The condos were developed in conjunction with the golf course in the early 1980s, although they operate separately from it. For decades, their proximity to a course, that drew famous players such as Tiger Woods and former president Bill Clinton, was a point of pride and a potential boost to selling prices.
In July 2019, realtor April Newland , who had the listing, told the Source that she was suggesting the seller consider bifurcating the listing to offer a tighter package that would include the golf course itself, the reverse osmosis plant, the clubhouse and convention center and what had been a restaurant.
The condo association has regular business with the golf course. It buys sewage treatment services from the company and sells its security services. It also attempts to coordinate on shared interests, such as the repair of private roads that service both the golf course and the condos, she said.
In the three years since the September 2017 hurricanes, the Mahogany Run Golf Course has deteriorated from a premiere tourist draw and local hub into what some nearby residents describe as a derelict property. Meanwhile, they say, they are in the dark about its potential future and are not even clear about who now owns it.