NEW COMMUNITIES Newsletter
Vol. 12, No. 533 Friday August 6, 2010 Circulation: 30,528
May River Golf Club at Palmetto Bluff: No. 62 on Top 100
Today's Headlines -
* Golf Magazine's Top 100 Courses You Can Play
* Deals and Specials of the Week
* Community News & Updates
* Best Deals of 2010
* GolfCourseHome Magazine News - Now on iPad!
* Recently Added to GolfCourseHome & WaterviewHome
* GolfCourseHome Network (GCHN) Links Card News
* ICW Cruise New!: 'Going 'Outside' to Fernandina & The Peaceful Marshes at Oyster Bay Harbour'
* This Month's Spotlighted Communities
* Watch for our next issue, coming Tuesday, August 10th!
Good Morning! Golf Magazine and Golf.com have released the 2010 Top 100 Courses You Can Play (public courses) and among the Top 100 are six courses that are attached to master-planned golf communities featured on GolfCourseHome.net.
As public courses, these six award-winners are easily available to you as a entre to the community, giving you an opportunity to view the property up close and get a sense of what it would be like to live there. Thus, you can create your own Discovery Package.
Barton Creek, Austin, TX, distinguished itself with two courses in the Top 100. Harbour Town, host of the annual PGA Tour Verizon Heritage Classic and located at the famed Sea Pines Plantation, maintained its spot in the Top 15 at No. 14. See below for details on all the communities listed.
Golf Magazine's 2010 Top 100 Courses You Can Play
Courses Linked to a Golf Community
Information listed in order: Current ranking, previous ranking, course architects, year opened, city and state
14 14 Harbour Town, Pete Dye, Jack Nicklaus, 1969 Hilton Head Island, SC
37 42 Reynolds Plantation (Great Waters), Jack Nicklaus, 1992, Greensboro, GA
62 52 May River Golf Club at Palmetto Bluff, Jack Nicklaus, 2004, Bluffton, SC
71 67 Barton Creek Resort (Fazio Canyons), Tom Fazio, 2000, Austin, TX
77 71 Barton Creek Resort (Fazio Foothills), Tom Fazio,1986, Austin, TX
82 76 Branson Creek Golf Club, Tom Fazio, 2000, Hollister, MO
DEALS AND SPECIALS OF THE WEEK
> Ballyhack Golf Club, VA has a new Play & Stay package for golfers wishing to experience the community and its Lester George-designed golf course. Priced at $399 per person, it includes accommodations in a luxurious Ballyhack Guest Cottage overlooking the 12th and 18th holes, two days of unlimited golf and a fire-grilled dinner in the cottage or around a custom-designed fire pit. Cottages sleep up to four couples. Click here for more information about Ballyhack Golf Club!
> The Links at Gettysburg, PA offers a 4-Golfers-for-the-Price-of-3 special all month long from Monday through Thursday. On Sunday, Aug. 15, the club is offering a $58 greens fee special, discounted from the rack rate of $75.On Tuesday the 10th and Wednesday the 11th, twosomes play for just $45 and after 2 p.m. for $35. For the kids, there’s a Junior Golf Clinic on August 9, 10 and 11 from 9-12. Click here for more information about The Links at Gettysburg!
> Carolina Colours, NC recently celebrated the official opening of the front nine holes of the Carolina Colours golf course. A capacity crowd of 60 members and guests teed off in a shotgun start event on the Bill Love-designed layout. Afterward, many toured the back nine, which is slated to open this fall. It curves through fine woodland with two bridges spanning Brice Creek. The event ended with cocktails and dinner. Click here for more information about Carolina Colours!
> The Landings on Skidaway Island, GA welcomes Steven Freund as its new executive director. Freund has held management positions at The Helmsley Palace and The Ritz-Carlton. Reporting to Freund is Gunnard Cunningham, the club’s food and beverage director. Click here for more information about The Landings on Skidaway Island!
> Prospect Bay, MD offers an August-only special offer on a 4,200-square-foot residence with two master bedrooms and an open floor plan with limited views of the Bay. Offered at $685,000, this is a special buy for the golfer/water enthusiast....
> Heritage Shores, DE's 4 Play, 3 Pay special for golfers from Monday through Thursday—that’s a savings of up to $60 on the greens fee. On Sundays enjoy the Golf & Breakfast Special, which is 18 holes and breakfast from 7:30 to 11 a.m., all for just $60.....
