[rjwtn]

Looking for a less costly alternative to our usual pilgrimage to Scottsdale. The web site advertising the Red Rock Trail looks appealing and the prices are great, anyone with reviews or suggestions? Looking to go late April, or early May. Thanks!

[RNF]

Sunbrook - 27 holes in St. George. Great value, good golf courses. Highly recommended.

St. george has many good courses now. It's been a few years since I've been there. I don't live close any longer, but I've sent members out there and they've loved it, a few have come back as property owners.

For a non-golf day, go to Zion National Park.......there's golf on the way in Hurricane (pronounced - Huricun).

[newportbeach]

Mesquite which is only about an hour away also has some nice courses.

[rjwtn]

Thanks for the feedback. Sunbrook is a must on our prospect list as is Coral Canyon and The Ledges. I will also be sure to check out Mesquite, we plan to spend a day in Vegas on either end of the trip, so we could easily work that in.

[RNF]

I'd recommend Green Spring Golf Course as well. #5 is a good par 3 and #6 is a great par 4.

http://golfgreenspring.com/

I'd say Sunbrook is the better of the two, but Green Spring is good.

[Everardo]

rjwtn, on Feb 5 2007, 07:24 PM, said:

Looking for a less costly alternative to our usual pilgrimage to Scottsdale. The web site advertising the Red Rock Trail looks appealing and the prices are great, anyone with reviews or suggestions? Looking to go late April, or early May. Thanks!

You have plenty of golf options in the Phoenix metro area. Not all great courses reside in Scottsdale - For night life, restaurants, etc you're still better off here

rjwtn, on Feb 6 2007, 05:13 PM, said:

Thanks for the feedback. Sunbrook is a must on our prospect list as is Coral Canyon and The Ledges. I will also be sure to check out Mesquite, we plan to spend a day in Vegas on either end of the trip, so we could easily work that in.

I'll second Coral Canyon

RNF, on Feb 6 2007, 08:52 PM, said:

I'd recommend Green Spring Golf Course as well. #5 is a good par 3 and #6 is a great par 4.

http://golfgreenspring.com/

I'd say Sunbrook is the better of the two, but Green Spring is good.

I'll second Green Springs

[rjwtn]

Everardo, on Feb 6 2007, 10:05 PM, said:

rjwtn, on Feb 5 2007, 07:24 PM, said:

Looking for a less costly alternative to our usual pilgrimage to Scottsdale. The web site advertising the Red Rock Trail looks appealing and the prices are great, anyone with reviews or suggestions? Looking to go late April, or early May. Thanks!

You have plenty of golf options in the Phoenix metro area. Not all great courses reside in Scottsdale - For night life, restaurants, etc you're still better off here

rjwtn, on Feb 6 2007, 05:13 PM, said:

Thanks for the feedback. Sunbrook is a must on our prospect list as is Coral Canyon and The Ledges. I will also be sure to check out Mesquite, we plan to spend a day in Vegas on either end of the trip, so we could easily work that in.

I'll second Coral Canyon

RNF, on Feb 6 2007, 08:52 PM, said:

I'd recommend Green Spring Golf Course as well. #5 is a good par 3 and #6 is a great par 4.

http://golfgreenspring.com/

I'd say Sunbrook is the better of the two, but Green Spring is good.

I'll second Green Springs

I still love the Phoenix area, and realize all the best courses aren't in Scottsdale, although one regret in not going this year is not playing the new course at We Ko Pa. We will probably be back next year, just looking for something different this time.

Thanks to all for all of the feedback, it definitely helps in making our plans.

[bigpopper81]

I played both Green Springs and Coral Canyon recently. Coral Canyon is the nicer of the two but it costs twice as much ~$95. Green Springs is fun with some nice holes going across canyons.

Other courses to consider are Entrada and the Ledges. Both are nice upscale courses. In mesquite Wolf Creek is the course you will want to play.

[BigBoo5]

Sky Mountain is a great course for the price and would play it over Green Springs, Entrada and the Ledges.

[dirtyboy]

We are planning to stay in Mesquite and golf at The Ledges, Coral Canyon and Sky Mountain instead of Mesquite. Since it will be late September the Mesquite courses will be overseeding and either be closed or cart path only plus the green fees will be high. St. George doesn't seem to overseed. We will also stay 2 nights in Vegas but I doubt we will play there, too many $$$ for overseeded, shaggy, wet fairways and freshly punched greens.

