The Ford Plantation

As you stroll beneath massive live-oak trees that are older than the nation, you can’t help but believe that this historic place—which has served as a royal land grant, a plantation, and the winter home of Henry and Clara Ford—is a wonderful place to put down roots. The Ford Plantation, a private community and equity sporting club, provides an unparalleled combination of luxurious homes and homesites, first-class sporting facilities and instruction, and all the luxury and seclusion of your own personal coastal estate.

Forget preferred tee times. You won’t need them when you belong to The Ford Plantation’s exclusive Ogeechee Golf Club. Pete Dye described the 18-hole championship course as “arguably my finest southern design.” The front nine features 250 acres of freshwater lakes. The back nine, a Scottish-style links design, incorporates earthen levees carved from the wilderness in the 1700s to irrigate an antebellum rice field.

Members play whenever the urge strikes, enjoying the unhurried pace and easy camaraderie of a truly private club. The clubhouse, built on the site of a historic plantation home and approached via a formal oak alley, is an elegant tribute to Low Country tradition: gracious, welcoming, a place to relax with feet up and a cool drink in hand, before dining lavishly with family and friends.

The Ford Plantation has been honored by Travel + Leisure Golf magazine as one of America’s Top 100 Golf Communities 2006, and by Links magazine as One of America’s 100 Premier Properties for 2006-2007.

As you stroll beneath massive live-oak trees that are older than the nation, you can’t help but believe that this historic place—which has served as a royal land grant, a plantation, and the winter home of Henry and Clara Ford—is a wonderful place to put down roots. The Ford Plantation, a private community and equity sporting club, provides an unparalleled combination of luxurious homes and homesites, first-class sporting facilities and instruction, and all the luxury and seclusion of your own personal coastal estate.

Occupying a coveted expanse of coastal Georgia riverbank and woodlands, the 1,800-acre property will never encompass more than 400 homesites. Architecturally distinctive neighborhoods buffered by forests and fishing lakes, neatly fenced paddocks and protected native habitat, provide a safe haven for both children and wildlife.

More than a much-envied golf community, The Ford Plantation is dedicated to a sporting life as rich and varied as its history. Particularly noteworthy are the more than ten miles of equestrian trails, superb fly and spin fishing, and kayaking in the company of the club’s professional naturalist.