Lake Tahoe: California Mountain Resort
A few minutes from the shores of Lake Tahoe, at an altitude of 6,000 feet in the Sierra Nevadas, 101 town homes and condos in the gated community of Village Walk are now available. Within the sprawling Northstar-at-Tahoe destination resort, custom outfitted units of 2- to 3-bedrooms range from 1,200 to 2,670 square feet. Each home will have a private outdoor spa and wrap-around deck, the better to enjoy the dramatic alpine scenery. The Northstar Golf Course here is a Robert Muir Graves design that has been updated. The mountain nine asks for near-perfect accuracy as it snakes through narrow, evergreen- and aspen-lined fairways and over creeks and ravines. Stretching into the Martis Valley, the meadow nine is wide-open links-style with plenty of water, bunkers and Sierra views. Owners may join the Tahoe Mountain Club, assuring access to several top notch courses in the Tahoe area, all part of the East West Partners gallery of residential projects, including Coyote Moon; a Jack Nicklaus Signature course at Old Greenwood; and the Peter Jacobson course at Gray's Crossing. Village Walk is a short stroll to gondolas accessing Northstar's 83 ski runs and miles of mountain bike trails, and to the year-round swim and fitness center, which has saline pools and hot tubs. The newly rebuilt and expanded Village at Northstar is a European-style complex of restaurants, boutiques, art galleries, a skating rink, outdoor performance venues and vacation condos.
 Puerto Rico: RTJ, Jr at the Beach
Within easy driving distance of San Juan and the international airport, Bahía Beach Resort and Golf Club lies on a two-mile crescent of sandy beach. Anchoring the resort and the residential complex is the Troon-managed Bahía Beach Golf Course. Designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr., the sea-breezy track runs through a maritime forest alongside lakes and the ocean. Golf and beach clubhouses and a par-three practice course are underway, plus a seaside village and the 5-star St. Regis Resort, Bahía Beach boutique hotel, which opens in 2008. St. Regis Estate Homes are tropical plantation-style, 6,000 to 10,000 square feet, with large verandas, 3-car garages and maid's quarters. Just released for sale are Las Verandas Villas, each with shady courtyards and private gardens, and views of El Yunque National Rainforest, the golf course and lake. Property owners receive social membership in the private club.
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 Canada: Vancouver Island Development
Adjacent to Pacific Rim National Park on the west coast of Vancouver Island, the multi-faceted development of Wyndansea Oceanfront Golf Resort will consist of a mix of homes and home sites, a condominium luxury hotel and a Troon-managed Nicklaus Golf Club of Canada, set to open in late 2008. Exclusive "Signature Circle" oceanfront home sites are selling in the $2.2 million dollar range; property owners will enjoy a private 18-hole putting green, a helicopter landing pad and luxury hotel services, and membership at Jack Nicklaus Golf Clubs worldwide, which offers benefits such as access to Citation private jets. Also on sale are 175 hotel-condominium suites at the 5-star, branded luxury hotel that is underway, and 95 oceanfront golf villas will be released for purchase in early 2008.
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 Carolinas: Tiger in the Southeast
The biggest news in golf home communities is the Tiger Woods-designed course planned for The Cliffs Communities between Asheville, North Carolina and Greenville, South Carolina. Property ownership includes the amenities at all eight communities, including eight championship courses designed by Nicklaus, Tom Fazio, Player, Ben Wright, Tom Jackson, and now on the drawing boards--cue the trumpets--Tiger Woods. Of the site, that has 50-mile views of the surrounding Ashville area and the Blue Ridge Mountains, Tiger said, "The land lends itself to a walking golf course. Walking is integral to golf, and it will be very unique to have a walking golf course at elevations up to 4,000 feet." All within a few minutes drive, the golf courses, marinas, clubhouses, restaurants, equestrian center, shopping villages, walking trails and a wellness center are among the facilities available to all owners. Newly released for sale are the 3-bedroom Village Town homes within the Walnut Cove neighborhood, site of a Nicklaus Signature course. Home sites at Walnut Cove range from the $300,000s to $3 million-plus, with completed homes from about $1 to $3 million.
