How Much is New Golf Course Development Up?

Dream Golf, the developer behind destination golf properties such as Bandon Dunes on the Oregon coast and Sand Valley in central Wisconsin, this year gave the green light to two more public projects: Old Shores on the Florida panhandle and Wild Spring Dunes in Texas. They became the newest facilities in a growing portfolio of golf resorts that also includes Rodeo Dunes in Colorado, where the first two planned courses are under construction, with others to potentially follow. While participation and play have enjoyed well-chronicled jumps during golf’s post-pandemic renaissance, golf development is also on the rise, albeit to ...