The Many Benefits of SWFL Public Golf Communities

As all Southwest Florida residents and visitors know, our private golf communities are plentiful and world class. However, many of our golf-enthusiast visitors don’t have sufficient time to play enough rounds of golf during the season to justify a house/condo purchase in even our most reasonably-priced “bundled” private golf communities. The best option for these folks are gated residential communities that are built around public golf courses.

These communities typically have lower prices on single family homes and condominiums and more affordable annual HOA/Condo fees, assessments, and real estate taxes than their private golf community counterparts. They provide the opportunity to live in an appealing golf course environment, but without the expenses of an initiation fee or an annual golf fee…you simply pay-as-you-play each round of golf. Some of them do, however, offer annual and/or seasonal golf “memberships” to their residents in order to save them money and give them tee time scheduling priority.

Even with their lower overall annual expenses, most of these communities still offer basic country club-type amenities such as community pools, fitness centers, tennis and pickle ball courts, and limited dining. Even though their greens fees/cart fees do spike somewhat in-season (ie January thru April), they’re still a superb value for golfers that can’t be in Southwest Florida much of the year; or, for one reason-or-another, can’t play many rounds of golf when they’re here.

To learn more about these public golf communities, please check out the “Top 5 SWFL Public Golf Communities” list on my website, GolfHomeGuru.com. Please contact me if you have any questions or need any additional information about them. And, if you’re in SWFL, I’d love to show you their homes!