Why is golf important to the Ballantyne housing market?

I hope you were able to spend some time at the Quail Hollow Championship this past week. What a great event! I have been fortunate enough to attend a number of professional golf events, including several of the majors, and the Quail Hollow Championship is the best event I have ever attended. Go to another golf event and I come away a little disappointed. That’s how much the Quail Hollow Championship impresses me.

Golf is a very vital part of our community. You may not be a golfer, but the game affects and impacts everyone in Ballantyne. How? Why? The answer is housing.

First, an event like the Quail Hollow Championship brings national exposure to our city through media coverage around the world. For the week of the event, people in Scotland, Iceland, New Zealand, Fiji, and Russia learn something about Charlotte. And we know that the event was popular in the United Kingdom and Ireland with Rory McIlroy’s victory. He’s officially from Northern Ireland.

Did you know that we have a number of tour professionals who live in south Charlotte and Ballantyne? If you watched the broadcast on CBS or listened on the PGA Tour Radio Network, the announcers brought up the Charlotte connection many times.

Why would a touring golf professional choose to live in Charlotte when Florida, Arizona, or Southern California are more traditional homes for touring professionals? Major winner Retief Goosen said that Charlotte reminded him of his home in South Africa. Phil Mickelson said that if he wasn’t a west coast native, Charlotte would be his home. They love coming to Charlotte for the southern hospitality, great climate and the wonderful amenities we have in the community. And the airport is a huge plus for someone who travels every week.

In addition to Quail Hollow, we have some fantastic courses in the area: Ballantyne Country Club, Ballantyne Hotel, Firethorne, Piper Glen, Carmel, Providence Country Club, Cedarwood, and Raintree to name just a few in the area. There are ample opportunities for every golf enthusiast. There’s a course or club for everyone.

I get this phone call a lot: “Yes, our kids live in the Ballantyne community and we want to live near them. We like to have easy access to great restaurants and shopping and we would really love to have a golf course in the neighborhood or close by.”  Sons, daughters and parents move to Charlotte to be near other family members who live here. They find it an attractive and easy place to live–just like the professional golfers.

Golf is a wonderful complement to our community and creates a desire among people from outside of the area to consider it as a place to live. This ultimately helps the housing market. More demand drives appreciation and new growth both in housing and lifestyle features. Give me an hour with someone and I can have them hooked on Ballantyne–whether they play golf or not. And yes, I can get them hooked, even if they slice a lot.

Do you have a friend or family member who is considering moving to our area? Send me an email with their name, address, and email and I will provide them with free information about the area plus the top 10 things that make Ballantyne a great place to live. Go to my website here.

www.davidhuss.com

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