Reynolds Plantation, Ga:features a Ritz-Carlton Lodge, a ''75 Best Resort.'
Reynolds Plantation, Ga, continuing a pattern of prior years, has added another major golf publication award to its growing 2009 list. The community's Ritz-Carlton Lodge grabbed a tie for 13th place on Golf Digest's 75 Best Golf Resorts in North America list for 2009 which is coming out in the magazine's October issue.
Being a top resort is one thing, but knowing you can live there as well provides a solid-gold guarantee that all your amenities are going to be top drawer. The top-rated community is The Homestead which is part of Homestead Preserve.
See below for other GolfCourseHome Network communities that also have been recognized as a world-class resort.
Golf Digest's 75 Best Golf Resorts in North America (previous ranking)
9. THE HOMESTEAD, Hot Springs, Va. (18)
T-13. THE RITZ-CARLTON LODGE, REYNOLDS PLANTATION Greensboro, Ga. (20)
36. THE SEA PINES RESORT, Hilton Head Island, SC (39)
49. BARTON CREEK, Austin, TX (47)
51. PGA VILLAGE, Port St. Lucie, Fla. (57)
Forest Dunes GC, Roscommon, Mich.: No. 1 Public course.
The 2009 ranking season has begun with course rankings from Golf Magazine already in and now Golf World's Readers' Choice selections have just been released.
Among Golf World's rankings you'll find their Top 50 resort, public and private courses. And in those groups are several world-class master-planned, golf communities whose other amenities measure up to their highly ranked layouts. Best of all, they offer real estate at prices more affordable and more reasonably priced than in prior years.
See below those communities which are featured on the GolfCourseHome Network.
Golf World Readers' Choice Rankings
The Top 50 Resort Courses
6. Reynolds Plantation, Greensboro, Ga.
12. Bay Creek Resort & Club, Cape Charles, Va.
17. BellaTrae at ChampionsGate Golf Resort, ChampionsGate, Fla
46. Harbour Town GL/Sea Pines Plantation, Hilton Head Island, SC
49. Barton Creek Resort & CC, Austin, Texas
The Top 50 Private Courses
44. Reynolds Landing, Greensboro, Ga. - now part of Reynolds Plantation, Ga.
47. The Desert Mountain Club, Scottsdale, Ariz.
The Top 50 Public Courses
1. Forest Dunes GC, Roscommon, Mich.
Harbour Town, Hilton Head Island, SC: Double winner.
Congrats goes to the Harbour Town golf course at Sea Pines Plantation, Hilton Head Island ,SC, which again was named to both of Golf Magazine's Top 100 Courses lists--Top 100 Courses in the U.S. and and Top 100 Courses in the World.
The Pete Dye - Jack Nicklaus course comes in at No. 44 on the Top 100 in the U.S. list and No. 73 on the Top 100 in the World list.
Both rankings are a few steps down from the course's 2007 rankings, but every two years the course successfully fends off newer, shinier layouts to maintain its place among the world's elite golf courses. It is one of the main attractions to home buyers looking at real estate at Sea Pines.
And One to Watch....
Another course at a real estate community caught the eye of the Golf Magazine reviewers even though it is not open for play yet. The Cliffs at High Carolina, Asheville, N.C., is to be Tiger Woods's first design in the U.S. and is slated to open in 2010.
Sited in the Blue Ridge Mountains, High Carolina has generated a lot of buzz and curiosity. But as the Editors at the magazine write, "We know Tiger can play, but can he design? We're about to find out." Stay tuned.
Amelia Island Plantation, FL covers 1,350 secluded acres.
Top 5 Most Popular Communities (Month of August)
1. Amelia Island Plantation, Amelia Island, FL
2. Sea Pines Plantation, Hilton Head Island, SC
3. Del Webb's Sun City Peachtree, just south of Atlanta, GA
4. Golden Ocala Golf & Equestrian Club, Ocala, FL
5. Treasure Lake, DuBois, PA
Top 5 Most Searched States (Month of August)
1. Florida
2. North Carolina
3. South Carolina
4. Georgia
5. California
Las Gardenias at Cabo Real is on the Sea of Cortez.