> North River Golf Club, NC ‘s home of the month is the 3-BR, 2.5-bath Jacobson cottage, at a price reduced down to $199,900 from the original $239,900. It’s a 1,597-sq.-ft. design with a downstairs master, surround-sound system and finished garage. Comes with home and lot as a package, plus waiver of the $1,000 golf initiation fee....
> Colleton River Plantation, SC 's reduction to $949,000 of a 4,200-s.f. luxury residence. Originally listed at $1.35 million, the home has 3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, beautiful pool. Designed for first-floor living, and overlooks a lagoon and the 7th green of the Nicklaus Course....
> Hampton Hall, SC's Member for a Day Package is priced at just $130 per couple. Enjoy a round of golf for two on our Signature Pete Dye Course including cart fees, or one couples massage at the Spa and Fitness Center, plus lunch for two at the Golf Grille....
> The Links at Gettysburg, PA's 4 Golfers Play For the Price of 3 special, valid now through the end of August. This is a mid-week special, available all day Monday through Thursday for the entire month. No senior rates or other special rates apply....
> Hampton Hall, SC offers an Exploration Package priced at $350 per couple. The package includes accommodations at the Fairfield Inn and Suites, golf on a Signature Pete Dye Course (including cart fee), tennis for two, lunch for two at the Golf Grille and use of all community amenities, plus a tour. Click here for more information about Hampton Hall!
> Jefferson Landing, NC invites home buyers to experience the community on a 2 day/1 night visitation package that includes golf for two. Or, enjoy a 3-day/2-night package, also with golf. Click here for pricing and more information about Jefferson Landing!
RECENTLY ADDED TO GOLFCOURSEHOME.NET
VIRGINIA
=> Ballyhack Golf Club, Roanoke
Lester George-designed golf course, 11,500-square-foot clubhouse, homesites from the $170,000s
VIRGINIA
=> River’s Bend Golf Club, Chester
Championship golf course, swimming and racquet club, James River riverfront pier, homes from $250,000
NORTH CAROLINA
==> Jefferson Landing, Jefferson
Championship golf, grand modern clubhouse, fitness and pool, homesites from $40,000, homes from $250,000s, condos from $170,000s
NORTH CAROLINA
==> Carolina Colours, New Bern
Brand-new championship golf course, 25-acre Carolina Lake, homes from the $200,000s and up
RECENTLY ADDED TO WATERVIEWHOME.NET!
SOUTH CAROLINA=> The Sanctuary, Bluffton
Private Residence Club within Hampton Lake, furnished homes, golf, spa, fitness, from $175,000s
NORTH CAROLINA
=> River Dunes, Oriental
State-of-the-art marina complex, guest cottages, ICW access, Harbor Club, homes from the $600,000s
- Free iPad App - Download GolfCourseHome Magazine to your iPad via the Magcloud-Magazine-Stand app. Available for free download at the Apple App Store on iTunes.
- The Top 2 article reprint downloads are Golden Ocala Golf & Equestrian Club, FL, and Reynolds Plantation, GA....
> The GolfCourseHome Network (GCHN) Links Card is now accepted at 261 golf courses in the Northeast, Virginia and the Carolinas.
> With the GCHN Links Card, you can create your own discounted Stay'n Play visit to a top golf course, and even better, a GCH community. You can purchase the GCHN Links Card(s) at a 38% discount off the retail card rate and earn a a minimum of a 30% discount off your greens fees.
> Watch for announcements of additional golf communities and their courses as are they are added to the GCHN Links Card line-up. To receive your discount, use promo code GCHN when ordering your GCHN Links Card here.
=>ICW Cruise Update: New Installment! 'Going 'Outside' to Fernandina & The Peaceful Marshes at Oyster Bay Harbour'
> Other ICW entries: "A Visit to Daniel Island & Its New Mitchell Wharf Neighborhood", "Mega Yachts of Charleston," plus visits to St. James Plantation and Brunswick Forest and North River Golf Club.
THIS MONTH'S SPOTLIGHTED COMMUNITIES
These communities are now featured in the GolfCourseHome Home Page Spotlight. See below for names, locations and links.
The Reserve at SugarTree, Lipan, Texas
Savannah Lakes Village, McCormick, South Carolina
Champion Hills, Hendersonville, North Carolina
Cummings Cove, Hendersonville, North Carolina
Bright's Creek, Mill Spring, North Carolina
NEW COMMUNITIES COMING ONLINE SOON!
GolfCourseHome
* Rock Barn, NC
* Maiden Creek, GA
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