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PGA.com news services
10.25.2006
10:38 pm (ET)
LEHI, Utah -- The newest golf destination in southern Utah is rising amid red rock mountain views at the Sand Hollow Resort. Formal groundbreaking for the project is scheduled to take place later this year. Located 15 minutes from St. George in the state's southwestern region, one of the country's fastest growing second-home markets, Sand Hollow Resort will feature 27 holes of golf at Sand Hollow Golf Club, more than 1,700 private residences, vacation villas, a spa and fitness center, and pools and water features. A water park, spanning 15 acres, will be created around resort's natural landscape and will include a modified lazy river, stair-stepping through a series of pools stretching from the top of the park through the villas to the resort entrance. Sand Hollow Golf Club will be a "sister course" to the highly acclaimed Thanksgiving Point, as both golf courses will managed by Vanguard Golf Management Group. Thanksgiving Point is best known as the site of the Nokia Champions Challenge, hosted by Johnny Miller, a two-day golf tournament featuring prominent PGA and LPGA Tour players. The Sand Hollow courses will be designed by John Fought, who will create the 18-hole Championship Course and a separate nine-hole walking course. The layouts will incorporate ridgeline, canyon and elevation variations to create a challenging, yet memorable, golf experience. The resort sits in close proximity to Sand Hollow State Park and Zion National Park. Access to Sand Hollow is via direct flights to St. George from Los Angeles or Salt Lake City, or a 90-minute drive from McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. Copyright 2006 PGA.com. All rights reserved.
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