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Sky Mountain Golf Course
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The course is located just north of St George 20 miles, off I-15, and was designed by Jeff Hardin, and opened in 1996, and is owned and operated by the City of Hurricane. You won't believe the views available of the entire area from almost each hole on the course, and it's a very challenging layout as well. While it only rates a 115 slope from the back tees, you will need to have good course management skills. While the views are distracting, the layout isn't long at 6383 yards.There's a good amount of wind affecting play here most of the time, why do you think the town's named Hurricane! There's good elevation change, and the front nine is the most scenic and with more elevation change than the back with half of the course routed through a housing development. There's the tee at the 18th which has a pretty good drop off, if you have vertigo, stay away from the edge. Neat course, great find, low price, and quite a value from the St George area courses.
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Posted by: pat9mkl
Jul 23rd, 2011
Sky Mountain is a wonderful golf course. The back nine is a lot better than the front and holes 16, 17, and 18 run along a deep cliff. The tee box of 18 sits right next to it and it is an awe inspiring sight.
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Posted by: ralphn
Jul 22nd, 2010
Sky Mountain was in a beautiful setting, looking out over the red rock canyons, especially late in the day when we played. Every hole is a Kodak moment with the bright green fairways and greens a striking contrast to the surrounds. It's not a course where you can hit the big tee balls, as it does require good placement of the drives to have a good shot at the approaches. I wasn't particularily successful in keeping the driver in the bag, for there's a couple of short par 4s worth trying to drive. but I found the desert. I didn't come all the way to Utah to lay up! There are some nice elevation changes from tee to fairway, and from fairway to green, and if you don’t get your yardages right you may find your ball rolling back to your feet on uphill approach shots. The greens are nice and smooth and provide an enjoyable putting experience, and don’t have any crazy tiers or undulations, and are a pleasure to putt. The range at Sky Mountain has to be the most spectacular range I’ve ever seen. You are hitting balls to a severe downhill slope which then drops off into infinity with amazing red rock formations in the distance. Quite honestly, the range could be the best part of the whole course!
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Posted by: dyland
Mar 13th, 2010
Sky Mountain’s location was the best part about the course. From the first tee I got the course’s iconic view of the formation of impressive red rocks several hundred yards off the right side of the first fairway. I joined up with three guys—Doug, Ted, and Rod—as they teed off, and played with them through the front nine. They were from Salt Lake City (Sidenote: Did you know that residents of Utah are called “Utahns?” Just seemed like something I should share.) and looking to escape the cold of northern Utah for a weekend of golf. The three of them were a nice collection of guys as well as the perfect example of some golf buddies. Sky Mountain’s fairways were reasonably wide, but not far off the fairway was the desert and its unforgiving lies. All four of us had to hack out of this dirt and bramble at some point during the round, but made it out in good spirits.
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