The summer of 2009 goes into the books as an active period. In addition to nine new golf and waterview communities joining the Network, personal visits were made to four western North Carolina communities, plus a unique visit by sail to Bay Club, MA. We also launched the 43rd Network Member Website www.GolfCourseProperty.net
Here's the summer list, which includes two communities in Mexico and seven in 6 U.S. states:
MEXICO
=> Las Gardenias at Cabo Real, Cabo San Lucas
Along Sea of Cortez beaches, R.T. Jones II golf, Cabo Real amenities, final phase of 12 villas from $483,000
=> Las Villas de Mexico at Los Cabos, Cabo San Lucas
Luxury villas within Club Campestre, Nicklaus Design golf, ocean views, from $375,000
CALIFORNIA
=> Tehama, Carmel
Championship golf, tennis, fitness center, pool, community center, estate lots from $2.5 million
GEORGIA
=> Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain
Vast botanical gardens, PGA Tour-tested golf, resort-quality spa, real estate from $140,000s
RHODE ISLAND
=> Carnegie Abbey, Portsmouth
Narragansett Bay views, championship golf, deluxe spa, equestrian center, homes from $799,000
SOUTH CAROLINA
=> Hilton Head Lakes, Hardeeville
Lowcountry lifestyle, lakes, 22 miles of shoreline, nature preserve, clubhouse, docks, homesites from the $90,000s
=> Wild Wing Plantation, Myrtle Beach
27-hole golf complex, 180 acres of freshwater lakes, resort pool complex, lots from $90,000
TEXAS
=> Dancing Bear Ranch, Mico
2,565 acres, clubhouse, , resort-style pool, private boat ramp, 25-acre lakeside park, estate homesites from 2 to 6 acres
VIRGINIA
=> Viniterra at New Kent Vineyards, New Kent
Rees Jones golf course, The Club at Viniterra, New Kent Vineyards winery, golf homesites from $250,000
Amelia Island Plantation is on Florida's east coast.
The combination of golf and waterfront makes an impact in the Top 10 Most Visited Communities rankings this month--half of the Top 10 offer this pairing.
Top 10 Most Visited Communities on GolfCourseHome® Network
1. Amelia Island Plantation, Amelia Island, Florida
2. Sea Pines Plantation, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
3. Del Webb's Sun City Peachtreee, Georgia
4. Golden Ocala Golf & Equestrian Club, Ocala, Florida
5. Treasure Lake, Dubois, Pennsylvania
6. Stone Creek, Ocala, Florida
7. The Cliffs at High Carolina, Asheville, North Carolina
8. Stonehouse, Toano, Virginia
9. The Resort on Eagle Mountain Lake, Ft. Worth, Texas
10. Harbour Ridge Yacht & Country Club, Stuart, Florida
No. 1 Most Visited Network Website (not including GolfCourseHome.net)
1. SeniorGolfCommmunities.net
Amelia Island Plantation, FL is set on 1,350 acres.
The Top 5 Most Active Communities so far this month represent a wide range of living styles--but they all excel in an active and involved lifestyle.
JUNE - Top 5 Most Visited Communities
1. Amelia Island Plantation, Amelia Island, Florida - Island Living
2. Sea Pines, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina - Island Living
3. Frenchman's Creek, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida - Luxury Golf & Marina Living
4. The Cliffs at High Carolina, Asheville, South Carolina - Luxury Mountain Living
5. Treasure Lake, DuBois, Pennsylvania - Lakeside Living
Golden Ocala, FL is featured on FloridaGolfCommunities.net.
Did you know that you can investigate more than 175 golf and waterview communities across 42 GolfCourseHome® Network sites? Here are the Top 5 Member Websites:
Top 5 Most Popular Network Sites
1. FloridaGolfCommunities.net - No. 1 on Google for 'Florida golf communities' out of 8 million sites
2. PrivateGated Communities.net - No. 3 on Google for' private gated communities out of 4.3 million sites
3. LuxuryGolfCommunities.net - No. 1 on Google for 'luxury golf communities' out of 59 million sites
4. SeniorGolfCommunities.net - No. 1 on Google for 'senior golf communities' out of 9.5 million sites
5. GolfCourseCommunities.net - No. 4 on Google for 'golf course communities' out of 573,000 sites (GolfCourseHome.net is No. 1 & 2)
Reynolds Plantation, GA: No. 1 for the second straight year.
