Utah's Homestead Resort is a four-season escape north of Salt Lake City
Homestead Resort in Utah boasts its own 7,040-yard, Bruce Summerhays-designed golf course with breathtaking mountain views. The clubhouse and pro shop are attached to the resort, and the first-class practice facilities are just a few steps out the back door (and a few dozen yards from the crater entrance). The Homestead Resort course itself offers a challenge for golfers of all skill levels, but it remains player-friendly throughout, typical of a resort-style design. The bluegrass fairways and bentgrass greens are well-kept, and the service is impeccable.
On the course itself, it is helpful to remember that everything breaks toward the Heber Valley, slightly above which the layout is perched. The Snake Creek runs throughout the course, popping into play at some very inopportune times.
The 11th through 13th holes can really rack up the strokes, especially for first-time visitors. In the words of one of the rangers, "They'll get your attention." A lot of approaches here are to smallish, split-level greens that are hemmed in on all sides by foliage or the winding Snake Creek, or both. The sharply downhill, 148-yard 12th is a perfect example: If you're not sharp with your 140-yard club, this little hole can cause some big headaches.
Homestead Resort's 378-yard 16th presents another typical approach to a flat green with absolutely no bailout. In general, the theme at the Homestead is "generous fairways, stingy approaches." To score well here, solid iron-play is a must.
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