By:
GOLF’s Course Raters and Ran Morrissett, Structure Editor
December 30, 2022
Sand Hole in Hurricane, Utah.
Brian Oar
As a part of GOLF’s course score course of for 2022-23, our fleet of 100-plus knowledgeable panelists recognized the most effective golf programs in Utah. Browse the hyperlinks under to take a look at all of our course rankings, or scroll all the way down to see the most effective programs in Utah.
GOLF’s different course rankings: High 100 Programs within the World | High 100 Programs within the U.S. | High 100 Programs You Can Play | High 100 Worth Programs within the U.S. | America’s Finest Municipal Programs | The 100 Finest Brief Programs within the World
SYMBOL GUIDE
1 = High 100 Course within the U.S.
P = Public/Resort Course
V = High 100 Worth Course within the U.S.
M = High 30 Municipal Course within the U.S.
Ed. word: Some programs have been omitted from our rankings as a result of they didn’t obtain sufficient votes.
The perfect golf programs in Utah (2022/2023)
1. Sand Hole (Hurricane) [P, V]
Out amid the pink rocks of southern Utah, a digicam is sort of as very important as your golf equipment. In opposition to this Nationwide Geographic backdrop, Sand Hole cuts a photogenic path, its holes specked with spiky desert vegetation and red-sand bunkers that complement their ruddy, stone surrounds. Whereas the entrance 9 is eye-catching, the again 9 virtually must be seen to be believed. Carved alongside the ridges of a lands-end plateau, it flows from one catch-your-breath vista to a different. Goal and swing, then level and shoot.
Sand Hole in Hurricane, Utah.
Brian Oar
2. Entrada (St. George)
3. Glenwild (Park Metropolis)
4. The Nation Membership (Salt Lake Metropolis)
5. Victory Ranch (Karmas)
How we rank our programs
For GOLF’s course rankings lists, every panelist is supplied an inventory of a whole bunch of programs and “buckets,” or groupings. In the event that they imagine the course to be among the many greatest in its class (World, U.S. Worth, and so forth.), they verify the corresponding field to position it in a particular bucket. Panelists are additionally free to write down in programs they felt ought to have been included on the poll. Factors have been assigned to every bucket; to reach at a median rating for every course, we divide its combination rating by the variety of votes. From these level tallies, the programs are then ranked accordingly.
The important thing to the method is the expertise and experience of our panel. Hailing from 15 nations and all of the worldwide golf meccas, every of our 115 handpicked panelists has a eager eye for structure, each regionally and globally. Lots of our panelists have performed greater than 1,000 programs in 20-plus international locations.
As a result of we don’t prescribe a set technique to evaluate programs as different ranks do, nobody opinion carries the day — our rank is a democracy. Some panelists imagine that enjoyment is the last word aim, and thus prioritize design attributes equivalent to width and enjoying angles, whereas frowning on upon having to consistently hunt for balls in thick tough. Different panelists worth problem and the calls for of hitting each membership within the bag. Nonetheless others contemplate a course’s environment and general setting of paramount significance, thereby emphasizing the setting and naturalness of the course. In the long run, permitting raters to freely specific their tastes is what produces the specified eclecticism in our High 100 lists.
Panelist integrity is significant. Voters with any ties or associations to eligible programs should flag such conflicts. Panelists additionally know to not let the standard of their play affect their poll — similar for a luxe expertise or clubhouse. Whereas opulence could make for a extra a memorable outing, it’s not what GOLF’s course lists are about. Our focus is on design and structure. We research the course, not the trimmings round it.
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