Homestead Resort's Crater Springs Golf Course offers breathtaking views and solid challenges north of Salt Lake City
MIDWAY, Utah -- Homestead Resort in Utah boasts Crater Springs Golf Course, its own 7,040-yard, Bruce Summerhays design 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 course 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, 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.
Crater Springs Golf Course's 378-yard 16th presents another typical approach to a flat green with absolutely no bailout. In general, the theme at Crater Springs is "generous fairways, stingy approaches." To score well here, solid iron-play is a must.
Crater Springs Golf Course
in
Midway
700 N Homestead Dr
Midway, Utah 84049
Wasatch County
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Crater Springs Golf Course at Homestead Resort in Midway, Utah offers a challenge for golfers of all skill levels, but it remains player-friendly throughout, ty [...]
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