St. George & Southern Utah Golf Courses & Tee Times

Who runs public golf in St. George & Southern Utah

The City of St. George runs four courses: Dixie Red Hills (priced as a nine-hole course), Sunbrook, Southgate and St. George Golf Club. Southgate follows the Santa Clara River and has water on eight of its first nine holes; St. George Golf Club is a traditional par 73 with no driving range. Fees are set in two seasons, October through May and June through September, and summer is much cheaper; 18 with a cart at Sunbrook is $88 in season and $54 in summer. Local residents can buy the city's Loyalty Card for $80 a year at any of the four pro shops, which knocks down green fees, though not on Fridays and Saturdays in spring.

Public courses worth knowing in St. George & Southern Utah

• Dixie Red Hills: The first course the City of St. George built, in the mid-1960s. Nine holes and the cheapest city round.
• St. George Golf Club: City-owned, more than 30 years old, a traditional par 73 layout. No driving range.
• Green Spring Golf Course: Booked through Washington City's website; online tee times open 14 days ahead and are prepaid, and single players call the pro shop.
• The Golf Course at Sand Hollow Resort - Championship: John Fought design in Hurricane, par 72 and 7,315 yards, with a back nine played along jagged cliff edges.
• The Golf Course at Sand Hollow Resort - The Links: Par 36 layout modeled on British links land, with some of the largest greens and fairways in Utah.
• The Ledges Golf Club: Matt Dye design, 7,145 yards, looking out over Snow Canyon State Park.

Booking tee times in St. George & Southern Utah: the local rules

The four city courses book through new reservation software the city calls Trustee. Green Spring in Washington takes online tee times 14 days out, prepaid; singles have to call unless there's an open spot in a group online, and you get a full refund only if you cancel more than 24 hours ahead. City and Green Spring prices are highest from fall through spring and drop in summer.

Why tee times in St. George & Southern Utah are hard to get

Golf in St. George & Southern Utah peaks in winter, when seasonal residents and visitors arrive. From roughly November through April, weekend mornings are the hardest times on the sheet to get, and even weekdays fill up.

Each course releases its tee times on its own schedule, commonly a week or two out, with residents of town and county courses often booking first. Leagues, outings and members claim chunks of the sheet in advance, and whatever prime weekend times are left tend to go on release day.

When tee time cancellations happen

Booked-up doesn't mean gone. Plans change: groups cancel ahead of the course's cancellation deadline (often 24 to 48 hours out), players drop when the forecast turns, and a group that shrinks leaves an open spot. Those times quietly come back on the booking page, usually for minutes, not hours.

How to get a tee time in St. George & Southern Utah

Doing it by hand? Here's what works.

1. Know the booking window. Find out how many days ahead each course releases times, and whether residents get an earlier window. Be ready the morning it opens.
2. Look again 24 to 48 hours out. That's when most cancellation deadlines pass and spots come back.
3. Be flexible on group size. Singles and twosomes fit into gaps a foursome can't.
4. Try twilight and weekday afternoons. They're the last to fill and often cheaper.
5. Keep a quicker course in your back pocket. Nine-hole and executive courses are easier to get on and play faster. Around here that includes The Golf Course at Sand Hollow Resort - The Links.

Read the full guide to getting a tee time when everything's booked