players used to prefer the historic areas surrounding the golf club, but now players want “new” homes, which are hard to find in those areas. Hayley Mack’s home in Summerville blends historic and new together seam- lessly, though it’s a bit out of the price range for even the most financially well-off players. (Mack will say only that it’s six figures for the week.) Mack and her husband, Darren, bought the colo- nial home, built in 1906, in 2016. They added 280 square metres (the home is now 745 square metres), a guest house, a basketball court, a putting green and a golf simulator. Unlike Williams, this is the Macks’ actual home, which they rent out only one week a year. Every- thing you see when you walk inside is custom, from all the furniture to the wallpaper that was hand-painted in France. “Our goal was to have stuff where nobody could walk in and say RENTAL PRICE: SIX FIGURES The colonial-style home, owned by Darren and Hayley Mack (previous pages and these pages), was built in 1906 and renovated in 2017. The house now boasts a basketball court, putting green, bar and golf simulator.
walking out of that house disappoint- ed,” he says. “I needed to change it up.” A vibe switch, proximity to the course and a huge kitchen for a chef to operate in are all things players con- sider when looking for a home during Masters week. Fuhrmann says many
normally rents a “family” house and a “staff” house. McIlroy used to rent in the West Lake community, one of the neighbourhoods Fuhrmann works with. However, after staying in the same house for seven years, McIlroy needed a different vibe. “All I remembered was
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