More Information on Hawks Ridge Golf Club
categories: Golf Communities
Since I made the original post, I’ve learned some more details regarding Hawks Ridge, in Ball Ground, which is just north of Alpharetta and Milton in Cherokee County.
The club is the result of what must have been a boyhood dream come true. Two business partners and longtime childhood friends built a building products company that they eventually sold.
I’m putting meat on the bones of the story as I understand it, but these two guys, Jensen and Nixon, probably played a lot of golf together growing up and always dreamed of building the ultimate golf course. And that they did.
Hawks Ridge is a golf club, not a country club. The swim and tennis facility hasn’t even been built yet. They are waiting for 25 permanent homeowners before constructing the facility. Currently, there are 40 lots sold and 15 built and occupied. Once you purchase a lot, you have two years to build, but they have not been strictly enforcing that rule.
There are no longer any “spec homes” being built in Hawks Ridge. It is a BYOB (Bring Your Own Builder) custom estate home community. The only check point is a design review.
Golf membership does not come as part of the lot purchase. A membership is $75k; but if you own a lot it is reduced to $65k. The membership goal is 290 with an estimated 200 memberships already sold.
In their pursuit of golf perfection, Jensen and Nixon not only have one of the top 100 designs in the United States, but have also made golf the number one priority. Like Atlanta National (a Pete Dye course in Alpharetta/Milton), there are no tee times. Just show up and play. Homes don’t line both sides of each hole so that you feel like you are playing through backyards instead of fairways. Rather, the holes adjoin each other and wrap around the big lake.
Hawks Ridge is a well kept secret in these parts. There is very little marketing and publicity and it is off the beaten path. I sense the creators want it that way and they are able to achieve it because the club has no debt. The developers/owners don’t have to be in a hurry to sell out the lots…when they sell they sell. And in the mean time, they play golf. That’s the ultimate in golf.
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