Black Desert Resort
Resort in Ivins built around Tom Weiskopf's final golf design, routed through ancient black lava fields.
The golf course is Tom Weiskopf's final design, routed through ancient black lava fields, and it has hosted both PGA Tour and LPGA events — a rare thing for a course of its age and an indication of how the resort is positioned. A wellness facility, a large pickleball complex with a championship show court, several restaurants and multiple lodging collections sit alongside it.
How it works
Tom Weiskopf won the 1973 Open Championship before becoming one of the most respected course architects of his generation; he died in 2022, which makes this his final completed design and the reason it draws attention beyond Utah. Routing a course through lava is genuinely difficult — basalt cannot be shaped like soil, so the holes have to be threaded through what is already there.
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Nearby: Red Mountain Resort, The Inn at Entrada, Capriotti's Sandwich Shop.
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Address
1500 E Black Desert DrIvins, UT 84738
Contact
- Office Phone: 844-237-8824
- Website: https://blackdesertresort.com/
Frequently asked questions
Who designed the golf course?
Tom Weiskopf. He won the 1973 Open Championship before turning to architecture and died in 2022, which makes this his final completed design. The course is routed through ancient black lava fields and has hosted both PGA Tour and LPGA events.
What else is at the resort?
A wellness facility, a large pickleball complex with a championship show court, several restaurants and multiple lodging collections.
Neighborhood
Black Desert Resort is in Ivins.