Black Desert Resort Golf Course in Ivins, Utah, was featured in the lead-up to this past Sunday’s Masters coverage during Jim Nantz Remembers Augusta: The Masterful Tom Weiskopf, which aired on CBS.
The show featured an interview with Weiskopf’s longtime design partner, architect Phil Smith, and included footage of the new Black Desert Resort Golf Course, the duo’s final design together before Weiskopf passed away in August of 2022.
After opening nine holes to limited preview play this past November, Black Desert Resort, managed by Troon, will open 18 holes to daily-fee play on May 27, 2023. An additional 19th hole will open later this year.
Set amid ancient black lava fields of Ivins, Utah, near St. George – one of the country’s next great golf destinations – Weiskopf and Smith designed the par-72 course with playability in mind, with most fairways 70 to 100 yards wide. The course features two drivable par fours – the 5th hole and 14th hole – a Weiskopf hallmark. The property’s distinct black lava rock, called basalt, originated as lava that intermittently flowed from small local volcanoes approximately 2.3 million to 20,000 years ago.
Reef Capital Partners is developing Black Desert Resort. Upon buildout, the property will offer 150 hotel rooms; 1,050 residences; miles of nearby trails; a wellness spa; and 46,160 square feet of retail and restaurant space. The property will also feature 32 single-family estate lots and approximately 214,000 square feet of commercial space, with the amenities of the resort center available for full-time residents.
In addition to the 18-hole, Weiskopf-designed golf course, guests of Black Desert will have a 36-hole illuminated putting course for day or night play. The resort’s 19th-hole, an amphitheater-style lakeside-gathering place terraced into the black lava, will be the ultimate venue for winding down after a day of golf.
Photo Courtesy of Troon
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