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A New Clubhouse Get the Most
FOR DIXIE RED HILLS IN ST. GEORGE
Out of Your Clubs
ixie Red Hills Golf Course, St. George, Utah’s, oldest golf TIPS FROM PGA TOUR SUPERSTORE
course, now has the newest clubhouse in the area.
D “It’s very nice and overlooks the sixth green,” says Colby GUEST COLUMN BY ADAM GUEVARA, TOURNAMENTS AND EVENT
Cowan, Director of Golf for St. George City Golf. “It’s got nice ambience, MARKETING MANAGER AT PGA TOUR SUPERSTORE, LAS VEGAS
nice views and it’s visually much better. It’s a great design.”
The new clubhouse has a pro-shop/retail space of 1,110 square feet he most common service at our store is club regripping and
with a cart barn that is 2,100 square feet. Dixie Red Hills, a 9-hole layout, is essential for anyone who plays frequently or has inherited
is one of four courses owned and operated by the City of St. George. It Tan older set of clubs. Think of them like car tires. As the tires
had the oldest clubhouse in the city as the previous one had been in are the contact patch between the road, the car, and the driver, the grips
existence since the course opened in 1965. The layout is a par-34, 2,733- are the contact patch between the club and the player. Fresh grips will
yard design and sits beautifully at the base of a red rock mountain. It’s a provide better feedback to the player’s hands as well as allow them to
favorite of the St. George locals, especially those who still enjoy walking maintain the proper light grip pressure and still control the club. Addi-
a course when they play. tionally getting properly fit for grips can improve performance as well.
An impressive hole on this design is the 516-yard, par-5 third hole. Not everyone has the same size hands nor should everyone use the same
How aggressive do you want to be off the tee? The design resembles a size standard grip. We have a plethora of grips to choose from, and our
reverse ‘C’ and a sweeping draw (or hook) off the tee can certainly give club technicians can help you find the right one for you.
players the chance to get home in two and set up a possible eagle putt. The next important club service is loft and lie. Keeping with the car
The new clubhouse was designed by Jeff Mathis with MRW Design analogy, this is like getting an alignment. Every club ships from the man-
in St. George. “They have done a great job and provided us with a very ufacture with a set loft (angle of clubface measured from vertical) and
manageable space and created a beautiful building for Dixie Red Hills,” lie (angle of club shaft measured from horizontal). Again, our club tech-
Cowan says. nicians can help you determine the right loft and lie angles to suit your
swing so that you set up to the ball correctly and can deliver the club
www.stgeorgecitygolf.com accurately back to the ball. Taller players, or those with shorter arms,
may need a more upright lie angle while the inverse is true for those
of shorter stature or with longer arms. Most clubs can be bent within a
few degrees to fit you instead of resorting to more drastic measures like
cutting down a shaft or adding extenders, which typically cost more and
more drastically alter club performance.
Occasionally more serious repairs are needed. During a round, a
friend of mine broke his 8-iron shaft on a particularly heavy shot. The
club broke in half. The PGA TOUR Superstore was able to replace the
shaft and save the grip from the broken club for just a few dollars and
get it back to him the next day. This is common with graphite clubs too.
Plenty of times club heads have come off because the glue failed or for
some other defect. Rather than spend several hundred dollars on a new
driver, these parts can be put back together better than new for the price
of labor and glue.
For the serious enthusiast or the most persnickety player, our techni-
cians can fully customize your clubs with the right shafts, grips, loft and
lies to fit your specifications. Just a like a suit that fits good off the rack,
things are always better when they are tailored just for you.

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