Course of the Week: Black Desert Resort Golf Course opens 18 holes, named 2025 LGPA Tour host

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Black Desert Resort Golf Course in Ivins, Utah officially opened 18 holes to daily-fee play on May 27, and was named the future host of a 2025 LPGA Tour competition. Tom Weiskopf, course architect, designed the golf course’s fairways between ancient black lava fields. Southern Utah’s red rock mountains surround the fairways.

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In November 2022, Black Desert Resort opened nine holes to limited preview play, allowing the other nine holes to grow in. An additional 19th hole, an 85-yard par 3 set lakeside and terraced into the black lava, will open later this year.

Weiskopf and his design partner, architect Phil Smith, designed the par-72 course with playability in mind, with most fairways 70 to 100 yards wide. The course features two drivable par 4’s – the 5th hole and 14th hole – considering both strategy and risk/reward elements. The property’s black lava rock, basalt, originated as lava that intermittently flowed from ancient volcanoes.

Photo: Troon Golf

As a Troon Golf-managed facility, the golf experience and service at Black Desert Resort will be noteworthy due to Weiskopf’s functional design and the natural surroundings. Amenities include a snack bar, a text service for on-course food and drink delivery and GPS-enabled carts.

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