From fairways and greens to driveways and houses
Real estate boom, lack of buildable land finds Palm Beach County golf courses converted to subdivisions
Contact 5 investigator Dave Bohman examines the growing trend of golf courses being converted to subdivisions.
and last updated 2021-06-23 20:26:53-04
RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. â This is paradise. That s how Rochelle Baker-Hughes described her home that overlooks the 15th fairway of Lone Pine Golf Course.
She and her husband Ken discovered it when they moved to South Florida and went house hunting. Eighteen years ago, we walked in and we said, This is home, Baker-Hughes said. We loved it. We said, We want it. We ll pay a higher price.