It's All About the Falls

This part of North Carolina is world famous for its waterfalls. In fact, Transylvania County (one mile from Seven Falls) has more waterfalls than any other county in America.


When I first came to Seven Falls I was blown away by this waterfall, but little did I realize that this was just the beginning of the beauty that this property offers. We recently finished a large section of the nearly eight miles of continuous hiking trails that join the most spectacular natural features of our property. I was out the other day and took some pictures of a section of the Seven Falls trail system. Here are a couple of highlights:


This section of falls sits just above Monarch Park, near the eleventh hole of the Championship Course. It is a truly dramatic series of three large falls that empty into the one of the streams that will challenge golfers on nearly every hole.



As we have continued to extend our trail system, we keep discovering new falls of the property. Panther Rock Falls (seen in the background) is a sliding rock type fall that was just discovered. It is yet another example of the magnificence of this property. Our staff and Members are truly blessed to be able to enjoy the splendor of this corner of western North Carolina.

If you are interested in taking a tour of this spectacular property, drop me a line. I love having a reason to get out and experience the falls.

Palmer Inspection Tour

Yesterday Mr. Palmer visited Seven Falls to examine the progress that we have been making (see story). He inspected the golf academy site and teaching holes and conducted a thorough examination of phase one of the championship course.

He stated repeatedly that he was extremely pleased with the progress of both sites. He will be returning to the property at the beginning of June for the grand opening of the Arnold Palmer Golf Academy and the Villas at Palmer Place.

The Arnold Palmer Golf Academy will be a facility unlike any other that I am aware of. We will have a resort style instruction facility (comparable to TPC Sawgrass or Grand Cypress) in a private club. There is simply no other private golf club anywhere that will have possess comparable technology and expertise to fix all of those swing idiocyncracies. Not to mention a full nine instructional holes to put those tips to the test under real playing conditions.

Our Director of Instruction, Pete Huber (formerly of the PGA Golf School, John Jacob Golf School, and Troon North Golf Academy), has an incredible staff of instructors and the very latest in high-tech swing analysis and imaging that will make the Arnold Palmer Golf Academy instruction experience unprecedented worldwide (coming June of 2008). Email me for more information.

I know that I can't wait to have Pete and his staff show me how to mend my erratic hook.

Tax Day

It seems appropriate to begin blogging about the progress of Seven Falls on tax day. Why you ask? This day, for Americans, is a reckoning. We are all forced to look back over the previous year and account for our efforts.

This is a perfect opportunity for those of us involved in the creation of this community to look back as well. Even using the most critical introspection, our first year of development has been an unrivaled success. From every perspective- course construction, infrastructure development, staffing, sales- Seven Falls has been successful. We are well into phase two of real estate sales, with the golf academy campus and nine teaching holes nearing completion. Ground has been broken on our clubhouse and the championship course is now entering phase two and will be completed this fall. Not bad for one year.

Here is our latest video news release (which we post monthly).

I will be publishing detailed updates on the progress of our club- so check back often to 'see' the creation of the first Arnold Palmer Premier golf community in the world.

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