Dixie Red Hills Golf Club

Dixie Red Hills Golf Club is the original golf course in St. George — a 9-hole, par-34 layout designed by Ernie Schneider that opened in 1965 and helped put the region on the map as a golf destination. Set among striking red sandstone cliffs that give the course its name, the layout plays 2,733 yards from the tips with a slope of 108 — the lowest-pressure round in the St. George area and one recognized by Forbes as among the most enjoyable courses for casual golfers in the American Southwest.

The course winds through natural desert terrain with mature trees providing shade and definition along each hole. Red sandstone outcroppings frame the fairways throughout, giving the layout a distinctive visual identity that no other course in St. George can replicate. The signature fifth hole is a 195-yard par 3 that plays directly through red sandstone formations to a protected green — a genuinely photogenic hole that surprises many golfers with its challenge despite the course's beginner-friendly classification. Pull carts and a pro shop provide the essentials without inflating the experience into something it is not: an honest, scenic, affordable round of golf.

Dixie Red Hills is best deployed in a group itinerary as an arrival-day round, a late-afternoon add-on, or a morning warm-up before a bigger course. At $ pricing, it is one of the lowest-cost ways to play golf with a red rock backdrop in southern Utah. Its 9-hole format means a round finishes in well under two hours, making it practical to stack with an afternoon round at Sunbrook, Green Spring, or Southgate for a cost-effective, full-golf day.