Is Sunbrook's golf course public?

Yes. Sunbrook Golf Club is a 27-hole municipal course owned by the City of St. George and open to public play, comprising The Pointe, Woodbridge, and Black Rock nines. The city notes Golf Digest has twice rated it the best course in Utah.

Does Sunbrook have one HOA?

No. Sunbrook is a collection of many smaller neighborhoods — Woodlands, Bridgewater, French Quarter, and dozens more — each with its own HOA, so structure, dues, and rules vary by sub-neighborhood.

Are HOA dues the same across Sunbrook?

Get the dues for the exact sub-neighborhood, since each has its own HOA and the figures are not comparable across Sunbrook. Confirm what they cover — some include front-yard landscaping and some do not — and treat golf as a separate cost, because the course is municipal and play does not come with the house.

Buying a Home in Sunbrook: A Buyer's Guide

Buying in Sunbrook: 27 city-owned holes on St. George's west side — and why “Sunbrook” is a patchwork of subdivisions rather than one community.

Sunbrook is an established golf-course community on the west side of St. George, wrapped around the city-owned 27-hole Sunbrook Golf Club — a course twice rated the best in Utah by Golf Digest.

The spine: it is a patchwork, not a single community

This is the thing that most affects a purchase here and the thing buyers most often assume wrongly.

Sunbrook is many smaller subdivisions built around the course over time — not one master-planned development with one HOA and one set of rules. The name describes an area and a course, not a single governing body.

Practically:

There is no single "Sunbrook HOA." Dues, rules and what is maintained vary by subdivision. Read the documents for the specific address.
Housing eras and lot sizes differ across the area, so two homes near each other can be different purchases.
Comparable sales must be genuinely comparable — the same subdivision and era, not just the same zip code.

Buyers who understand this shop well here. Buyers who do not are surprised at closing.

The course

27 city-owned holes, publicly playable, with red-rock and water-feature views — and a genuine competitive reputation, having twice been rated the state's best course by Golf Digest.

City ownership matters more than it sounds: a municipal course has a different risk profile from a privately owned one, which can close or change use and take the community's central amenity with it.

The west-side position

Sunbrook sits on the west side, which puts Santa Clara, Ivins and Snow Canyon within easy reach while keeping St. George's services close. It is an established area, so mature landscaping is present — the thing that cannot be bought in a desert.

What to check

Which subdivision, and its HOA — the central local check, as above.

Which of the three nines you back onto, if you are buying golf frontage. Ask the neighbors rather than the listing how often a ball ends up in the yard — they will tell you.

Maintenance timing. Mowing starts early; irrigation runs at night. On frontage this is a daily fact.

The systems. On housing of this age the money is in the air conditioning, the roof and the stucco, so weight the inspection there and look hard for any past water. Test for radon regardless of age.

Water features and drainage. The course's water features are part of the appeal; make sure the specific lot drains away from the house.

Who it suits

Well: golfers who want a genuinely good public course; buyers who want an established west-side position with mature landscaping; anyone happy to research a specific subdivision rather than buy a brand.

Less well: buyers wanting a single coherent master-planned community with one HOA and resort amenities — Coral Canyon and Sand Hollow Resort are that.

Afterwards

Claim the primary residential exemption with the Washington County Assessor once you have closed — it is a form, not an automatic benefit, and it is the single largest lever an owner-occupier has on the annual bill. Utah's property tax structure explains what counts as a primary residence.