Assessing Golf’s Real Estate Market in the U.S.

The U.S. has more golf facilities with a real estate component – either residential golf communities or resort real estate properties – than the total course count in any other country in the world. The nearly 3,200 golf communities in the U.S. include more than 1.5 million single family homes and 800,000 condominiums or townhomes, according to NGF research for the most recent national report on the economic impact of golf. These range from master-planned communities that have golf as the centerpiece to active lifestyle or resort-style communities with a wide variety of amenities and activities – golf among them. Whether primary homes or ...