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By Brian Weis

The 7,300 yard, 72 par 18-hole Championship Course is a balance of link style golf in the Utah desert. Holes 12 through 15 back are cliff hanging golf at its finest, with dramatic elevation changes and breath taking views of Pine Valley Mountain. The signature par 3 15th hole might be the most visual intimidating holes in the area. A long iron or wood is needed to reach the pin 230 yards away. The undulating green is guarded with sand in front and back. Stay right, as anything to the left will plummet to its death a few hundred feet below. Take a moment after playing the hole to look back at the amazing rock formations.

Five Tees: 7315, 6893, 6462, 6060, 5306 yards
Rating/Slope: 73.7/137

Sand Hollow Resort
5625 W. Clubhouse Drive
Hurricane, UT 84737
435-656-4653
www.sandhollowresort.com

Photo Credits: Sand Hollow Resort and Brian Weis, GolfTrips.com

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About: Brian Weis

Brian Weis is the mastermind behind GolfTrips.com, a vast network of golf travel and directory sites covering everything from the rolling fairways of Wisconsin to the sunbaked desert layouts of Arizona. If there’s a golf destination worth visiting, chances are, Brian has written about it, played it, or at the very least, found a way to justify a "business trip" there.

As a card-carrying member of the Golf Writers Association of America (GWAA), International Network of Golf (ING), Golf Travel Writers of America (GTWA), International Golf Travel Writers Association (IGTWA), and The Society of Hickory Golfers (SoHG), Brian has the credentials to prove that talking about golf is his full-time job. In 2016, his peers even handed him The Shaheen Cup, a prestigious award in golf travel writing—essentially the Masters green jacket for guys who don’t hit the range but still know where the best 19th holes are.

Brian’s love for golf goes way back. As a kid, he competed in junior and high school golf, only to realize that his dreams of a college golf scholarship had about the same odds as a 30-handicap making a hole-in-one. Instead, he took the more practical route—working on the West Bend Country Club grounds crew to fund his University of Wisconsin education. Little did he know that mowing greens and fixing divots would one day lead to a career writing about the best courses on the planet.

In 2004, Brian turned his golf passion into a business, launching GolfWisconsin.com. Three years later, he expanded his vision, and GolfTrips.com was born—a one-stop shop for golf travel junkies looking for their next tee time. Today, his empire spans all 50 states, and 20+ international destinations.

On the course, Brian is a weekend warrior who oscillates between a 5 and 9 handicap, depending on how much he's been traveling (or how generous he’s feeling with his scorecard). His signature move" A high, soft fade that his playing partners affectionately (or not-so-affectionately) call "The Weis Slice." But when he catches one clean, his 300+ yard drives remind everyone that while he may write about golf for a living, he can still send a ball into the next zip code with the best of them.

Whether he’s hunting down the best public courses, digging up hidden gems, or simply outdriving his buddies, Brian Weis is living proof that golf is more than a game—it’s a way of life.