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What's your design for living? Golf & Travel's 12 most intriguing golf communities in America
Turnstile's Golf & Travel Magazine, August 2001
by Alexandra Cann
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Buying a house on a fairway is like having a flat in London or Paris. In short order you'll discover that you have dozens of new friends who'd just.. love to come by! And for good reason. For many of us, a house on the golf course would be a feverish dream fulfilled.

But not everyone shares the same dream specifications. Some like it hot, some like it temperate. Some simply desire a home golf course they can grow old disgracefully with. And some folks want a direct-shot, T-1 Internet line in every bathroom in the house because, even with that golf course out there, they are definitely not retired.

Golf & Travel's field staff ranged the country in search of hot properties. Our Big 12 finalists are not the most flamboyant, nor the priciest, but each is marked by an indefinable air of class and desirability. And, naturally, all are blessed with golf courses that would earn even Norman Bates many fine friends for life.

# 2. The Powder Horn Sheridan, Wyo. Listen closely and you'll swear you can still hear the cows at this 607-acre, one-time cattle ranch. You can buy a homesite, and then either a custom or pre-designed home. The golf course, designed by Homer Scott and Dick Bailey, features a replica of St. Andrews' famous Swilken Burn Bridge. Homesites range in size from a fifth of an acre to four acres and start at $60,000; homes start at $200,000.

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