Lake Martin Golf Living Guide

Willow Point and Wicker Point both sit at the top of the market on design pedigree and exclusivity: Willow Point (1961, Thomas H. Nicol/Hurdzan-Fry) is application-and-sponsorship private on a Lake Martin peninsula with the water on three sides, while Wicker Point (Coore & Crenshaw, opened 2023) is invitation-only and the centerpiece of a brand-new 12-mile-shoreline luxury development. StillWaters' Tradition Golf Course, by contrast, is public daily-fee golf with optional membership tiers -- genuine residential integration inside a 2,000+ acre gated lake community, but without the hard membership barrier of the two Russell Lands clubs.

- **Willow Point (Alexander City).** Russell Lands' founding development; a gated peninsula neighborhood with an application/sponsorship private club. - **The Heritage/Wicker Point (Alexander City area).** Russell Lands' newest, most exclusive address -- a still-building-out 1,500-acre luxury development anchored by an invitation-only, Coore & Crenshaw-designed course. - **StillWaters (Dadeville).** A large, decades-old gated lake-golf-resort community on Lake Martin's Blue Creek side, with public daily-fee golf and its own marina.

Willow Point requires an application with current-member sponsorship -- a genuine, non-automatic barrier. Wicker Point is invitation-only, the tightest access model researched in this market. Neither club's relationship between homeownership and membership priority was fully confirmed during this pass -- treat any marketing claim that a homesite purchase includes or fast-tracks membership with real scrutiny and confirm directly. StillWaters, by contrast, keeps golf fully public and daily-fee, with membership as an optional add-on rather than a requirement or an exclusive path.

Willow Point's documented price range runs from roughly $150,000 (vacant lots) to a $7.9 million peninsula estate, with $1.175 million cited as a more typical new-construction ceiling. The Heritage's homesite pricing was not publicly available -- it is a very new, phased-release development, and interested buyers should contact Russell Lands directly for current availability. StillWaters' home price ranges were not confirmed during this pass; its housing mix spans waterfront homes, golf-course homes, cabins, and several named condo developments (Harbor Pointe, Sunset Cove, Golf Colony Villas, Poplar Pointe Townhomes).

All three researched communities center on Lake Martin itself -- boating, waterfront living, and golf together, rather than golf alone. Willow Point adds a reported private community airstrip; The Heritage adds an extensive non-golf amenity package (eight tennis courts, eight pickleball courts, a full fitness center); StillWaters adds a full-service marina with boat launch access, the only marina-anchored amenity researched in this market.

Tallapoosa County (Alexander City, Dadeville) holds all three researched anchors; Elmore County (Wetumpka) is part of the market's broader definition but no confirmed qualifying anchor was found there during this pass -- Coosa National Golf Course, the Elmore County candidate named in the brief, could not be confirmed to exist.