Fairways & Fences

When buyers ask about a county, they don't only ask about land prices. They ask what life there is like. Golf is part of that answer — so James is playing the local courses across the counties Honest Acres Group serves, and reporting back.

How each episode works

1. Drone flyover — see the course and the country around it from the air.
2. A round with James — honest course notes, the way you'd get them from a neighbor.
3. The county report — what that course, town, and county offer the people thinking about buying land and living there.

The pilot episode

We start at home: PAR Country Club in Comanche, Comanche County — 18 holes between Comanche and De Leon, minutes from James's own ranch country.

From there the series works county by county through the Cross Timbers and the North Hill Country — Stephenville, Eastland, Brownwood, Goldthwaite, Llano, Mason, San Saba, Burnet, Blanco, Fredericksburg, and beyond.

Filming note: every course is contacted for permission before any drone or commercial filming. Private clubs are featured only with the club's written OK — and that first call is also how we meet the neighbors.

Watch & follow

The series launches with our YouTube channel — follow along on the blog and our social channels for the first episode announcement.

See the counties we cover