Courses of the World: The arrowhead-shaped course is nestled into the rolling heathland of the Welsh countryside; its undulating fairways and charming water features require that all 14 clubs in your bag get a workout. The Cheshire Course is one of two championship courses at Carden Park, the 17th century mansion-cum-luxury resort and one of twelve UK properties managed by the esteemed DeVere Hotel Group. The 6,824-yard layout is but a sliver of Carden Park’s 750 acres, but what a gorgeous sliver it is (the recent opening of the $1 million clubhouse only adds to the experience). For more information on Carden Park and other DeVere properties, please visit www.devere-hotels.com.

seen and heard

Orlando has four kajillion golf courses (that’s an official number). But youth golf academies are harder to come by. So it came as a surprise to hear that 1) a great new academy has come to Orlando and 2) it’s not in Orlando. The Gary Gilchrist Golf Academy has officially opened at the Mission Inn Resort and Club (shown here) in Howie in the Hills, a quiet burb 35 minutes from O-Town. Gilchrist, named “MVP of coaches” by Golfweek, has instructed 75 American Junior Golf Association All-Americans and two U.S. Amateur champions. For more information, please visit www.ggga.com.

The Jack Factor
Eight figures, go figure: Nicklaus gives Anguilla real estate
an extra push

Everyone’s heard about the chilly state of real estate. But it’s always warmer in the Caribbean. During a slim four-hour window in early June, $70 million in pre-construction real estate was purchased at the Fairmont Anguilla, the 400-acre oceanfront community featuring a Jack Nicklaus Signature golf course (yet another addition to the portfolio of Nicklaus Design in West Palm Beach). Says Mike Collins, principal and CEO of IMI, Fairmont Anguilla’s sales and marketing firm: “Premier real estate offerings that provide genuine value, like Fairmont Anguilla, are still very much in demand, even in a down market” For more information, please visit www.fairmontanguilla.com.