Getting To Know: Copper Rock Golf Course

An Insightful Interview With John Horton, Head Golf Professional

By Brian Weis

Whether you have played a course 20+ times a year or looking to play the course for the first time, insights from an insider can help enhance your golf experience. Below is an interview with John Horton who shares some valuable tidbits about the course, memorable holes and must eats and treats at the 19th.

Give Our Readers An Overview of the Golf Course/Property
Copper Rock is nestled 40 minutes from the mouth of Zion National Park in Southern Utah. With views of Zions national park, Copper Rock also sits just below the Cliffs of Hurricane and boasts incredible views around the whole golf course of the best that Southern Utah has to offer.

The 6823 yard 18 hole links-style championship golf course is one that will create great golfing memories, it is a A desert style links course with pine and palm trees. Also home of the LPGA Symetra tour Copper Rock Championship, this course will be sure to test your golf skill.

With a resort and community of 2,200 homes to be built in the coming years Copper Rock will surely have something for everyone! Come and visit us soon!

If Someone Was Looking To Golf In The Area, Why Should They Play Your Course?
18 hole championship style golf course. Incredibly well maintained. More expensive than other courses around, but the course proves itself that it is very worth it!

What Tips or Local Knowledge Would You Provide To Help Them Score Better At Your Course?
Only 2 blind tee shots on the course. As you play just be sure to aim for the focal point down the fairway that are usually solo trees. That will help, otherwise, just keep working on the short game!

Any recent changes to the golf course? Or any upcoming changes?
Full resort Hotel to be built. Golf course is Beautiful and fully developed.

Recent Awards or What You Are Most Proud About The Course?
Southern Utah's #1 golf course award. 2020.

What Is The Signature, Most Talked About, or Most Photographed Hole?
Hole 17. Down hill par 3, with overviews of almost the entire course.

What Is Your Favorite Hole? Any Tips to Play It?
Hole #8, #14, #17. Beautifully shaped and designed holes. The pine trees make this desert style links course truly unique for St. George.

Must Have Dish or Drink after the round at the 19th Hole?
Copper Rock Burger. HUGE FILLING AND DELICIOUS.

For the traveling golfer, do you have lodging onsite or partner with any area hotels?
Hotel lodging is not available yet however there are some on course Airbnb's available. Nightly rentals are available through our website at https://copperrock.com/vacation-rentals/.

Who Holds Course Record and What Was Their Score?
Austin Quick. Score 63. BYU collegiate player.

Back Tee Stats
Par: 72
Yardage: 6823
Slope: 134
Rating: 72.9

More Information
Copper Rock Golf Course
1567 W Copper Rock Parkway
Hurricane, Ut, 84737
435-215-4845

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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.