Welcome to GolfCourseHome®'s Second Annual "Best of the Best" Rankings—our compendium of honors reflecting all major media rankings of golf courses and golf communities for this year.
The "rankings season," which extends from October to March, is full of varied lists from Best in State to the 100 Greatest, offering multiple ways to shine.
How We Rank Them
GolfCourseHome does not send out field researchers and raters in pursuit of its own, proprietary ranking system. Instead we harness the value in each ranking list and synergize it into a whole that's worth even more than the sum of its parts. A community may grab an occasional accolade or two, but when the awards stack higher and higher, you know the community is special.
Topping our list for the second year in a row is Reynolds Plantation which has received 13 awards from major magazines of every sort for its many golf courses and for the community in general.
GolfCourseHome's 2009 "Best of the Best” Rankings
The Top 10 Summary
1. Reynolds Plantation, Greensboro GA - 13 major magazine awards
2. Sea Pines, Hilton Head, SC – 10 major magazine awards
3. Homestead Preserve, Hot Springs , VA – 11 major magazine awards
4. Barton Creek Resort & Spa, Austin, TX – 9 major magazine awards
5. Palmetto Bluff, Bluffton , SC – 7 major magazine awards
6. The Powder Horn, Sheridan , WY – 5 major magazine awards
7. Desert Mountain , Scottsdale , AZ – 6 major magazine awards
8. Bay Creek, Cape Charles , VA – 5 major magazine awards
9. Briar’s Creek, Johns Island, SC – 4 major magazine awards
10. Kingsmill on the James, Williamsburg, VA – 5 major magazine awards
The Best of the Rest....
Colleton River Plantation, Bluffton, SC – 5 major magazine awards
Running Y Ranch, Klamath Falls, OR – 5 major magazine awards
Suncadia, Roslyn WA – 5 major magazine awards
Belfair, Bluffton SC – 4 major magazine awards
Branson Creek, Hollister, MO – 4 major magazine awards
Spring Island, Spring Island SC – 5 major magazine awards
The Cliffs Communities, Travelers Rest, SC – 4 major magazine awards
Montreux, Reno, NV – 4 major magazine awards
The Top 10 (with Details)
1. Reynolds Plantation, Greensboro GA commands a vast, wooded perch on Lake Oconee and uses that prime site to ultimate advantage. Its stable of golf courses and other desirable amenities lifts Reynolds Plantation to the pinnacle of the golf rankings, both for its courses and its overall amenities.
• Top 100 Golf Community 2009 by Travel + Leisure Golf
• A Premier Property by LINKS Magazine, 2008
• No. 97 on Golfweek’s Top 100 Residential Golf Courses (Great Waters course)
• No. 95 on Golfweek’s Top 100 Residential Golf Courses (Oconee course)
• No. 71 on Golfweek’s Top 100 Residential Golf Courses (Creek Club)
• No. 55 on Golfweek’s Top 100 Resort Golf Courses (Great Waters course)
• No. 76 on Golfweek’s Top 100 Resort Golf Courses (Oconee course)
• A Golfweek Best You Can Play in the U.S. (Great Waters, Oconee and National courses)
• No. 97 on Golf Digest’s 100 Greatest Public Courses (Great Waters)
• No. 18 on Golf Digest’s Best in Georgia (Great Waters)
• No. 20 on Golf Digest’s Best in Georgia (Oconee)
• No. 42 on 100 Top Courses You Can Play by GOLF Magazine (GW)
• No. 58 on 100 Top Courses You Can Play by GOLF Magazine (Oconee)
• Click here for more information about Reynolds Plantation!
