Hot Springs Village Golf

Course-by-course, HSV's eight community courses were built out over more than three decades: DeSoto (opened 1972) is the Village's original course and has been recently renovated; Coronado (1982) is the community's lone par-62 executive-length course; Ponce de Leon (1991) drew Golf World Magazine 'top 100' attention when it opened; Isabella is a 27-hole, three-nine (Nina/Pinta/Santa Maria) complex; and Granada (2004) is the newest of the eight. Ault, Clark & Associates is confirmed as the architect of at least Coronado, DeSoto, and Cortez; architects for Ponce de Leon, Isabella, Balboa, and Magellan were not confirmed at this research depth. One HSV event-calendar page titled 'Granada Golf Course Closed' (dated in search metadata to January 2024) raised a real concern during discovery, but current-season listings -- HSV's own course page, GolfNow, PGA.com, and a Yelp listing explicitly updated April 2026 -- all show Granada open and bookable for the Apr-Nov 2026 season with an on-site restaurant; this reads as a past temporary/seasonal closure notice rather than a permanent one, though a firm dated first-party explanation of that specific 2024 event page was not found. No course on HSV's current roster shows evidence of permanent closure.

This is the single most consequential fact for a golf-oriented HSV buyer to understand correctly. General HSV/POA dues are mandatory for every property owner and fund roads, lakes, public safety, and common property -- they do not include golf. Golf access to the eight community courses is governed by HSV's own separately published fee schedule: residents pay preferential per-round rates or can buy an optional annual golf membership (green-fee-only or green-fee-plus-cart, priced by age bracket, with the under-80 green-fee-plus-cart tier at $4,135/yr per the 2026 Fee Schedule PDF), while non-residents/guests pay higher posted green fees and typically need a day pass to enter the gated community. This is a pay-to-play-with-resident-discount model, not a bundled or mandatory-membership model -- own a home in HSV and you get better golf pricing and easier access, not free or automatically included golf.

HSV is not one subdivision but a federation of dozens of named neighborhoods across its ~26,000 acres, unified by the POA and by shared access to the same amenity system (golf, lakes, trails, recreation centers). The eight community golf courses are distributed across the Village rather than concentrated in one pocket, so most HSV neighborhoods sit within a short drive of at least one course, though home prices and course proximity vary neighborhood by neighborhood.

Beyond golf, HSV's amenity base (not itself researched in full for this batch) includes multiple lakes, marinas, tennis, and recreation centers, all under POA governance; several of the golf courses (Granada confirmed) include on-site dining/restaurant facilities, and driving ranges/practice greens are available at multiple courses per HSV's own marketing.

Hot Springs Village sits in the Ouachita Mountains foothills of Garland and Saline counties, roughly 20-25 miles northwest of downtown Hot Springs and about an hour from Little Rock.