St George itinerary: opinions welcome!

[matt33w]

First time to St George. Have read a massive amount from RSinSG and others and put together the below. Before we lock it in.... any opinions or suggested changes?

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**_Stay:_** (we want walking distance to the best food/drink options, so thinking stay on the main st)

. . **BW Coral Hills** (unless BW Travel Inn or something else is better??)

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**_Play:_** (we will try for 36 per day... are we better to switch courses or does the below look right?)

. . Day 1 arrive: **SunRiver** (prefer forgiving 1st up, and ideally on the way from Las Vegas/not past St George)

. . Day 2: **Coral Canyon** + replay

. . Day 3: **Ledges**+ replay

. . Day 4: **Sand Hollow** + replay

. . Day 5: **Sunbrook** (Pointe/Woodbridge or should we look at a different course?)

. . Day 6 depart: **Wolf Creek** on our way back to Las Vegas

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**_Eating options:_**

. . **Georges Corner**

. . **Angilicas Mex Grill**

. . **Painted Pony**

. . **Bella Maries Pizza**

. . **Anasazi Steak House**

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**_Drinking options:_**

. . **One and Only**

. . What else is walking distance???

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Thanks all!

Matty

 

 

 

[wrigley]

Going in November, what made you choose St George over Mesquite for accommodations?

[matt33w]

We will be there for more of the days so less travel/driving and no real desire to be at a casino.

[JBirdUt]

Nice itinerary. Take a look at Sky Mountain for day 5, for comparison sake.

[Reidman]

You might check out Coyote Springs for the Day 1 drive up. Wolf Creek is perfect for Day 6...saving the best golf experience until last.

[matt33w]

We have locked it all down:

Falcon Ridge and Wolf Creek on the way in/out

The Ledges/Coral Canyon/Sand Hollow/Sky Mountain while in St G

 

 

[Sjewell94]

Sand Hollow is an incredible track, maintained very well too. Some of the most striking tee box views I've been able to see. I'd love to go back, play there twice if you can. They also have the 9 hole links course I haven't been on yet. Would love to hear how you compare it to Wolf Creek

[MilkyButterCuts]

I've played every single one, and Sand Hallow is the best by a long shot IMO. If I could only play 1 course for the rest of my life it would be SH. From start to finish, so good. I'll be there this weekend myself.

[Dsevans8]

Anybody have any updates on Coral Canyon? I know they had some flooding issues and were doing a bunch of work on the course. Thinking of playing it in a few weeks when I am down there.

[golf.suLLy]

> @Dsevans8 said:

> Anybody have any updates on Coral Canyon? I know they had some flooding issues and were doing a bunch of work on the course. Thinking of playing it in a few weeks when I am down there.

 

Interested in this as well as we're headed up in a couple weeks and Coral Canyon was on the itinerary. Sounds like we need a backup plan.

[Dsevans8]

Just got back from St. George, played Coral Canyon, Sand Hollow, Sky Mountain, Entrada. If anyone wants further information DM me.

[matt33w]

 

Here is the debrief:

Great trip... but it was freezing when we were there. Literally solid blocks of ice on the greens at one course. We ended up changing itinerary and going south to Las Vegas to get 6-7F warmer. Lucky we did.. on those days St George was in the 20's F !!

First up... a TON of thanks to RSinSG. Fantastic advice and a real shame the weather prevented us from getting together and playing.

In terms of courses:

Ledges: excellent course, staff and facilities. Also the coolest apparel, which is not really something I usually care about, but the Ledges gear is awesome! Conditions were great, and the layout was something you could play many times. All good holes and just an excellent all-round course.

Coral Canyon: not good. Greens were a mess, and there was construction/digging/machinery all over the place.

Sand Hollow: amazing experience. Unique course and really good conditions. We both put it on our "top 5 ever" list. Helped that it was a touch warmer that day (36F) and we played a little later due to the frost. Imagine it would be tough in the wind being elevated/cliff edge on the back 9. Fantastic experience, a must play IMO.

