Best Golfing Communities to Retire

The Best Golfing Communities to Retire to in 2015

If you consider yourself a golfer, you’ve probably dreamt of a retirement filled with beautiful weather, long fairways, navigable hazards and perfect putting greens. But in order to make that happen, you need to start looking for the perfect retirement location now, especially if you plan to retire in the next 15 years or so.

While there are a wealth of retirement communities that can provide you with access to the links, it can take a decent amount of research to find the right golfing community for you. As a golfer, there will be golf-related considerations to be taken into account like greens fees, country club memberships, and how many courses are nearby. Nevertheless, it’s important to remember that finding the right retirement community is about more than golf. It’s about balancing your ideal location with any other wants and needs you have.

Prioritizing your list of retirement wants and needs is the first step toward a happy retirement. Some of the wants and needs you’ll want to consider include proximity to family and loved ones, weather, cost of living, available amenities, and access to proper health care. In fact, access to proper health care should be high on any retiree’s list of priorities. Determining what local health and wellness facilities you will have access to and what types of medical care they can offer is important when deciding where to retire. Don’t forget to take your future medical needs into account when looking into these facilities.

Once you have your priorities laid out, you can use the guides below to really start your search for the retirement community that’s right for you.

Renaissance at West Villages

Venice, Florida

Renaissance at West Villages is a vibrant new gated community in West Villages, Florida that offers new homes and resort-style amenities. Located in the fast-growing, master-planned community of West Villages, Renaissance offers new homes that will complement this beautiful Sarasota County area. Get ready to enjoy the Southwest Florida lifestyle and great weather all year long. Choose from an array of thoughtfully-designed Paired Villas and Single Family Homes with unique curb appeal. Amenities will include a clubhouse, pool, tennis, pickleball, bocce, full-time Activities Director and events, parks and more. You'll love living just minutes to Downtown Venice, award-winning beaches and I-75. Quick move-in homes are available. Read More...

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The Landings on Skidaway Island - Savannah's Choice for Island Living

Savannah, Georgia

The Landings on Skidaway Island is a private gated community known as much for its beauty as for its personality. Located on the Intracoastal Waterway and just 12 miles from the charming and historic city of Savannah, GA, The Landings celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2012. Read More...

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Logan Homes - Home Builders in South Carolina

Southern, South Carolina

At Logan Homes, they strive to turn your dream home into a reality. From traditional to contemporary, grand to cozy, Logan Homes offers personalized floor plans, quality craftsmanship, superior designs and decades of building experience.Whether you want to live close to town or in the country, near the beach or on a golf course, the Builder Specialists at Logan Homes can help you find the ideal community or home site to suit your lifestyle perfectly. Read More...

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Chinquapin

Glenville, North Carolina

It begins with a yearning to escape. To leave the stress. The job. The traffic. The busy-ness. You want a place that takes you away. Where you can free your mind, unplug, and reconnect. With family. With friends. With yourself. Chinquapin gives you what you've been missing. A pristine mountain preserve that's just three miles from downtown Cashiers, North Carolina. Read More...

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Dataw Island - Golf Communities in South Carolina

Dataw Island, South Carolina

There is a place off the South Carolina coast, near the charming town of Beaufort, where nature and luxury share center stage. Shaped by the Intracoastal Waterway and a rich Southern history, the gated golf community of Dataw Island is a pristine parcel of 870 acres waiting to be discovered. Read More...

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Sun City Hilton Head by Del Webb

Bluffton, South Carolina

Sun City Hilton Head in Bluffton, SC, is the Southeast's signature destination for active adults age 55 and better. Situated in one of the South's premier resort areas, Sun City Hilton Head is centrally located 30 minutes from the beautiful historic city of Savannah, GA, the beaches of Hilton Head Island and the charming town of Beaufort, SC. At Sun City Hilton Head, you can live the Del Webb lifestyle with its tradition of friendship and fulfillment with neighbors who share your appetite for life at its best. Unparalleled recreation amenities, superbly crafted homes and quiet, welcoming neighborhoods that make this community a little corner of paradise. Read More...

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Bayside

Selbyville, Delaware

Bayside is an award-winning classic beach resort community developed by the regionally renowned Carl M. Freeman Companies. Tree-lined streets showcase a community of stunning homes - all inspired by the New England coastal towns.Our Bayside community is ideally nestled in this quiet resort town with access to all that it has to offer. As one of Delaware's finest coastal destinations, Fenwick Island is beautifully serene but with plenty to do. Once you're here, you might notice your cares melting away as the beaches of Fenwick Island call your name. Read More...

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Villages of Citrus Hills - Florida Gated Communities

Hernando, Florida

Terra Vista is among Florida's most amenity rich country club lifestyles set in unique surroundings characterized by rolling hills and towering oaks. Read More...

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Estrella del Mar Golf and Beach Resort

Mazatlan, Mexico

Located just minutes from the International Airport, Estrella del Mar features 3.5 miles of beachfront, an 18-hole, Par 72 Robert Trent Jones II Championship Golf and much more! Stroll through the events gardens, banquet and meeting facilities, and visit the on site turtle sanctuary. Featuring transportation to and from the airport, and more. Read More...

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Compass Pointe - North Carolina Coastal Communities

Leland, North Carolina

Compass Pointe is more than a community. It's a destination. Only 10 minutes from historic downtown Wilmington, NC, and 20 minutes from Wrightsville Beach, it is the very best of coastal North Carolina. Read More...

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Wycliffe Golf & Country Club - Florida Gated Communities

Wellington, Florida

At Wycliffe Golf & Country Club members enjoy an 80,000 sq.ft. Clubhouse with casual and fine dining, two beautiful Championship golf courses, 16 Har-Tru tennis courts, a Wellness Center & Spa and an exhilarating social lifestyle. Most important, Wycliffe offers a warm, friendly embrace to new residents. We want everyone to feel like family. Read More...

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Brunswick Forest - A North Carolina Coastal Retirement Community

Leland, North Carolina

Brunswick Forest, the Coastal South's fastest growing community, is located on North Carolina's Cape Fear coast, just minutes from historic Wilmington. This 4,500-acre retreat features a wide array of neighborhoods and lifestyles, 18 holes of golf at Cape Fear National, a Clubhouse, River Club, Fitness & Wellness Center, parks and more than 100 miles of walking, biking and nature trails linking residences and amenities. Read More...

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Cruise Retirement

Miami, Florida

Cruise Retirement is a revolutionary new concept in luxury yet affordable leisure lifestyle living ideal for today's active 50+ consumers. Offering the opportunity to purchase a residence or enjoy a long-term rental on a specially designed residential cruise ship and travel the world year-round, Cruise Retirement takes residents and their guests to experience exciting new ports of call with a like-minded community of consumers - giving a whole new and exciting meaning to the word "retirement." Read More...

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Scotch Hall Preserve - Pristine North Carolina Coastal Golf Community

Windsor, North Carolina

This remarkable lifestyle community sits majestically on North Carolina's Albemarle Sound. Surrounded by water, ancient Cypress and live Oaks, there is no other place as unspoiled. Featuring an Arnold Palmer Signature golf course, marina, swim pavilion, Scotch Hall Preserve offers waterfront, golf and woodland homesites. Read More...

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Bay Creek - Virginia Gated Communities

Cape Charles, Virginia

On the eastern shore of Virginia, life still moves to the rhythms of nature. At Bay Creek, the pristine beauty of nature is visible from the shores of the Chesapeake Bay to the winding waters of Plantation Creek. Read More...

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