Tee time, anytime: 6 golf properties that let you live the spirit of The Masters
With the 89th edition of The Masters Tournament underway in Augusta, Georgia, comes that perennial surge of golf envy and the sudden urge to be out on the green. For some, watching the tournament is enough. For others, the real dream begins where the green meets your backyard and the fairway is part of the floorplan.
From a private five-hole homage to Augusta in the Australian bush to a Costa Rican retreat tucked between jungle canopy and championship green, these six residences have golf woven into the architecture. Some are storied, others newly built. All share one certainty: golf is as constant as the sunrise.
At Quinta do Lago, golf intersects with bio-diverse coastal landscapes and contemporary statement architecture. (Portugal Forbes Global Properties)
Modernist perch on a storied Quinta do Lago course
Golf is as much part of Portugal’s Algarve identity as the sun and sea. And the exclusive Quinta do Lago resort is the region’s sun-splashed stronghold for golfers who know their swing speed – and their seafood. Villa Eden sits within it all, flanked by lakes, dunes and exquisite light.
The slick six-bedroom home backs onto the San Lorenzo North Course. The aesthetic is clean and contemporary: low-profile roof, floating staircases, frameless windows and glass walls that slide back to bask in the Mediterranean climate. From the rooftop terrace, the Ria Formosa wetlands ripple out toward the horizon. And after a round, there’s the custom wine cellar. Or the pool. Or both.
Cradled between the Pacific Ocean and the fairways of La Jolla Country Club, this three-bedroom retreat delivers vistas in shades of both blue and green. (Willis Allen Real Estate)
Golf and sea views at La Jolla, San Diego
This low-key three-bedroom residence sits quietly along the third hole of the private La Jolla Country Club. Quietly, that is, unless you count the hum of Pacific breezes or the occasional thwack of a drive off the tee. The home’s story is as compelling as its address: threatened years ago by a relocation vote that would have traded the historic oceanside course for inland development, the club stayed put and so did this home’s golf and sea views.
Inside, the 2,800-square-foot layout is clean and classic: vaulted ceilings, picture windows and a flow that favors the indoor-outdoor living Californians swear by. Nearly every room opens to a terrace or garden, and the primary suite includes a private balcony with an ocean-facing eyeline. If backyard access to the greens isn’t enough, there are plenty of charming boutiques to exercise the pockets at the nearby village of La Jolla by the Sea.
A masterful design: Clarendon Eyre’s five-hole private course is a reverent nod to Augusta National. (Dylan James Lark)
A slice of Augusta in Australia
In the dry heartland just three hours’ north of Melbourne, where parched paddocks abound, one family built their version of Augusta. Clarendon Eyre, a 260-acre estate in the rural outpost of Bearii, is home to a private five-hole golf course modeled on the hallowed greens of Georgia. There’s Santa Ana Couch grass underfoot, Mackenzie Bentgrass on the greens and a turquoise ornamental lake – all tended to daily by two full-time groundskeepers. No shortcuts here.
The story started, as many good ones do, with a box of golf balls and some idle curiosity. Two decades later, it’s a functioning estate with a cinema, heated pool, tennis court and a lakeside view worthy of a Sunday finish. There’s even a commercial laundry, thanks to its moonlighting career as a top-tier wedding venue. If you’re arriving by helicopter, no problem. The lawn is ready.
Costa Rica’s wild rainforest coast forms an unforgettable backdrop for golf enthusiasts, best witnessed at the Peninsula Papagayo Resort. (Luxury Living Costa Rica)
Costa Rica’s jungle-meets-fairway escape
Up above a jungle canopy and the 18th green of Arnold Palmer’s Signature Course, the House of the Sunrise in Guanacaste, Costa Rica lives up to its name. At home within the exclusive Peninsula Papagayo resort community, this six-bedroom villa is a study in contrasts: expansive yet private, nature-forward yet technologically refined.
Recent renovations brought a new chef’s kitchen, lofted den and an upgraded climate system fit for the tropics. But the best feature may be intangible: watching the sun rise over Culebra Bay with nothing but the rustle of palms and the promise of a round ahead.
Dubai may be a newcomer to golf, but it’s long been a connoisseur of refined modern living – evident in its stylish villas. (Driven Properties)
A turnkey golf villa in Dubai
Golf wasn’t always in Dubai’s DNA. The first course here, designed by American architect Karl Litten in 1988, was in fact the first grass course in the Middle East. Fast forward to 2025 and you’ll find championship greens carved into desert landscapes, and homes like this one.
Located in Jumeirah Golf Estates, this turnkey seven-bedroom property rests between two DP World Tour-level courses. PGA instruction is available at the Tommy Fleetwood Academy, but the real action happens off the fairway: two kitchens with Gaggenau appliances, a 2,000-square-foot entertainer’s terrace and a home gym worthy of a full swing overhaul. With the course just beyond the pool’s edge, early-morning tee-offs and twilight rounds are easily slotted between meetings or mezze.
A detour into dense pine forests might test a golfer’s skill, but it makes for a sublime setting to call home near Valencia's El Bosque Golf Club. (Rimontgó)
Modernist fairway living in El Bosque, Spain
There’s something poetic about teeing off in a place where the Mediterranean sun filters through orange groves. In Valencia’s El Bosque Golf Club, that poetry is grounded by a Robert Trent Jones Sr. course that tests even seasoned players and this contemporary villa that overlooks the 18th hole.
Modern and stylishly minimalist, the home makes the most of its elevation: pine tree-draped hills, terracotta roofs in the distance and a mountain background. Inside, concrete and wood frame wide-open spaces, with a wellness room and rooftop solarium.
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