Oakwood Golf Club is a single-family home community on the east side of Lake Wales in Polk County, reached off Old Wailes Road, built up in phases from roughly the mid 1990s (real estate subdivision guides, 2026). It is a conventional suburban neighborhood of detached homes rather than a gated resort, with a modest homeowners association overseeing common areas.
The community is named for the Oakwood Golf Club course, an 18 hole layout designed by Karl Litten that opened in 1993, but the course has been closed since around 2020 and later went to auction (Polk County golf directories and foretee.com, 2026). Buyers should treat the golf as historical context, not an active amenity, and confirm the current status of the course land before assuming any view or access.
Because this is a phased subdivision, the home and lot do the work, not a townwide average. The drivers are the specific home, its condition and updates, the lot and what it backs to, the HOA dues and what they include, and the deed restrictions for the exact phase, all of which should be read from the listing and the current association documents.
The location is east Lake Wales, a smaller Polk County city in the central Florida ridge country, with everyday shopping and US 27 corridor access a short drive away and Winter Haven and the wider Lakeland to Orlando region reachable by car. Confirm real drive times for your own routine, and read the redevelopment question for the old course land as part of your diligence.
