sun Belt. Some boast membership in the thousands, clubhouses topping 100,000 square feet, and enough courses that members can play a different one every day of the week. Not so with Mirabel, located in Scottsdale, Ariz. But what this club lacks in size it […]
Links Living: Querencia
The Sea of Cortez, between the long arm of Baja California and Mexico’s mainland, is ideal for swimming, snorkeling, sailing, sport fishing, and surfing. Overlooking the sea and tucked into rugged desert mountains about 20 miles north of Cabo San Lucas at the tip of the Baja sits the private golf and beach community Querencia. […]
Who’s Buying in Golf Communities Now?
There’s no such thing as typical anymore, whether you mean the buyer or what it is they’re looking for One of Jack Nicklaus’s most unusual course designs—and he’s laid out more than 400—boasts the snow-capped Wasatch Mountains as a stunning backdrop. But rather than building a course that would play fast and firm, Nicklaus went […]
Links Living: Desert Mountain
A new luxury-home enclave and a seventh golf course designed with a big dose of fun are reenergizing this exclusive community high in the Sonoran Desert When you are the only private community in the world with six Jack Nicklaus Signature golf courses and set on 8,200 acres of picturesque Sonoran Desert, offering a new […]
Wanna Buy a Golf Course? Here’s What You Need to Know…
By Erik Matuszewski Every day for almost 20 years, Dan Doyle Jr. passed the same public golf course near Tampa, Fla., while driving his kids to school or heading to the office. The town-owned Belleview Biltmore Golf Club in Bellaire was the venue at which Doyle learned to play the game as a youngster and […]
LINKS Living: Isleworth
It was a swimming pool that made the difference. That might sound strange when talking about Isleworth, near Orlando, one of the best-known golf communities in the country and home to some 30 Tour players as well as numerous other celebrities and captains of industry just as passionate about the game. But when a big, […]
LINKS Living: Haig Point
More accessible than ever, this car-free island just across the water from Hilton Head helps residents escape the hustle and bustle There has been a lot of water under the bridge since Haig Point on Daufuskie Island appeared on the inaugural cover of LINKS Magazine (then called Southern Links) in 1988. There’s still no bridge […]
LINKS Living: Cimarron Hills
Once considered too far outside Austin, this Texas Hill Country community now finds itself flourishing in the heart of the region’s real estate boom Timing truly is everything. When Cimarron Hills opened in 2001, the private country club community outside of Austin, Texas, felt like it was just too far away from the action. Turns […]
Tom Fazio’s Own: Forest Creek Golf Club
By Ian Critser Tom Fazio has designed and built hundreds of golf courses throughout his distinguished career, but now only one can claim the world-renowned architect as a part owner. Forest Creek in Pinehurst, North Carolina now holds that unique honor. Fazio has partnered with two other Forest Creek members to form Colony 9, an […]
Secession Golf Club | LINKS Premier Video
Secession Golf Club in Beaufort, S.C. is an traditional private golf club. An international membership enjoys a course with no real estate, a thriving caddie program, and a range of accommodation options.