2. Sea Pines, Hilton Head SC is an iconic Hilton Head community on a huge waterfront site with a long list of great amenities but one in particular that garners close attention from the raters—Pete Dye’s Harbour Town Golf Links.
• Top 100 Golf Community 2009 by Travel + Leisure Golf
• A Premier Property by LINKS Magazine, 2008
• No. 28 on Golfweek’s Top 100 Modern Golf Courses
• No. 12 on Golfweek’s Top 100 Resort Golf Courses
• No. 15 on America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses by Golf Digest
• No. 75 on America’s 100 Greatest Courses by Golf Digest
• No. 4 on Golf Digest’s Best in South Carolina
• No. 40 on 100 Top Courses in the U.S. by GOLF Magazine
• No. 14 on 100 Top Courses You Can Play by GOLF Magazine
• A Golfweek Best Course You Can Play in the U.S.
• Click here for more information about Sea Pines!
3. Homestead Preserve enjoys its glory from the lofty rankings and ratings garnered by the famed Cascades Course and a sister course at the historic Homestead resort property.
• A Links Magazine Premier Property
• No. 2 on Golfweek’s Top 100 Residential Golf Courses (Cascades)
• No. 47 on Golfweek’s Top 100 Classic Golf Courses (Cascades)
• No. 13 on Golfweek’s Top 100 Resort Golf Courses (Cascades)
• No. 82 on Golfweek’s Top 100 Resort Golf Courses (Lower Cascades)
• A Golfweek Best Course You Can Play in the U.S. (Cascades and Lower Cascades)
• No. 16 on America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses by Golf Digest (Cascades)
• No. 97 on America’s 100 Greatest Courses by Golf Digest (Cascades)
• No. 2 on Golf Digest’s Best in Virginia (Cascades)
• No. 61 on 100 Top Courses in the U.S. by GOLF Magazine (Cascades)
• No. 17 on 100 Top Courses You Can Play by GOLF Magazine (Cascades)
• Click here for more information about Homestead Preserve!
4. Barton Creek Resort & Spa, Austin, TX, was vital to the emergence of the Texas Hill Country as a sophisticated golf and resort destination. It also helped spread Tom Fazio’s stellar course-design reputation throughout the Southwest. The residential component of Barton Creek is a golf- and spa-lover’s way of enjoying this award-winning community on a daily basis.
• Top 100 Community by Travel + Leisure Golf
• A Golfweek Best Course You Can Play in the U.S. (Fazio Foothills and Fazio Canyons)
• No. 26 on Golfweek’s Top 100 Resort Courses (Canyons)
• No. 60 on Golfweek’s Top 100 Resort Courses (Foothills)
• No. 83 on America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses by Golf Digest (Canyons)
• No. 19 on Golf Digest’s Best in Texas (Canyons)
• No. 29 on Golf Digest’s Best in Texas (Foothills)
• No. 71 on 100 Top Courses You Can Play by GOLF Magazine (Foothills)
• No. 67 on 100 Top Courses You Can Play by GOLF Magazine (Canyons)
• Click here for more information about Barton Creek Resort & Spa!
5. Palmetto Bluff, Bluffton SC is perhaps the most highly lauded community of recent vintage in the entire U.S. Current awards for this 20,000-acre resort/residential Lowcountry property:
• Top 100 Golf Community by Travel + Leisure Golf
• A Premier Property by LINKS Magazine
• No. 54 on Golfweek’s Top 100 Residential Golf Courses
• No. 30 on Golfweek’s Top 100 Resort Golf Courses
• A Golfweek Best Course You Can Play in the U.S.
• No. 22 on Golf Digest’s Best in South Carolina
• No. 52 on 100 Top Courses You Can Play by GOLF Magazine.
• Click here for more information about Palmetto Bluff!
6. The Powder Horn, Sheridan WY shines in the eyes of course and resort raters partly thanks to its dramatic Western setting. But through the years the golf experts have continued to see the Powder Horn course as a super-solid test of shotmaking. The community around it earns laurels for superior design and amenities.