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 Baja: Nicklaus Redux at Cabo
Under construction for 2008 opening at the new Cabo Pacifica development on the northern end of Cabo San Lucas are two Jack Nicklaus golf courses, surrounded by full- and fractional-ownership villas and homes, with a village, hotels, and outdoor recreation planned. Three miles of beachfront are among the attractions. The Montecristo will be a gated community on the mountainside overlooking the ocean; these 4- and 5-bedroom fractional ownership residences include private infinity pools, indoor/outdoor jacuzzis, terraces, and gourmet kitchens. At the ocean's edge, 4- to 6-bedroom custom villas in hacienda style have panoramic ocean views. A nearby private jet center and helicopter service are available, and within the development, with facilities open to home owners, are the boutique Pueblo Bonito Pacifica Holistic Retreat and Spa, and Pueblo Bonito Sunset Beach Resort and Spa, with swimming pools, restaurants and bars, a spectacular spa and a private beach. The fairways are being laid between rock outcroppings and rolling dunes on cliffs above the ocean, and promise to be as stunning as the five other Nicklaus courses in the region, including the world-famous Cabo del Sol, Eldorado and Palmilla.
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 West Virginia: Allegheny Mountain Paradise
A private residential community and sporting club on the grounds of the historic, 5-star hotel, The Greenbrier, in White Sulphur Springs, the Greenbrier Sporting Club has a 7,180-yard Tom Fazio course, The Snead. Property owners in the newest of several neighborhoods at Greenbrier Summit Village have exclusive access to The Snead, and to The Greenbrier's three world-renowned clubs, The Old White, The Greenbrier and The Meadows. In the forests of the Alleghenies, custom estates, mountain-style cottages and traditional clapboard homes are among residences available. Owners can enjoy all of the resort facilities from the fly fishing streams to the equestrian center and riding trails, culinary classes, shooting grounds, spa, kids' Adventure Zone, and more. Home sites range from $400,000 to $2.2 million, homes from $1.3 to $6 million. The private Summit Lodge and an Activities Barn will open in 2008.
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 Washington: A Dye is Cast
Near Puget Sound and Seattle, the Dye Designs White Horse Golf Course opened to the public in 2007. The architect, Cynthia Dye McGarey, a niece of Pete Dye, integrated the track into stands of tall evergreens through corridors of hemlock, cedar and maple. With 100 bunkers and a course rating of 74.9 and 144 slope, the five tees come in handy. On a clear day you can see the snowy summit of 10,778-foot Mount Baker. A new clubhouse is under construction, and a swimming pool tennis courts and other facilities are planned. The 224 home sites at the White Horse community here on the Kitsap Peninsula have panoramic views of the Olympic and Cascade mountain ranges, Mt. Baker, Puget Sound and the golf course. Finished homes are in the $3 million to $11 million ranges.
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 Georgia: Lakeside Living
Named the "Best of the Best" Golf Community by the Robb Report, Reynolds Plantation lies on 80 miles of shoreline on beautiful Lake Oconee between Atlanta and Augusta. 99 holes of championship golf from designers Cupp, Nicklaus, Fazio and Rees Jones are powerful draws to owning a home here. Travel + Leisure Golf Magazine ranks the new Creek Club among the top 10 new courses in the world for 2007. Home sites range from $115,000 to $2 million; and there are cottages and condos, and homes from about $500,000 to $4 million. Sites in the Montgomery Place and Sandy Ford neighborhoods were released for sale this year in the exclusive Creek Club location where new owners chose from lake and golf views along the back nine; Montgomery Place sites have water views and lake access along a branch of the lake. The first releases of National Village at King's Way and the Signature Home Collection sold out in a single day. The ultimate home designed for golfers, the Plantation is the site of the first-ever Golf Digest/Golf For Women Signature Home. Property owners and guests at the Ritz-Carlton Lodge, Reynolds Plantation enjoy the Golf Academy led by a Top 100 instructor, the TaylorMade Performance Lab, an award-winning tennis program, and three marinas.
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 Ireland: Lough Rynn
Two hours west of Dublin, approaching Lough Rynn Castle Hotel, you will pass copses and paddocks, lakes, a rustic bridge, walled gardens and an avenue of arched trees on an historic English estate. By the end of 2008, the fairways of a Nick Faldo-designed golf course and a new clubhouse will be a part of the panorama. 150 three- and four-bedroom detached and semi-detached townhouses are underway, each with gourmet kitchens and elegant touches harmonizing with the 5-star elegance of the 58-room hotel. Under new ownership, the 17th century castle has been restored and guestrooms were completely renovated and outfitted with antiques and elegant furnishings. Town homeowners will enjoy the fitness center, indoor pool and full-service spa, boating and fishing on the lakes, horseback riding and strolling on six miles of trails.
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