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Second Home Golf Communities
There's a handful of terrific golf communities in the Sun Belt and elsewhere that fulfill every real estate maven's mantra -- location, location, location. They also offer solid golf, good creature comforts, and excellent value-for-dollar. Here are a few to get you started.

Barefoot Resort
North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
888-996-4100/www.bfresort.com

New mixed-use resort and residential community with four courses designed by Greg Norman, Pete Dye, Tom Fazio, and Davis Love III. Golf villas from $100,000 to $150,000. Homesites from $11,000 to $45,000.

Bay Creek
Cape Charles, Virginia
800-501-7141/www.bay-creek.com

On Chesapeake Bay along Virginia's Eastern Shore. Arnold Palmer-designed course will be joined by a Jack Nicklaus layout later next year. Wooded homesites from $40,000. Single-family homes and townhomes start in the $160,000s.

Lakewood Shores Resort
Oscoda, Michigan
800-882-2493/www.lakewoodshores.com

Full-service resort on Michigan's Sunrise Side has three courses and a Wee Links short course. Wooded and golf view homesites available. Limited 2-for-1 lot sales start at $12,000.

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  • Osprey Cove
    St. Marys, Georgia
    888-871-9555/www.ospreycove.com

    Located 20 miles north of Jacksonville with a links-style course by Mark McCumber. Lots from $35,000 to $120,000. Homes from $164,000.

    The Powder Horn
    Sheridan, Wyoming
    800-329-0598/www.thepowderhorn.com

    Located between Mt. Rushmore and Yellowstone National Park in northeast Wyoming, with a links-style course by Dick Bailey. Lots from $80,000. Courtyard/Patio homes from $255,000.

    The Preserve at Jordan Lake
    Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    800-252-5263/www.thepreserve.ws/

    Near Research Triangle Park and Raleigh-Durham, featuring a new Davis Love III signature course and clubhouse. Wooded lots from $50,000. Golf course homesites from the $100,000s.

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    River Wilderness
    Parrish, Florida
    888-776-8080/www.riverwilderness.com

    A 1,400-acre riverside community near Tampa Bay, with an 18-hole course designed by Ted McAnlis. Patio homes from the high $100,000s.

    Tellico Village
    Loudon, Tennessee
    800-452-1020/www.tellico.com

    In the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains with two courses (and a third scheduled to open this year). Lots from $8,000. Patio homes from $140,000 to $160,000.

    Torreon
    Show Low, Arizona
    877-867-7366/www.torreon.com

    Set in the White Mountains of northern Arizona and surrounded by the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, with a 27-hole layout by Robert von Hagge. One-acre homesites start in low $60,000s.


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