Lake Lure, NC - Rumbling Bald, the spectacular 36 hole mountain golf retreat along the shores of scenic Lake Lure, announces the availability of spacious mountain homes and Fairway Villa vacation rentals, ideal for golf groups of all sizes. Mountain homes, just minutes from the Apple Valley and Bald Mountain golf courses range from three to [...]
Western North Carolina's Premier Private Club Responds to Demographic Shift Champion Hills, Hendersonville's premier golf community, is responding to a seismic demographic shift in private club demand with its new 'Equity 55,' a full golf membership for those 55 and under. With Equity 55, Champion Hills' $40,000 initiation fee is divided into four equal payments over [...]
Seminal Tom Fazio Design Recognized as One of America’s Top Layouts HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. – Champion Hills, Hendersonville’s premier private golf community, announces its Tom Fazio-designed course has moved up six spots in Golfweek’s 2021 list of “Best Residential Courses.” The annual selection of the country’s 200 top real estate-focused layouts is determined by Golfweek’s elite team of [...]
Cherokee, NC--Sequoyah National Golf Club, owned by the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians and managed by Northbrook, Illinois-based Kemper Sports, is pleased to announce it has completed a major renovation of the Robert Trent Jones, Jr. design masterpiece, nestled in the western North Carolina foothills. The redo included a complete bunker renovation with the extraordinary [...]
If there is a perfect place to enjoy the Fall colors in North Carolina, my vote would be for the Rumbling Bald Resort on Lake Lure, a 3,000-acre resort and residential community nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains set on the north shore of the beautiful 720 acres Lake Lure, shaped like a [...]
POWELLS POINT, N.C. – Golf has been played around the Outer Banks of North Carolina since 1988 but its development was a slow one. Nags Head Links was the first to open, and The Sound Links, The Pointe, Currituck, Carolina Club, Kilmarlic, The Pines and Scotch Hall Preserve all were taking players by 2008. Those courses [...]
September is the perfect month for golf in the High Country of North Carolina along the Blue Ridge Parkway. The cooler temperatures, crisp clear mountain views, brilliant fall colors, and top-rated golf courses make it a great golf destination. There is no problem with social distancing here. The tiny towns and villages of the Tar Heel [...]
There are a bunch of prognosticators, organizations and committees in the golf industry reporting on how to attract new players to the game. Poised in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Cherokee Valley Course & Club's new ownership has taken matters in their own hands by offering initiatives to keep existing golfers and getting [...]
Pinehurst No. 2 ranked as No. 3 “Best Courses You Can Play in the United States” Pinehurst No. 2, host of three U.S. Open Championships and future host of the 2024 Open, is ranked third in the United States among Golfweek magazine’s annual "Top 100 Best Courses You Can Play" list. The famed Donald Ross design [...]
SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. – Southern Pines Golf Club in the North Carolina sand hills, a vintage Donald Ross-designed course dating to the early 1900s, is now under management of the company that owns and operates the famed Pine Needles and Mid Pines resorts nearby and will eventually be acquired by that same company. Pine Needles Lodge [...]
