New golf course communities, master-planned developments, and major renovations reshaping luxury golf real estate. Best Clubhouse tracks the projects, architects, and developers building the next generation of premier golf destinations across North America.
Development
Reef Capital Partners, based in Lehi, Utah, has launched Reef Destinations, seven resort, club, and residential properties in four states, joined by a new membership called Reef 365. The lineup includes Marcella, Black Desert Resort, and Sweetens Cove Golf Club.
Development
Charlotte developer Ryan Hanks of Madison Capital is planning The Trail, a walking-only private club by Gil Hanse near Interstate 485 in Union County, North Carolina, with a 36,000-square-foot clubhouse, 12 cottages, and a "sports barn."
Development
On 914 former ranch acres off State Highway 377 in Aledo, Texas, just outside Fort Worth, the TGR Design course is ready for water while The Lodge serves as the temporary clubhouse. Phase-one homes averaging more than $3 million are moving forward.
Development
Treetops Resort outside Gaylord, Michigan, broke ground Sept. 23, 2026, on 17 fractionally owned cottages along Fazio Premier and Tradition, a roughly $30 million buildout with Redstone Homes. Each cottage splits into eight shares with a lifetime Treetops membership.
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Parks Legacy's master plan for century-old Pajaro Valley Golf Club outside Watsonville, California, pairs 160 townhomes, cabins, RV sites, a plaza, and a new clubhouse with a leaner irrigated course. Monterey County review continues.
Development
Flathead County commissioners tabled Territory 1889's Phase I final plat in Lakeside, Montana, while Discovery Land waits on water-connection confirmation. The board is expected back on Oct. 6.
Development
Nashville developer Southern Land Company will build a 1,271-acre master-planned community inside Chatham Park, about 30 miles from Raleigh, around a private club with a Tom Fazio 18-hole course, a nine-hole short course, and practice facilities. The project is still in planning and visioning.
Development
POSCO Group has launched a competitive sale of Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea, the 18-hole members-only course in Songdo International City, Incheon, South Korea, that POSCO Wide bought in 2022 for about 300 billion won. Deloitte Anjin is the sale adviser.
Development
Cabot Revelstoke Mountain Lodge is under construction at Revelstoke Mountain Resort in British Columbia (~155 rooms; spa, cafe, restaurant-bar, event hall). Rod Whitman's public course opens July 2, 2027 as green-fee play.
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Coral Mountain Desert Club, a roughly 400-acre Meriwether Companies private club in La Quinta, California, is under construction toward a 2028 first phase with a Hart Howerton clubhouse and a David McLay Kidd desert course. Surf is planned as a Thermal Beach Club annex about ten minutes away.
Clubhouses
Last week Cabot unveiled Cabot Wilds in Nova Scotia, and the clubhouse rendering stopped me cold. I thought they’d dropped a photo of Shinnecock Hills into the deck. Same long shingle roof, tall gables, and brick chimneys. Is this what you build a new resort around?
Development
Heritage Golf Group has acquired Independence Golf Club near Richmond, Virginia, taking its U.S. portfolio from six clubs in 2020 to 50. The September 17, 2026 report adds a Central Virginia semi-private club and event venue to a company already headquartered in the state.