Southern Utah plays a completely different game than the rest of the state. Red rock instead of mountains, warm rounds in the middle of winter, and, as of a couple years ago, an actual PGA Tour venue. Here are six courses around St. George worth building a golf trip around.
Black Desert Resort. Black Desert in Ivins is the only golf course in Utah to ever host a PGA Tour event, and it's not close. Tom Weiskopf designed it as his 73rd and final project before he passed away during construction, and his longtime design partner Phil Smith finished the job. It opened in 2023 and immediately started collecting national attention, currently ranked the number one course in Utah and 32nd in the country by Golfweek. The course plays 7,500 yards at par 72 through actual black lava fields, with a par 5 that winds through the rock like a river and views of red sandstone from every hole. The PGA Tour's Black Desert Championship debuted here in October 2024, the first PGA Tour event held in Utah in over sixty years, and the LPGA played a championship here in 2025 too, making Black Desert the only course anywhere that has hosted both tours. There's even a bonus 19th hole for settling bets after the round. Black Desert is in the Flyer Lie Finder app, so you can check for openings instead of guessing.
Sand Hollow Resort. Sand Hollow in Hurricane is the other bucket list stop on this list, and it's been drawing golfers to the area since well before Black Desert existed. The Championship Course was designed by John Fought and opened in 2008, playing 7,315 yards at par 72 with a rating of 73.7 and a slope of 137. The back nine climbs a ridgeline before dropping off into a red rock canyon, and three of its holes made Golf Digest's list of America's 100 Greatest Holes. There's also a shorter Links Course on site, a par-36 layout built into natural sand dunes with the largest greens and fairways in the state, good for a faster round or for working on your short game between rounds on the Championship course.
Coral Canyon Golf Course. Coral Canyon in Washington was designed by Keith Foster to work with the land instead of against it, weaving around the natural rock formations instead of bulldozing through them. At 7,029 yards and par 72, it's a serious test, with 55 sand bunkers, two lakes, and a network of dry washes that create real risk and reward decisions on almost every hole. The views stretch out to Red Cliffs State Park, Pine Valley Mountain, and on a clear day, all the way to Zion National Park. Coral Canyon is also in the Flyer Lie Finder app.
Sunbrook Golf Club. Sunbrook in St. George is really three nine-hole courses in one, and each has its own personality. The Pointe Nine has big views and water in play, the Wood Bridge Nine has a well known island green and a signature wood bridge crossing, and the Black Rock Nine is carved straight out of old lava fields. Mixing and matching the nines means you can play Sunbrook a handful of times and get a genuinely different round each time.
Sky Mountain Golf Course. Sky Mountain in Hurricane is the more affordable, no frills option on this list, and it still delivers on scenery. Rolling fairways and tabletop greens are framed by red sand and lava rock, and at 6,383 yards and par 72, it's a friendlier test than Black Desert or Coral Canyon without giving up the red rock views that make southern Utah golf worth the drive in the first place.
Dixie Red Hills Golf Course. Dixie Red Hills in St. George is the oldest course on this list, an Ernie Schneider design that opened in 1965 and is still owned and run by the city. It's a nine-hole, par-34 layout that winds around the same red sandstone cliffs the bigger resort courses charge a premium for, at a fraction of the price and in about half the time. It's a good pick if you want a quick evening round or you're introducing someone to golf without committing them to eighteen holes.
Building the trip. Southern Utah stays playable almost year round, which means tee times at the marquee courses go fast, especially anywhere near Black Desert during cooler months. Both Black Desert and Coral Canyon are searchable right in Flyer Lie Finder, so you can check real availability before you plan the trip around a course that's actually booked solid. And since southern Utah rounds run warm most of the year, our moisture wicking polos are built for exactly that kind of heat.