• A Premier Property by LINKS Magazine
• No. 16 on Golfweek’s Top 100 Residential Golf Courses
• No. 76 on Golfweek’s Top 100 Modern Golf Courses
• A Golfweek Best Course You Can Play in the U.S.
• No. 4 on Golf Digest’s Best in Wyoming
• Click here for more information about The Powder Horn!
7. Desert Mountain, Scottsdale AZ is an upscale and highly influential Arizona enclave that helped put Scottsdale on the map. Its collection of Indian-named golf courses, all by Jack Nicklaus, make it a must-play compound for all fans of Jack.
• Top 100 Golf Community by Travel + Leisure Golf
• A Premier Property by LINKS Magazine
• No. 76 on Golfweek’s Top 100 Residential Golf Courses (Chiracuhua course)
• No. 94 on Golfweek’s Top 100 Residential Golf Courses (Geronimo course)
• No. 18 on Golf Digest’s Best in Arizona (Chiracua)
• No. 24 on Golf Digest’s Best in Arizona (Geronimo)
• Click here for more information about Desert Mountain!
8. Bay Creek, Cape Charles, VA is a golf and marina community that has built its reputation steadily since opening its first golf course in 2003. A one-two punch of golf course designs by Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus is part of the community’s charm, as is the peaceful Chesapeake Bay environment around it.
• Top 100 Community by Travel + Leisure Golf
• No. 96 on Golfweek’s Top 100 Resort Golf Courses (Nicklaus course)
• A Golfweek Best Course You Can Play in the U.S. (Nicklaus)
• No. 7 on Golf Digest’s Best in Virginia (Nicklaus)
• No. 12 on Golf Digest’s Best in Virginia (Palmer course)
• Click here for more information about Bay Creek!
9. Briar’s Creek, SC is a private Lowcountry retreat that boasts one of the top four or five Rees Jones golf courses anywhere. Lovely marshland views and a lively club community make it a leader among the new breed of Carolina properties.
• Top 100 Community by Travel + Leisure Golf
• No. 56 on Golfweek’s Top 100 Residential Golf Courses
• No. 8 on Golf Digest’s Best in South Carolina
• No. 90 on 100 Top Courses in the U.S. by GOLF Magazine
• Click here for more information about Briar’s Creek
10. Kingsmill on the James, Williamsburg, VA is a resort community that adds special appeal to the Williamsburg destination. A longtime stop on the professional golf tours, the community is known for its 2,900 acres of woodland fronting a broad, historic river.
• A Premier Property by LINKS Magazine
• Top 100 Community by Where to Retire Magazine
• No. 95 on Golfweek’s Top 100 Resort Courses (River course)
• A Golfweek Best Course You Can Play in the U.S. (River)
• No. 4 on Golf Digest’s Best in Virginia
• Click here for more information about Kingsmill!
The Best of the Rest
Colleton River Plantation, Bluffton SC is spread across a romantic landscape of marsh and woodland—terrain that inspired two great modern course designers to do some of their finest work, as the rankings prove:
• Top 100 Golf Community by Travel + Leisure Golf
• A Premier Property by LINKS Magazine
• No. 67 on Golfweek’s Top 100 Residential Golf Courses (Nicklaus course)
• No. 95 on Golfweek’s Top 100 Residential Golf Courses (Dye course)
• No. 20 on Golf Digest’s Best in South Carolina (Nicklaus course)
• Click here for more information about Colleton River Plantation!
Running Y Ranch, OR is a high-country community where members take adventure outings, ride horseback, go birding and play plenty of golf on Oregon’s only Arnold Palmer-designed golf course.
• Top 100 Golf Community by Travel + Leisure Golf
• A Premier Property by LINKS Magazine
• A Golfweek Best Course You Can Play in the U.S.
• No. 66 on America’s 100 Greatest Public Courses by Golf Digest
• No. 9 on Golf Digest’s Best in Oregon
• Click here for more information about Running Y Ranch!
