OrlandoSentinel.com: When golf courses close, development wipes out homeowners’ fairway views
By Martin E. Comas, Orlando Sentinel — October 28, 2013
When Bob Bruno bought his house in the Sabal Point neighborhood more than two decades ago, he felt he’d found the perfect home. Bruno loved to play golf, and he had a great view of the ninth fairway from his backyard. “I thought that, for the rest of my life, I would look outside and have a view of the golf course,” Bruno said. “We actually picked it out because we would have no other homes in our backyard, and I thought it was going to be like that forever.” Not exactly. The Sabal Point Country Club closed in 2006, the clubhouse has been demolished and the fairways are overgrown with weeds and brush. Read more: