Someone once said, "Golf is a lot of walking, broken up by disappointment and bad arithmetic." Despite the frustration, if you enjoy the game at all, St. George is the place to play it! With eleven outstanding courses and another half dozen within 50 miles, there’s a course in southern Utah for everyone from the novice to the pro!Golf is one of the three things which put St. George "on the map" along with air conditioning and the I-15 freeway.
It was in 1931 (coincidentally the same year St. George Rotary was chartered), when a brief article appeared in the local paper. It didn’t generate a great deal of interest at the time, but in retrospect, it was prophetic, noting: "A golf course is the first step toward making St. George a winter resort. Our climate is unexcelled and there are many places in the valley which could be made into a first-class golf course. If we had a golf course [vacationists] . . . would remain a few days and, as the town becomes better known, would almost certainly establish winter homes here!"
Currently eleven courses - Green Spring, Red Hills, Sky Mountain, Southgate, St. George, Sunbrook, Bloomington, Coral Canyon, SunRiver, The Ledges and Entrada (where Disney’s "High School Musical 2" was filmed) - are in play year round no matter the temperature.Bring your clubs and plan to get out and enjoy to beautiful weather . . . and your pick of eleven beautiful courses. Come early or stay after the Utah Rotary District Conference, May 13 - 15 and watch for upcoming information on a Rotary Golf Tournament on Thursday, May 13, 2010!
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