Suncadia, Roslyn WA represents a finely honed blend of resort ambience with a distinctive private golf community, Tumble Creek, within its borders. Its honors reflect that versatile profile:
• Top 100 Golf Community by Travel + Leisure Golf (Tumble Creek)
• A Premier Property by LINKS Magazine (Tumble Creek)
• A Golfweek Best Course You Can Play in the U.S. (Prospector course)
• No. 10 on Golf Digest’s Best in Washington (Prospector)
• No. 4 on Golf Digest’s Best in Washington (Tumble Creek)
• Click here for more information about Suncadia!
Belfair, Bluffton SC is a double-Fazio venue in the oak-studded Lowcountry of South Carolina, not far from Hilton Head Island attractions.
• Top 100 Golf Community by Travel + Leisure Golf
• A Premier Property by LINKS Magazine
• No. 81 on Golfweek’s Top 100 Residential Golf Courses (West course)
• No. 25 on Golf Digest’s Best of South Carolina (East course)
• Click here for more information about Belfair!
Branson Creek, Hollister, MO is new to our Best of the Best list for 2009. It is one of the most admired resort -and-club properties ever to emerge from the woodland beauty of the Ozarks region. As the ratings show, Branson Creek’s Tom Fazio-designed golf course is worth going out of your way for.
• A Golfweek Best Course You Can Play in the U.S.
• No. 60 on Golf Digest’s 100 Greatest Public Courses
• No. 7 on Golf Digest’s Best in Missouri
• No. 76 on 100 Top Courses You Can Play by GOLF Magazine
• Click here for more information about Branson Creek!
Spring Island, Spring Island SC is one of the great environmental and cultural club communities in the U.S., a place where history, a love of nature and high-toned amenities come together seamlessly.
• Top 100 Golf Community by Travel + Leisure Golf
• A Premier Property by LINKS Magazine
• No. 27 on Golfweek’s Top 100 Residential Golf Courses
• No. 89 on Golfweek’s Top 100 Modern Golf Courses
• Click here for more information about Spring Island!
Forest Dunes, Roscommon, MI is a secluded jewel of a golf community and just one of only 16 Audubon International Signature Gold Sanctuaries worldwide. Tom Weiskopf designed the Forest Dunes course, determined to give it classic lines and contours along with intense strategic appeal.
• No. 24 on Golfweek’s Top 100 Residential Golf Courses
• No. 82 on Golfweek’s Top 100 Modern Golf Courses
• A Golfweek Best Course You Can Play in the U.S.
• No. 20 on Golf Digest’s 100 Greatest Public Courses
• No. 6 on Golf Digest’s Best in Michigan
• Click here for more information about Forest Dunes!
The Cliffs Communities, Travelers Rest, SC is a leading innovator among Southeastern U.S. communities, as evidenced by these honors:
• Top 100 Golf Community by Travel + Leisure Golf
• A Premier Property by LINKS Magazine
• No. 11 on Golf Digest’s Best in North Carolina (Cliffs Walnut Cove)
• No. 6 on Golf Digest’s Best in South Carolina (Cliffs Keowee Vineyards)
• Click here for more information about The Cliffs!
Montreux, Reno, NV occupies a beautiful site in the Lake Tahoe region and draws visitors year-round—not just during it PGA Tour stop.
• Top 100 Golf Community by Travel + Leisure Golf
• A Premier Property by LINKS Magazine
• No. 83 on Golfweek’s Top 100 Residential Courses
• No. 4 on Golf Digest’s Best in Nevada
• Click here for more information about Montreux!
Click here to see the 2008 Best of the Best!
Sea Pines Plantation is home to Harbour Town Golf Links.
Congratulations on these golf courses (and their communities) being named to Golfweek magazine’s 2009 list of its Top 100 Modern Golf Courses:
No. 28. Harbour Town Golf Links Hilton Head Island, S.C., 1970, Pete Dye
No. 76. The Powder Horn Sheridan, Wyo., 1997, Dick Bailey
No. 82. Forest Dunes Roscommon, Mich., 2003, Tom Weiskopf
The Founders Club, FL is featured on a top network site.
