Welcome to the Winners section, where you will find articles in nine different departments: golf course rankings, buying advice, special deals, places to go near your golf course home, golf community news and more. See below for the list of departments, then click on a link to take you to all articles in that department.
DEPARTMENTS
New! The GCH Dream 18: - Best Residential Golf Holes
Golf Community News Update - An Inside Look at Country Club Living
Special Deals, Packages and Buyer Incentives - It's Still a Buyer's Market
GolfCourseHome® Network Rankings & Lists
Golf, Travel & Retirement Magazines Rankings - Course Rankings and More
Advice When Buying a Golf Course Home - Question to Ask, What to Look For
Golf Course Architect Series – Top Architects & the Value They Create
Lifestyle – Food, Places & Fun
Golf & The Environment – Green Golf Communities & MoreBooks & Video – Retirement Places, Golf Architecture & More
ARTICLES
Golf Community News, Packages & Buyer Incentives
New Real Estate Opportunities, Special Events & More
Special Deals and Packages - Discovery Packages and Buyer Incentives
GolfCourseHome Rankings & Lists
GolfCourseHome's 2011 "Best of the Best" Rankings -- Where Golf & Living Are No. 1
GolfCourseHome's 2009 "Best of the Best" Rankings -- Where Golf & Living
Are No. 1
GolfCourseHome's 2008 "Best of the Best Rankings" -- Where Golf & Living Are No. 1
GolfCourseHome's 2011 Dream 18 Best Residential Golf Holes
GolfCourseHome's 2008 Dream 18 Best
Residential Golf Holes
GolfCourseHome's 2007 Dream 18 Best
Residential Golf Holes
GolfCourseHome Index 2011 - Links to All Major Articles, Rankings, Specials & More!
GolfCourseHome Index 2010 - Links to All Major Articles, Rankings, Specials & More!
GolfCourseHome Index 2009 - Links to All Major Articles, Rankings, Specials & More!
GolfCourseHome Index 2008 - Links to All Major Articles, Rankings, Specials & More!
Golf, Travel & Retirement & Magazine Rankings
Golfweek Magazine
Golfweek 2008 Best "Top 100 Residential Golf Courses"
Golfweek 2007 Best “Top 100 Modern Golf Courses"
Golfweek 2007 Best New Courses
Golfweek 2007 America's Best "Top 100 Residential Golf Courses"
Golfweek 2006 America's Best "Top 50 New Courses"
Golfweek 2005 America's Best "Top 100 Residential Golf Courses"
Golf Digest
Golf Digest 2007 "America's Great Courses & Greatest Public Courses"
Golf Digest 2007 "Best Public, Resort and Private Courses"
Golf Digest State Golf Course Rankings
Live on a Golf Digest 100 Greatest Public Course
GOLF Magazine
GOLF Magazine 2008 Top 100 Courses You Can Play & Live On
GOLF Magazine 2007 Top 100 Courses You Can Play & Live On
GOLF Magazine Live at a Golf Community that Features a Top-Ranked Golf Instructor
T+L Golf
Magazine
T+L Golf Magazine 2007 "Top 100 Golf Communities"
T+L Golf Magazine 2006 "Top 100 Golf Communities"
Links
Magazine
2007 "100 Premier Properties"
Where to Retire
Magazine
Where to Retire Magazine 2011 "America's 50 Best Master-Planned Communities"
Where to Retire Magazine 2007 "America's 100 Best Master-Planned Communities"
Where to Retire Magazine 2005 "America's 100 Best Master-Planned Communities"
Luxury Golf & Travel's Top 25 Private Golf Communities
Golf Course Architect Series
Start here, or select an architect below.
I.
The No. 1 Real-Estate Enhancer: Jack Nicklaus - Find
out why this golf course
architect adds the most value to the real estate surrounding the golf courses he designs
II. Tom Fazio: Elevating Course Design--and Home Values
III. Arnold Palmer: His Brilliant Second Career
IV. Arthur Hills: Value-Adding Visionary
V. Robert Trent Jones II: Continuing the Legacy
VI. Bob Cupp & Tom Jackson: Veterans with Prime Portfolios
VII. Pete Dye: Lifelong Innovator (Part-Time Intimidator)
VIII. Greg Norman: Still a Champ & Competing, But On a Larger Golf Landscape
IX.
Heroes of the Southeast: Byrd, Jackson, Johnston and Lee
X.
Rees Jones Took a Legacy and Ran With It: Woodside,
Viniterra, Others Are Examples
Lifestyle - Where to Go, What to Do
Places to Go, Things To Do, Near Your Community
Specialty of the House: Favorite Community Dishes & Recipes
Women- and Family-Friendly Golf Communities, Part I
Women- and Family-Friendly Golf Communities, Part III
Regional Information: Vero Beach and Florida's Treasure Coast
Send Us Your Golf Course Home Photos!
Gift Books on Golf Course Architecture
Top 5 Most Popular Books
See the New GolfCourseHome Video Section
Top 5 Most Popular Books
1. The Anatomy of a Golf Course: The Art of Golf Architecture by Tom Doak
2. Discovering Donald Ross: The Architect and his Golf Courses by Bredley S. Klein
3. Golf Has Never Failed Me: The Lost Commentaries of Legendary Golf Architect Donald J. Ross
4. Selling the Invisible: A Field Guide to Modern Marketing by Harry Beckwith
5. Nicklaus by Design: Golf Course Strategy and Architecture by Jack Nicklaus
Community
News Update
All about new courses, special events,
new homes and new real estate opportunities
Use the highlighted links to learn more about the communities and to email a request for more information. If your community has something new to announce, please send your news to the Editor.
Check back soon for Arizona news.
Check back soon for California golf news.
River Oaks, CT congratulates its new PGA Golf Professional, Ralph Salito on his recent success in qualifying for the PGA National Senior Club Professional Championship. Along with his standout playing performance, Salito is a leader in his organization and a candidate for National Secretary for the PGA of America. He continues to be a valued source of golf expertise for members at River Oaks. Click here for more information about River Oaks!
Frenchman’s Creek, Palm Beach Gardens FL reports a busy February and March in real estate activity. February began with 49 available homes, including seven new listings. Four sales closed in March and an additional six home sales are scheduled to close in April. More closings are in the pipeline for May. The club also reported that it added 21 new club memberships in the past 12 months. Send me more information about Frenchman’s Creek
Bash” Dinner Dance coming up on Mon., May 28 with music by the
popular dance band, The Fabulons. Come in your casual beach attire and dine at a Clambake
station, several carving
stations and the salad bar and dessert bar. Price is just $34.95 per
person.
The Landings on Skidaway Island, GA reports that world-ranked American tennis player Robby Ginepri is participating in the 2012 Savannah Challenger, a USTA Pro Circuit Event now underway at The Landings tennis center. Ginepri, a 29-year-old living in Kennesaw, GA., had a career high, world ranking ranking of No. 15 in 2005. Send me more information about The Landings!



