From Deseret News archives:
Elite course on tap for southern Utah
Ex-Y. golfer to build 27-hole resort tract west of Hurricane
Until now.
Fought was on hand at Thanksgiving Point Golf Club Tuesday to discuss the new golf course at the Sand Hollow Resort between St. George and Hurricane. The new resort was introduced at a news conference during the Champions Challenge golf tournament.
The Sand Hollow Resort will be located 15 minutes east of St. George and will feature 1,700 private residences, vacation villas, a spa and fitness center, pools and water features in addition to the golf course.
The Sand Hollow Golf Club will be a 27-hole layout with an 18-hole "championship" layout and a separate nine-hole walking course. The layouts will incorporate ridgeline, canyon and elevation variations in the redrock beauty of southern Utah.
Fought, who was the PGA Tour rookie of the year in 1978 before his career was curtailed by injuries, is excited about his first golf course design in Utah.
"This site has some things that are uncharacteristic of any place I've ever been," Fought said. "It has the weather, the red-rock vistas and will have golf holes unique to anyplace in the world. This should be one of the absolute best."
The 18-hole course will be 7,319 yards from the back tees, but Fought said with five tees on each hole, golfers of all abilities will enjoy playing. Construction is set to begin within a month.
The Sand Hollow Golf Course is a sister course to Thanksgiving Point and managed by Vanguard Golf Management Group.
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