South Carolina Golf Communities & Golf Homes: The Cliffs Communities

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Only Cypress Point, Pebble Beach and Augusta National ranked higher than The Cliffs at Glassy course in Golf Digest's list of the most scenic U.S. courses.

Named CNBC’s 2007 World’s Best International Development, The Cliffs Communities include eight private, residential mountain-lake communities located between Asheville, North Carolina and Greenville, South Carolina, bordered by hundreds of thousands of acres of protected forests, crystal lakes, streams, and waterfalls.

Membership

Ranked among America’s Top 10 Private Golf Communities by Travel + Leisure Golf and The Robb Report, The Cliffs membership includes owners from 46 of the 50 states and over 16 countries worldwide. Cliffs’ members enjoy a membership unlike any in America. Membership in one community provides access to incomparable amenities at all eight -- eight championship golf courses including Tiger Woods’ first U.S. course design, spectacular clubhouses, marinas, an equestrian center and access to The Cliffs’ international properties in British Columbia, Chile and the Bahamas.

Members also benefit from The Cliffs’ standard-setting Family Wellness program. Each of its communities offers a state-of-the-art Wellness Center and team of nutritionists, exercise physiologists and conditioning specialists. All of The Cliffs’ restaurants feature healthy dining options with fresh foods supplied by The Cliffs Organic Farm. Plus, The Cliffs at Keowee Springs will be home to America’s First, Family Luxury Wellness Retreat, an environment with the finest amenities to nourish mind, body and spirit. At The Cliffs, wellness is more than just a regimen of health and fitness – it impacts every touchpoint of the lives of members. In fact, the number one amenity at The Cliffs is parks, trails and green space. Inside its gates, The Cliffs currently has reserved over 1,300 acres of private parks and 30 miles of groomed trails for walking, hiking, and biking.

Travel + Leisure magazine has ranked The Cliffs "one of America's Top 100 Golf Communities.

Sustainable Development

The Cliffs is committed to protecting the natural habitats and ecosystems in all of its communities and surrounding areas—both here in the United States, and abroad. In the fall of 2007, The Cliffs announced plans to implement The Cliffs Center for Environmental Golf Research, a facility designed to impact golf course development and maintenance worldwide through environmentally sound practices that ensure quality course conditions, playability and community well-being. The Cliffs encourages Property Owners to protect the environment by providing Green Design Guidelines for building a sustainable home. By continuing to make the effort here today, The Cliffs is helping protect these irreplaceable properties so that future generations can share in the same priceless discoveries The Cliffs offers today.

Jack Nicklaus has compared the experience of playing The Cliffs at Walnut Cove golf course to "playing through a national forest."

Homesites within The Cliffs Communities start from the $250,000’s and custom homes from the $700,000’s to $5 million.

About The Cliffs

The Cliffs Communities
3850 Highway 11
Travelers Rest, SC 29690
(866) 435-5123

Any opinions expressed above are those of the writer and do not necessarily represent the views of the management. The information in this story was accurate at the time of publication. All contact information, directions and prices should be confirmed directly with the golf course or resort before making reservations and/or travel plans.