[callawayger]

The new sandhollow course is very nice, back nine overlooking the Virgin River, lightning fast greens, big fairways. Bring your short game.
Coral Canyon still the golfers golf course challenging fairways with fast but puttable greens.
Green Springs offers the canyon par three over and challenging par four coming back.
Sky Mountain very nice back also overlooking the Vigin River on the back but known for its slow play.
Sunbrook 27 holes known by all locals as the bread and butter course. Also can be slow.
Ledges nice layout fast greens with lots of undulations. Coral Canyons greens are much more fun.
Dixie Red Hills be prepared for a 3 hour nine, very slow, mature course well laid out.
St George Golf Course and Sunriver and both not worth my time and patience.
What awsome choices one could easily spend a week exploring the many beatiful courses this little golf town has to offer.

[dirtyboy]

We just got back, loved the Ledges, so quiet and beautiful, especially the back 9, had the best greens, must have been aerated before Coral Canyon. We did enjoy Coral Canyon also, I liked its course setup, wide landing areas, and yet challenging. Marshall was annoying at times, we were right on time according to the GPS, either change the GPS or STFU. Will go back in the future, much better than Vegas golf. Wolf Creek was amazing, just too hot since we teed off at 2 PM. Those gas Yamaha carts could barely climb the hills there. Very tough course since there are not many places to miss.

[jcholman]

Sky Mountain is a great course. If I had four rounds in the area it would by Sky Mountain, Coral Canyons, Leges, Sun Brook. Entrada would be on the list but it is now private(or at least I thought it was). Although if you stay at the Entrada inn you can get on the course.

[j0npeterson]

Man, have fun.

I had family living in St. George for a time and played Entrada. Lots of nice golf in the area. Enjoy it.

[307golf]

I just remembered that I hadn't reviewed the brief golf outing this past February.

I only got to play 27 holes due to a pregnant wife and an 'active' 2-year-old... The 9 holes was @ Sun Brook. I won't go back there. Dull golf, poorly laid out IMO. Slow and what seemed like an amazing amount of bird crap. I only played 9 of the 27, but was adequately discouraged that I won't go back there.

The 18 hole round was amazing. Sand Hollow is one of my all time favorite courses. Great experience from the driving range to the end of the round, except for one group of extremely slow and quite oblivious people on the 17th hole. I finally just went around them... (The marshalls need to do their job and enforce pace of play.) Other than that one blip, it was awesome. Great condition for February, interesting tee shots and approaches. Greens that would surely been fun in more 'green' conditions. Nice range and practice green. The best part is the dramatic tee shots. Several will rate high on the 'pucker factor' and the red rock against the green grass is a visual treat.

Overall, Sand Hollow is a must play. Sunbrook is a yawn and it won't get a second chance from me.

St. George is an interesting place. Make sure you bring I.D., birth certificate, blood type, sperm count, and a note from your Mom if you want to order a drink with your dinner...

[golflover64]

I lived out there for year and a half. You are not going to go wrong with any of the courses out there. Entrada is a must play course by Johnny Miller-Let your ball stay in the lava rocks though.

[dirtyboy]

We will be staying and playing at Entrada this month. Looks like a great place to spend our anniversary. Next day is Sand Hollow followed by The Canyons (Oasis) in Mesquite. Can't wait!

[dirtyboy]

We played Entrada yesterday, windy, which didn't help since several holes are target golf. The lava piles on the back 9 were wild, luckily we didn't leave any balls there. Very fun course and the Casita we stayed in was real nice. We will do this again. The course was rated easier than it played, then again the wind added several shots. You have to stay there to play there. We got paired with another couple that knew the course which was better than a yardage book. Off to Sand hollow today, too bad the Golfbuddy doesn't have that course.

[dirtyboy]

No need for the golfbuddy at Sandhollow. Carts have GPS in them. Huge fairways and greens, lots of undulations on both also. Can't believe I didn't score better but the greens are tough to read. Beautiful course, there are several holes on the back 9 that compare to Wolf Creek, maybe even more dramatic. Rock cliffs on one side and a vertical drop of hundreds of feet on the other. This area is golf heaven! Twilight, after noon, rate of $50 was a steal. Tough week for me, tomorrow is Oasis Canyons, since the Palmer is cart path only and Wolf Creek is too much $$$.

[dirtyboy]

Well the Oasis was freshly overseeded, greens stimped about 1! Hard to give a good review when you can't putt! Went to Pahrump and played Mountain View. Had a great time, front 9 was new and pretty good. Back 9 was older and had a lot of character, will play this course again!

Overall I recommend St. George over Vegas or Mesquite, great golf, no overseeding, and much less expensive. Stay at the Eureka in Mesquite and drive to St. George!