Sky Mountain: incredible driving range/view/etc.. but didnt love it. Was windy/really tough, was slow play, and lots of the holes were average at best. On a still day if you get out in the first few tee times... sure, otherwise not so much (all this based on 1 round... maybe a little harsh!)

Falcon Ridge/Wolf Creek: didnt get to play either due to the cold/moving south.

Paiute in North Las Vegas: this is where we went to get a few degrees warmer. 3 x 18 hole courses... all of them excellent IMO. Really enjoyed them, very good conditions, great layout/hole design (some ppl said 2 of the courses are very similar - I thought the hole design was interesting, scenic, good enough that it didnt matter and I didnt really notice). Also good food, and the courses seemed to space out well and absorb ppl. They also do great deals on reply+playing back-to-back days. Of the courses.. Wolf probably best, but as I said all excellent IMO. Wolf also a little tougher, but very fair/all in front of you.

The Palmer in Mesquite: played it on the way in as a warmup round. Good for that purpose.. pretty easy, nice enough, resort style course. Not in the same league as Ledges/Sand/Paiute.. but for sure better than Coral Canyon and I thought more enjoyable than Sky Mountain (though conditions were perfect ay Palmers and brutal at Sky)

Best greens: Sand Hollow, then Paiute, then Ledges.

Worst greens: Coral Canyon.. pitted everywhere.

Best scenery: Sand Hollow, then Paiute, then Ledges

Credit for being a great all-rounder/just a nice place to spend the day and play 36: The Ledges

 

Great part of the world... absolutely beautiful scenery and nice ppl across the board. To do it again.. we would prioritize: Ledges, Sand Hollow, Wolf Creek, Falcon Ridge, Paiute. Admittedly all spaced out.. but if you are flying in/out of Vegas it can work.

 

Thanks again Ron for your help putting together the itinerary!

 

Matty

 

[darpar1]

Sorry I didn't see this thread earlier as I live in the area and could've saved you the wasted $$ and time from playing the Coral Cyn. dog track.....IT'S A MESS!For a much better bang for your buck you could've included GreenSpring,I play there all the time and the course is in probably the best shape ever,except for the area around the tee boxes on #10 and #16 where they're in the process of expanding the driving range.PLUS a new Marriott hotel just opened right next to the golf course.

And you're right about Sandhollow,one of the nicest tracks in So.Utah....BUT in the spring of next year a brand new course in Hurricane will be opening called Copper Rock and it looks awesome!http://www.crgolfcourse.com/

[badjerk]

Any update on when Copper Rock will be open? Website just says spring 2020. Thanks

[darpar1]

Just played Copper Rock Weds.and it's one bad ass/tough layout,way better than Sandhollow.....some of the fastest/largest greens you'll ever play.Still a LOT of construction going on,new clubhouse is being built and the new carts just arrived the day we played,didn't get to use them though.They plan on opening the week of the Parade of Homes,which starts Feb.14.

[badjerk]

Any idea what the rates will look like? Going to be there with a group of 8, first weekend of May. Thanks for any info!

[darpar1]

We heard somewhere between what Sandhollow charges (way over priced) and Skymountain (fairly priced)....so maybe in the $60-80 range would be my guess.

[badjerk]

It looks like the course has two websites at the moment, and I found the one with the tee times after some digging. It looks like $115, at least until April. Would definitely prefer 60-80!

[darpar1]

It looks like the rates for Copper Rock will be $55 until March 11 with a 50% off coupon code found on their w/s.After that the rates jump up to $115 wkdys. and $120 weekends.https://copperrock.com/tee-times

[dinovirus]

Just thought I'd add that there is a new course in that area supposedly coming soon called Black Desert. I've played it more than a dozen times now on the Trackman simulator at our place and it is truly fantastic. Not sure of its exact location but when it does open it's well worth your time.