Coral Canyon Golf Course, Washington, Utah - an Upscale Golf Course Within Sight of Zion National Park and Pine Valley Mountain


Coral Canyon Golf Course is located amid what some refer to as "Color Country'' in Southwestern Utah, with views of the springtime blooms of Zion Nation Park in the warm months, and views of the snow-capped peaks of Bryce Canyon in the winter.

The course, which as was designed by Keith Foster, offers a number of risk/reward opportunities and challenges throughout its layout. The course features 80 acres of turf, 55 sand bunkers, as well as two lakes and what's been described as a "labyrinth of dry washes.''

The 18-hole, par-72 course plays to 7,029 yards from its longest tees, with a USGA rating of 73.0 and a slope rating of 137 on Kentucky Bluegrass and Rye fairways and tees, and Bent grass greens. From the forward (Black) men's tees, the course plays much shorter at 5,953 yards.

Some of the most noteworthy holes on the course include No. 6. This is a short par-3, playing to only 122 yards from the Tournament tees. The challenge comes from a rocky tee box where shots must traverse a deep ravine that's littered with 20-foot-tall rock outcroppings, making for one of the most picturesque and unique golf holes to be found.

Hole No. 15 plays as the most difficult on the course. This par-4 plays to 488 yards from the longest tips, making distance one of the primary factors in its ranking as the #1-handicap hole. Tee shots should have little difficulty finding a wide fairway, but approach shots must cross over one of the course's dry washes and find a green guarded by a large sand bunker and encroaching natural landscape at the back.

Hole No. 17 is a challenging par-3 that plays to 215 yards from the tips. Tee shots must carry a long stretch of natural landscape and find a large and long green that's guarded by grass hollows on the right and three large bunkers on the left.

The finishing hole at Coral Canyon looks like a piece of green earth that was dropped into a rugged valley. This par-5 plays to 555 yards from the Tournament tees, and features fairway bunkers where the first and second shots might land. The green is fairly large, but anything that misses to the left will find either a bunker or the rugged natural terrain, as the green complex slopes off in that direction.

The course also features a clubhouse that is home to an 895-square-foot golf shop, a full-service restaurant, and some spectacular views of the golf course and lake, as well as Zion National Park and Pine Valley Mountain.

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