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Getting To Know: Coral Canyon Golf Course

An Insightful Interview With Marco Leoni, 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 Marco Leoni 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
Welcome to Coral Canyon Golf Course, set amidst the beauty and splendor of southwestern Utah. Designed by golf course architect Keith Foster, Coral Canyon Golf Course provides a rare opportunity for you to enjoy luxurious golf at the doorway to some of the world's most famed natural wonders.

Located in what many call "Color Country" in St. George, Utah, Coral Canyon's 7,200-yard, par-72 layout provides breathtaking views of Bryce Canyon's snow-capped pink spires in the winter and Zion National Park's green springtime bloom.

If Someone Was Looking To Golf In The Area, Why Should They Play Your Course?
Coral Canyon features 18 different cut and designed holes by Keith Foster. You will never get bored playing any of our holes with them all having beautiful views of Zions National Park or Pine Valley Mountain in the backdrop.

What Tips or Local Knowledge Would You Provide To Help Them Score Better At Your Course?
Best tip for our golf course or any for that fact is to play to your strong point. Coral Canyon Golf Course makes you think about what club selection will make for an easier approach to the green. From your initial tee shot till you reach the green its sometimes best to lay up to keep the ball in play and allow you to make more birdies than bogeys.

What Is The Signature, Most Talked About, or Most Photographed Hole?
Our signature hole is #6, a par 3 with distances from 100 yards up to 180 yards depending on tee locations and if we have the pin in one of our tournament pin locations. It has large dessert rocks protecting the back side along with hitting over a canyon off the tee shot with no bail-out opportunity for a miss hit.

What Is Your Favorite Hole? Any Tips to Play It?
My favorite holes is #16. During the winter months you get a beautiful view of Pine Valley Mountain covered with snow due to the elevation it sits at. Its a total Risk Reward hole for those that can reach this Par 5 in two with hazard on the left side and 3 large bunkers protecting the front of this elevated green.

Must Have Dish or Drink after the round at the 19th Hole?
Nothing beats our locally-famous Cheeseburger with beer battered thick french fries. And you must wash it down with one of six draft beers while discussing that one great shot you had that almost went in for a Hole - In One!


Back Tee Stats
Par: 72
Yardage: 7200
Slope: 136
Rating: 74.2

More Information
Coral Canyon Golf Course
1925 N Canyon Greens Dr
Washington, UT, 84780
435-688-1700
www.coralcanyongolf.com


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About: Brian Weis


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.



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