Combining your love of the game and your penchant for opulent living is a hole in one at this luxury golf destination.
Reynolds Plantation, Greensboro, Georgia
Picture a successful corporate CEO—busy, stressed, in transit. Framed in a concrete jungle. But there is also another, more triumphant model. Peaceful. Independent. Framed not in a concrete jungle, but in waterfront woodland—albeit with the ultimate luxuries he expects back home. And with a twist—it’s also his private retreat, where the spoils of his achievements surround him.
This is the true story of Mercer Reynolds Sr., a wealthy businessman, engineer and inventor who created the ultimate escape: Linger Longer. Nearly a century ago, Mr. Reynolds and his family built a “rock house” lodge on the waterfront, even building a hydroelectric generator to power it. White-jacketed butlers set the tone of luxury on thousands of acres of hunting and fishing retreat in a wooded area east of Atlanta—and this retreat provided the land and the vision for Reynolds Plantation, one that continues today.
It was the specific inspiration for a lifestyle embodied by the new Creek Club Cottages. Adding to a golf collection by Cupp, Nicklaus, Fazio, Jones and Engh (often featured in TRAVEL+LEISURE GOLF magazine, and designated as the “best golf” of any community in America by the editors of GOLF Magazine) the newest course, Jim Engh’s Creek Club, is a member-only golf experience with the levels of service private country club members expect and demand.
The new Creek Club Cottages, overlooking the course’s 10th and 18th holes and practice facility, adjacent to the clubhouse, exemplify this incredible achievement. And the centerpiece of this cottage collection is TRAVEL+LEISURE GOLF Magazine’s first-ever ultimate golf home—a cottage with a unique heritage, inspiration and focus.
While the white-jacketed butlers of yesteryear are products of a bygone era, the at-your-service luxury they embodied lingers. Called the Creek Club Cottage Concierge, this program manages details from the basic (caretaker and maid service) to the whimsical (pre-arranged meals, dining, spa services and other worry-free perks).
As one would expect, the 4,000-square-foot cottages themselves are spectacular, down to smallest detail. Enter into an upstairs level with vaulted ceilings with exposed wooden frames and stacked stone fireplaces, to two of the four luxuriously appointed, master-sized bedrooms. Luxurious decks with an outdoor grill kitchen are just a few steps from the Creek’s practice facility. The ultimate design element, however, is the most exclusive: yours. For this is your property, your private retreat, with the things you treasure awaiting your return.
That experience is why the cottages were created in the first place; and why TRAVEL+LEISURE GOLF chose Reynolds Plantation as the site of their first-ever national showcase home. As was the case with the first-ever GOLFMagazine and firstever Golf Digest “ultimate golf” homes (both publications also selected Reynolds Plantation), The TRAVEL+LEISURE GOLF Cottage, which serves as the model home for the Creek Club Cottages, is open daily (hours vary, so call ahead) for tours.
For more information, contact Reynolds Plantation Realty, LLC at (888) 748-3940 or go to www.ReynoldsPlantation.com.
For more luxury golf destinations, see the March/April 2008 issue of Executive Decision.
