Peter Kennedy moved into his Matanzas Woods home in 2006. The glass inlay of his front door shows off the 18th hole pin flag, something he could see from his lanai.
"It was meticulously maintained, and it was a beautiful environment to move into," said Kennedy. "I'm sure it's one of the main reasons why I paid the price that I paid for the house in 2006."
Shortly after he moved in, though, the course was shut down for a renovation. The housing market bottomed out, and the owners of the course went under.
After a succession of other owners, it's barely evident that there was a golf course here.
A few miles away from Matanzas Woods sits the Palm Harbor Golf Course, Palm Coast's original golf course. That, too, closed six years ago, and became overgrown with weeds.
In this case, though, the city of Palm Coast stepped in and bought it, turning it into a municipal course, run by a third party.
But that company has yet to turn a profit, meaning the city is subsidizing it to the tune of six figures a year.
Donna Flieger, who bought her home here specifically for the golf course view, said she's OK with that.
"Every city has a responsibility to have parks and recreation, and there is a cost of doing that," said Flieger.
There is even a new development going up around the course, touting homes nearing a half-million dollars.
Back at Matanzas Woods, Kennedy said he's resigned to the fact that he'll probably never have that golf course view again, but he wants to know who's responsible to at least make the surrounding property look presentable.
"What I don't understand is why the town government body doesn't do anything to enforce the maintenance and the upkeep of what is somebody's property," Kennedy said.