This course first received notice and attention when John Strawn had a side chapter in his book, "Driving the Green" about the construction crew that worked on Iron Horse (the main subject of the book) diverting to build this course Dunes of Seville, with Mike Dasher. Even then, Strawn took critical note to praise this course as very good design, but even then wondered if it would make it in that sparse market demographic at that time.
But, looking at streetview google maps, it isn't as if this area hasn't been built up since the early 90s. And, the Villages isn't that far away. I have several friends that moved to The Villages and that area lately, and they are all about good golf deals. I can't figure out why this place don't make it. Is the following passage from Joe Busch's 2010 thread a factor... that the current owner overpaid at the peak of the mid 2000s boom?
Quote from: Paul Thomas on March 11, 2010, 01:29:34 PM
Dunes looks pretty good...new owner? wasnt the course quite poorly maintained not long ago?
Paul, I do think the Dunes has a relatively new owner. I thought I heard someone bought it towards the high of the real estate market a few years back for a large sum of money.
It seems like a real waste if it can't remain a golf facility serving the value seekers market.