![]() ![]() Located right in the heart of town, the hustle and bustle of the mill was the biggest industry in town. Throughout the 1940s, 1950s and into the 1960s, the quiet town of Monticello in southeastern Utah was home to a large Uranium mill consuming nearly 100 acres. The story of The Hideout begins with Uranium mining. Through advance cutting of centerlines across the site, the golf architects were able to work with the contractor and governing agencies, such as the Army Corps of Engineers, to work out solutions to sensitive areas of the course that needed to be preserved during construction. Site obstacles involved naturally running springs, wetlands habitats and logging of forested areas. Construction work totaled $2.8 million, which included a fully automatic irrigation system delivering water to 92 acres of turf. Earthmoving involved just 200,000 cubic yards, with holes carefully routed in natural glens and across ridges. 18 is a risk-and-reward par-4 playing nearly 460 yards to a green guarded by a pond and stone wall.Ĭonstruction on The Hiedout Golf Club began in 2000 and continued for 18 months. ![]() 13 and 14 are back-to-back par-5s which team up with the short 15th to allow a chance to get a birdie or two before encountering the climactic and challenging trio of sixteen, seventeen and eighteen. ![]() 4 hole finishes across a dramatic hollow twenty-feet deep previously used to retain water for cattle. Some holes feature elevation drops greater than eighty feet, even on a single shot. The course plays over wooded and rocky hillsides, through pleasant grassy meadows and over and along babbling winding streams. This regulation 6700 yard, 18-hole, par-72 layout is a favorite summer golfing retreat. At 7,000 feet above sea level, this Alpine course takes advantage of rustic vegetation, dramatic elevation changes, amazing vistas and the relaxing setting of quaint Monticello, Utah. Utah’s “hidden gem,” as it has been called, is located in the Four Corners Region of Southern Utah. ![]()
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