Top 3 Most Popular GolfCourseHome Network Websites
1. www.FloridaGolfCommunities.net
2. www.PrivateGatedCommunities.net
3. www.Golf-Estate.net
Top 3 Most Popular WaterViewHome Network Websites
1. www.WaterfrontCommunities.net
2. www.OceanViewCommunities.net
3. www.Lakefront-Communities.net
The course at Reynolds Plantation wins Golf Digest award.
Golf Digest's 2003 Architect of the Year keeps on racking up awards. In the magazine's latest annual honors, he nabbed two for his new courses at Reynolds Plantation and Four Mile Ranch. Both are top communities where the layouts would be your home course. See details below.
Golf Digest 2009 BEST NEW PRIVATE Course
9. The Creek C. at Reynolds Plantation, Greensboro, Ga.
Yards: 7,079, Par: 72 Designed by Jim Engh
Golf Digest 2009 BEST NEW PUBLIC Course
4. Four Mile Ranch G.C., Canon City, Colo.
7,053 yards, Par 72 Fee: $59, Designed by Jim Engh
Glacier Club, CO is on the Top 100 Golf Communities list.
Travel + Leisure Golf has issued its 2009 Top 100 Golf Communities in its Jan-Feb issue and we are pleased to see 21 GolfCourseHome Featured Communities in the group. See the list below.
In announcing this year’s contingent, the editors made note of the communities’ renewed commitment to their natural environment. Indeed, more than half of the GolfCourseHome communities are also featured on GreenGolfCommunities.net, the Network site in which you have to qualify in one of four areas to be listed. See below for the communities sited for both “exquisite environments….and all the comforts of home.”
COLORADO
Glacier Club, Durango (New to the Top 100)
FLORIDA
Amelia Island Plantation, Fernandina Beach
The Founders Club, Sarasota
Isleworth, Windermere - Ranked in Top 25
GEORGIA
Reynolds Plantation, Greensboro – Ranked in Top 25
MASSACHUSETTS
The Bay Club, Mattapoisett (New)
MONTANA
Black Bull, Bozeman (New)
NEVADA
Montreux, Reno
NORTH CAROLINA
Bald Head Island, Bald Head Island
SOUTH CAROLINA
Belfair, Bluffton
The Cliffs Communities, Travelers Rest - Ranked in Top 25
Colleton River Plantation, Bluffton
Daniel Island, Charleston
Dataw Island Club, Dataw Island (New)
Golf Club at Briar’s Creek, John’s Island (New)
Oldfield, Okatie
Palmetto Bluff, Bluffton - Ranked in Top 25
The Reserve at Lake Keowee, Pickens
Spring Island, Okatie - Ranked in Top 25
TEXAS
Barton Creek, Austin
VIRGINIA
Bay Creek, Cape Charles (New)
Harbour Town, Sea Pines Plantation, Hilton Head Is.: No. 14
Golf Magazine has announced its Top 100 Courses You Can Play for 2008 and several of these championship, public golf courses are associated with a golf/waterfront community. The winners listed below are Featured Communities on the GolfCourseHome Network. Information includes facts culled by the Golf Magazine staff and includes this year's ranking and last year's position, golf club, course designer, year opened and the fee range for 18 holes.
GOLF Magazine's Top 100 Courses You Can Play
14 15 Harbour Town, Hilton Head Island S.C.
Pete Dye, Jack Nicklaus, 1969 $165-$295
17 18 The Homestead (Cascades), Hot Springs Va.
William Flynn, 1923 $125-$280
28 30 Paa-Ko Ridge Golf Club, Sandia Park N.M.
Ken Dye, 2000 $47-$99
42 43 Reynolds Plantation, Greensboro Ga. (Great Waters)
Jack Nicklaus, 1992 $135-$205
58 60 Reynolds Plantation (Oconee), Greensboro Ga.
Rees Jones, 2001 $155-$260
67 69 Barton Creek Resort (Fazio Canyons), Austin Texas
Tom Fazio, 2000 $45-$250
71 68 Barton Creek Resort (Fazio Foothills), Austin Texas
Tom Fazio, 1986 $45-250
76 74 Branson Creek Golf Club, Hollister Mo.
