Golf-community FAQ

The Village is widely cited as having nine golf courses — roughly 171 holes — with eight run by the Property Owners' Association (Balboa, Coronado, Cortez, DeSoto, Granada, Isabella, Magellan, Ponce de Leon) and the ninth being the member-owned Diamante Country Club. Course counts and rosters change with renovations, so verify the current count with the POA.

That's the long-standing claim, and it's widely repeated: HSV spans roughly 26,000-plus acres across Garland and Saline counties in the Ouachita Mountains, about twenty minutes north of downtown Hot Springs. Whatever the exact ranking, its scale is genuinely unusual — it functions like a small self-contained town behind gates.

Yes — every property owner pays a mandatory Property Owners' Association assessment, billed monthly, that funds roads, gates, lakes, and course infrastructure. The POA typically charges more for improved (built-on) lots than for unimproved ones; recent figures have run roughly in the $115-per-month range for improved lots and near $50 for unimproved, but these change. Verify the current fee schedule with the POA before budgeting.

Not automatically. Living on a course is not the same as having golf privileges. Green fees, membership tiers, and trail-fee rules are set separately by the POA or, for Diamante, by the club. Confirm exactly what play your address and any membership actually include before you assume it's free.

Diamante Country Club is a private, member-owned club with its own gated neighborhood inside the Village, with its own membership dues and initiation structure. The other eight courses are POA amenities funded through the assessment every owner pays. Owning a POA-area home doesn't grant Diamante play, and Diamante membership is separate from POA ownership.

It's a real consideration. Fairway-side lots — especially near landing zones and doglegs — have genuine exposure to stray shots. Before you buy, ask about the hole's shape, typical ball flight, and whether prior owners dealt with window or roof strikes. Lot position on the hole matters more than the course name.

Because golf-frontage pricing varies widely by course, view, lot, and season, and per regional MLS-derived aggregates those ranges shift constantly — any number we published would be stale fast. We'd rather steer you to current, address-specific comps from a local agent, plus a full carrying-cost breakdown including the POA assessment, Garland County taxes, insurance, and any golf dues.

It's one of the core buyer groups. The mix of golf, lakes, and trails behind a gate, paired with comparatively low Arkansas property taxes and easy access to Little Rock's airport about an hour away, draws many retirees and second-home buyers from higher-cost states. Confirm current tax rates and any homestead credit with Garland County.