Public Open House Beginning Friday, October 13
New York, October 7, 2006 – Defining golf living at its best, the completed 2006 GOLF MAGAZINE Dream House located at The Cliffs at Walnut Cove in Asheville, NC, will open its doors to the public on Saturday, October 7. Presented by Jeld-Wen Windows & Doors and sponsored by Mercedes-Benz, the 5,150-square-foot ultimate golfer’s home sits alongside the first hole of The Cliffs’ breathtaking Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course.
Beginning Friday, October 13, the GOLF MAGAZINE Dream House will be open to the public every other weekend through the end of this year (October 13-15 and 27-29, November 10-12 and 24-26 and December 8-10 and 22-23). Viewing times will be Fridays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Cliffs at Walnut Cove, a 1,500-acre golf community nestled in the lush meadowlands rolling up to the Blue Ridge Mountains, is ranked by GOLF MAGAZINE Living as one of America’s top 10 new golf communities, making it an ideal partner for the GOLF MAGAZINE Dream House program, now in its third year.
Designed by local designer and builder Community Concepts, the 2006 GOLF MAGAZINE Dream House features an outdoor summer kitchen, a limestone fireplace, hand-planed hardwood and natural-stone flooring throughout the house, granite and marble countertops, four bedrooms, a great room with vaulted ceilings and windows, a backyard putting green, a wine cellar, a three-car garage, and an expansive outdoor patio including an outdoor fireplace and built-in Wolf outdoor gas grill.
Most importantly, the GOLF MAGAZINE Dream House will be available for purchase through The Cliffs Communities (www.cliffscommunities.com/dreamhouse) for any golfer with deep enough pockets to step up to the tee.
Passionate duffers who can only dream about owning this once-in-a-lifetime golf haven can enter a sweepstakes to win an exclusive trip to the GOLF MAGAZINE Dream House at www.golfonline.com/dreamhouse.
Inspired by the cumulative wishes and preferences of thousands of GOLF MAGAZINE and GOLFONLINE.com readers who spent last winter and spring responding to surveys on what they would like to see in the ultimate golf house, visitors will find that the dramatic abode is packed with features catering to the aspirations of golfers everywhere.
“With its stunning location at The Cliffs, a luxurious but comfortable design and premier golf amenities featured throughout the home, Community Concepts has delivered a dream home for golfers with the 2006 GOLF MAGAZINE Dream House,” said Edward Z. Hughes, Associate Publisher of GOLF MAGAZINE. “Many of our readers aspire to own a home in a high-end golf community, and this unique editorial and marketing program – literally born from the ideas of those readers – has the potential to make that dream a reality.”
"It's extremely exciting to have been chosen as the site of the 2006 GOLF MAGAZINE Dream House," said Scott Beville, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for The Cliffs Communities. "The master craftsmanship of design/building firm Community Concepts, coupled with the home's stunning setting on the Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course at The Cliffs at Walnut Cove, create an austere, classic environment for living, entertaining, and - naturally - for playing and enjoying the game of golf."
The GOLF MAGAZINE Dream House team includes:
- The Cliffs at Walnut Cove
- Jeld-Wen Windows & Doors, Presenting Sponsor
- Mercedez-Benz, Associate Presenter and Official Automotive Sponsor
- Community Concepts, Inc., Builder and Developer
A detailed overview of the house will be featured in the December 2006 issue of GOLF MAGAZINE (on newsstands November 15).
About GOLF MAGAZINE
GOLF MAGAZINE® reaches more golfers in more ways than any other golf media company. Its publishing, Internet and event assets have a combined audience of more than 13 million golfers. Each month, 6.1 million people read the magazine, more than any other golf publication. The magazine’s Web site, GOLFONLINE.com®, a partnership between GOLF MAGAZINE and SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is ranked No. 1 for reaching golfers. GOLF MAGAZINE also publishes the official publications for the U.S. Open, PGA TOUR, Senior PGA TOUR, the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, and the Metropolitan Golf Association. GOLF MAGAZINE is published by Time Inc., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Time Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX).
About The Cliffs Communities
Founded in 1991 by Jim Anthony, The Cliffs Communities is devoted to the sensible development of luxury residential communities and other properties, within the United States and around the world, in accordance with a philosophy of protecting the integrity of pristine environments while offering its residents and members the very best lifestyle.
The Cliffs' domestic properties include seven premier, private master-planned residential communities located in the heart of the Carolina Preserve between Asheville, NC, and Greenville, SC, collectively bordered by over a million acres of national forests and state parks in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Called “the most comprehensive and impressive club membership in the world” by Resort Living magazine, and recently ranked as a Top 10 US Golf Community by Travel + Leisure Golf, belonging at The Cliffs includes immediate access to a suite of over $100 million in completed amenities, including four championship golf courses (soon to be seven), world-class wellness centers run by health and fitness experts, and privileged access at The Cliffs’ international properties in British Columbia and Patagonia, Chile.
The Cliffs offers homesites from $200,000 to over $2,500,000 and custom homes from $600,000 to over $4,000,000.
For more information on the 2006 GOLF MAGAZINE Dream House, please call The Cliffs Communities at 866-742-0947 or visit www.cliffscommunities.com/dreamhouse.
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Press Contacts:
Rick McCabe Jamie Prince
GOLF Magazine The Cliffs
P: 212.522.1375 C: 864.979.0715
rick_mccabe@timeinc.com jprince@cliffscommunities.com