Buzz in the Beehive State as Black Desert Resort welcomes PGA Tour back to Utah: Analysis

The late Tom Weiskopf was never one to mince words inside the ropes and in the broadcast booth, or even when he was surveying land for a new golf course. This was no ordinary land in the southwest corner of Utah — a 600-acre field of black lava amid red rock mountains about 30 miles from Zion National Park. “We were walking the course and he picked up a rock and he handed it to me,” said Patrick Manning, the managing partner of Black Desert Resort.

Buzz in the Beehive State as Black Desert Resort welcomes PGA Tour back to Utah: Analysis

Buzz in the Beehive State as Black Desert Resort welcomes PGA Tour back to Utah: Analysis

Buzz in the Beehive State as Black Desert Resort welcomes PGA Tour back to Utah: Analysis

Buzz in the Beehive State as Black Desert Resort welcomes PGA Tour back to Utah: Analysis

Buzz in the Beehive State as Black Desert Resort welcomes PGA Tour back to Utah: Analysis