Sand Hollow in Hurricane, Utah.
Andrew Penner
As part of GOLF’s rigorous assessment process for our newcomers Top 100 courses in the USA AND The best 100 courses you can play ranking, our fleet of 100-plus expert panelists identified the best golf courses in each state.
You can check out the links below to browse all of our course rankings, or scroll down to see the best courses in Utah. And if you’re looking to create your future ride, you’d be wise to let the new GOLF Course finder the tool helps you. Here, you can edit all of our lists – top 100 public, best munis, best short courses, best par-3s and more – or filter by price to create the itinerary perfect for your next trip.
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Best Golf Courses in Utah (2024/2025)
SYMBOL GUIDE
# = Top 100 courses in the USA
Y = Top 100 you can play in USA
V = The 100 most valuable courses in the USA
P = Public/Resort
Ed. Note: Some subjects were removed from our ranking because they did not receive enough votes.
1. Sand Hollow (Hurricane) (Y, P, V)
Built on the same colorful sedimentary rock as nearby Zion National Park, Sand Hollow is as close as you can get to golfing on Mars. On the more traditional desert front, the nine winds through bunkers of red sand and native sage brush. The wild back section takes players to a rising ridgeline on a stunning five-hole stretch that makes it impossible to pick a favorite hole. The short par-4 13th with stunning cliffside views? The long par-3 15th some compare to the iconic 16th at Cypress Point? The epic 525-yard par-4 14th (yes, we said par-4)? You’ll still be trying to decide while asking the pro shop if you can play another 18.
2. Glenwild (Park City)
3. Victory Ranch (Karmas)
4. Black Desert (Ivins)
Brian Oar
5. Country Club (Salt Lake City)
How we rank our courses
For our newly released US Top 100 and Top 100 Playable lists—a process that helped us create the top 50 rankings in the country—each panelist was given a ballot consisting of 609 courses. . Alongside the list of courses were 11 “buckets” or groupings. If our panelists deemed a course to be among the top three in the US, they marked the first column. If they believed the rate was between numbers 4-10, they checked that column, followed by 11-25, 26-50 and so on up to 250+ and even a column for “remove”. Panelists were also free to write in courses they felt should have been included on the ballot.