Tom Fazio, 2000 $48-$99
86 95 Barefoot Resort (Love), North Myrtle Beach S.C.
Davis Love III, 2000 $100-$155
95 96 St. Ives Resort (Tullymore), Stanwood, Mich.
Jim Engh, 2002 $65-$125
Paa-Ko Ridge Golf Club, NM on the Top 100 list.
Golfweek Magazine has just announced its "Top 100 Residential Courses," many of which you can learn about on GolfCourseHome. See the list below.
2008 Golfweek's Best Residential Courses
7. Paa-Ko Ridge GC, Sandia Park, NM
16. The Powder Horn, Sheridan, WY
24. Forest Dunes GC, Roscommon, MI
25. Old Tabby Links, Spring Island, SC
34. Olde Stone**, Bowling Green, KY
38. Bright's Creek**, Mill Spring, NC
50. Headwaters Club at Teton Springs**, Victor, ID
52. Isleworth G&CC, Orlando, FL
54. May River Course at Palmetto Bluff, Bluffton, SC
56. Golf Club at Briar's Creek, Johns Island, SC
67.Colleton River - Nicklaus, Bluffton, SC
76. Desert Mountain - Chiricahua, Scottsdale, AZ
81. Belfair GC - West, Bluffton, SC
83. Montreux, Reno, NV
91. Fiddler's Creek - Creek, GC at Naples, FL
94. Desert Mountain - Geronimo, Scottsdale, AZ
95. Colleton River - Dye, Bluffton, SC
97. Reynolds Plantation - Great Waters, Greensboro, GA
** = New to list
Olde Stone, Bowling Green, KY: New to the Top 100.
The 2008-09 ranking season is off and running. Golfweek is usually one of the first to offer rankings and this year is no different with its current release of its Top 100 Best Residential Courses list. Many of these communities are featured on the GolfCourseHome Network. Check out their rankings, with links to the communities cited, below.
2008 Golfweek's Best Residential Courses
7. Paa-Ko Ridge GC, Sandia Park, NM
16. The Powder Horn, Sheridan, WY
24. Forest Dunes GC, Roscommon, MI
25. Old Tabby Links, Spring Island, SC
34. Olde Stone**, Bowling Green, KY
38. Bright's Creek**, Mill Spring, NC
Forest Dunes GC, Roscommon, MI : Comes in at No. 24
50. Headwaters Club at Teton Springs**, Victor, ID
52. Isleworth G&CC, Orlando, FL
54. May River Course at Palmetto Bluff, Bluffton, SC
56. Golf Club at Briar's Creek, Johns Island, SC
67. Colleton River - Nicklaus, Bluffton, SC
76. Desert Mountain - Chiricahua, Scottsdale, AZ
81. Belfair GC - West, Bluffton, SC
91. Fiddler's Creek - Creek, GC at Naples, FL
94. Desert Mountain - Geronimo, Scottsdale, AZ
95. Colleton River - Dye, Bluffton, SC
97. Reynolds Plantation - Great Waters, Greensboro, GA
**new to list
Juliette Falls, FL is one of Golfweek's best courses.
Golfweek has just released its Golfweek’s 2008 Top 50 Best New Courses and it includes some top-flight golf communities. See below those Top 50 Courses featured on GolfCourseHome.
Golfweek’s 2008 Top 50 Best New Courses
24. Hasentree, Raleigh, NC
25. Juliette Falls, Dunnellon (near Ocala), Florida
31. Ocean Ridge Plantation, Sunset Beach, NC
46. Bella Collina, Montverde, FL
The rankings are based on input from nearly 500 raters who regularly submit ballots based on 10 criteria which are graded on a 10-point scale.
Stone Creek by Del Webb holds the #1 spot.
1. Stone Creek by Del Webb, Ocala, FL
2. Amelia Island Plantation Amelia Island, FL
3. Golden Ocala Golf & Equestrian Club, Ocala, FL
4. Heritage Bay Golf & Country Club, Naples, FL
5. BellaTrae at ChampionsGate by Del Webb, FL
