Stonebridge Golf Club: Member Reviews

4415 Links Drive
West Valley, UT 84120 • (801) 957-9000

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Salt Lake City, UT (84120)

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Sunset: 7:45 pm
green Sunrise: 7:22 am

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1. Cheeseburger

Posted: 05/25/18 2:39p
Member Since: Nov 1, 2002
From: Salt Lake City, Utah

Okay, fellow GK'ers. It's "Father Cheeseburger" from Salt Lake City! Spring has officially sprung along the Wasatch Front!

Today it actually felt more like summer. We had a high of 88° F. and it was a little breezy. $45 including the cart at straight up 10 a.m. I went out as a single following another single. He got out in front of me and I never saw him and I never saw anybody behind me for the entire front nine. It was like a giant ghost town. Which is really sad, because the golf course is in outstanding condition!

Stonebridge Golf Course is an interesting place, because there are three nine-hole sides. You never know what you're going to get on any given day. Today, I played the Sunrise 9 to the Sagebrush 9!

Sunrise is the toughest of the three sides. Holes number eight and nine are really brutal. I would hate to have a match on the line coming into those two holes as finishers.

Overall, I would rate the condition of the course as outstanding! We had some thunder showers in the past seven or eight days, so things are really greening up nicely. The greens are quite frankly, spectacular! They hold the ball well. They putt true. My advice to anybody playing Stonebridge is that if you think there's a break, don't play much of one. Most putts from no matter where you are are pretty much straight. Nothing tricky unless it's a green with multiple levels!

The fairways are trimmed even on every hole. Perhaps a little long and needing to be mowed, but that's probably because we had rain just yesterday. The rough on most holes is about 1.5 inches and just long enough that you definitely want to keep your ball in the fairway.

I saw crews out on the course filling divot holes and working on tee boxes. Which is nice. They definitely take good care of Stonebridge. The golf carts are gas powered and plenty powerful to get around and up and down the small moguls and hills around the course.

I played the front side in under 2 hours. Making the turn at the clubhouse to head out to the Sagebrush 9, there was a pretty strong smell. For those of you who live around Southern California, you might recognize the smell is being something like red tide. Or sewer. It seemed to be emanating from the large lake along the left side of hole number one on Sagebrush! It didn't detract from my round of golf. But it really did stink! I'm sure they're doing something about it. The water was about to color of chocolate milk!

The Sagebrush side is not as difficult as Sunrise. There are a couple of short par-4's and the par-3s are only tricky depending on the pin position. The number 9 Hole, or number 18 if you finish on Sagebrush, is a par 5 and It's tricky. There is water to the right of the green and a little bit in front. It's all about the second shot for position!

I didn't see another golfer until I had three holes to play. Like I said, the place was empty. The parking lot was only 25% full. I'm really surprised that it was so empty on the Friday of the Memorial Day weekend!

There are some great public golf courses in the Salt Lake Valley. But I always seem to gravitate back to Stonebridge. For $45, you will definitely get your money's worth. There are Black Championship tees, Blue tees, White tees (My choice...68.7/121), Gold tees, and Red tees. Something for everybody!

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2. mjquick

Posted: 05/19/18 5:54a
Member Since: Feb 19, 2003
From: Salt Like City

This will be my annual review of Stonebridge unless something changes. I walk this course at least three days a week (about 7 miles from clubhouse to clubhouse). I buy an annual pass for $200.00 and t... Continue »

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3. Cheeseburger

Posted: 04/06/18 2:35p
Member Since: Nov 1, 2002
From: Salt Lake City, Utah

We had some really late snows this winter, so it's been a while since anybody's been able to go out and play any of the local golf courses. Stonebridge boasts 3 different 9-hole sides. On Wednesday of... Continue »

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4. mjquick

Posted: 09/22/16 2:15p
Member Since: Feb 19, 2003
From: Salt Like City

This course is in GREAT shape! Anyone that comes to Salt Lake City should play this course. The greens run about 10 to 10.5 smooth and true. I pay $200.00 a year and $8.00 to walk or $16.00 to ride. I... Continue »

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5. mjquick

Posted: 06/13/16 5:47p
Member Since: Feb 19, 2003
From: Salt Like City

First time to play Sunrise nine (27 holes) and just as fun as the other 18 holes. the fairways and the greens on all the nines feel soft under foot. I'm taking pictures and they will be up loaded soon... Continue »

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6. mjquick

Posted: 06/06/16 2:24p
Member Since: Feb 19, 2003
From: Salt Like City

I'm back and I love this course! It's a WALk but so worth it! The fairways and the rough are thick and plush. If you keep your ball in the fairways you get good role but put in in the first cut of the... Continue »

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7. mjquick

Posted: 11/04/14 2:26p
Member Since: Feb 19, 2003
From: Pasadena

Played 10/24/14 and all I can say is if you are in Salt Lake City, PLAY THIS COURSE! It is great fun with three nine holes. Walked front by myself and hooked up with two other singles on the back and ... Continue »

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8. Cheeseburger

Posted: 08/24/14 8:23p
Member Since: Nov 1, 2002
From: Salt Lake City, Utah

Hello, everybody! I have returned from my four years in India and I'm back in the U.S.A. and I am ready to do some serious reviewing here on Greenskeeper.org. I am now living in Utah, so most of my reviews will be for courses in and around the Salt Lake City area. There are a ton of wonderful tracks in the area, and from what I can tell ... the prices are substantially lower than Nevada, California or Arizona!

Today I played in a charity tournament with one of the local car dealers. The round was at Stonebridge GC ... Out on the west side of town, about a 15-minute drive from just about anywhere in the valley. The place has a country club feel about it from the minute you drive in to the parking lot. A beautiful clubhouse...a nice restaurant (far more than just a snack window!) called "The 28th Hole" as Stonebridge has three nines! We played Sunrise and Creekside for today's outing.

The three nines are laid out strangely. There's not one nine here, and one nine over there and the other nine is over there... They sort of intertwine and intermingle all over the property. Thank your lucky stars that the club has made sure that the course is well-signed or you could really get yourself lost out there. I noticed that they have a rate for walkers...but with the exception of Anaheim Hills in Southern California...I don't think I have ever seen a course more "un-walkable"!! I lost track but I believe we used tunnels under red-stone bridges (that's how Stonebridge got its name) five or six times. There's a lot of land out there...and you cover a lot of it no matter which two nines you play!

The course conditions: I have to begin by saying that I must give the fairways here a "perfect" or "immaculate" rating. We have had a fair amount of rain in the last 2-3 weeks and the grass is as green and as lush as any I have seen in my 40+ years of playing golf and certainly my 10+ years as a GK'er. Mowed to perfection, every lie a beautiful lie. I just wish that there were more flat lies!! I don't think I've played a round where I had more uphill, downhill or hanging lies in my life!!! The course is NOT flat and uninteresting.

Quite to the contrary. Stonebridge is a challenging course no matter who you are...a beginner or a PGA pro. From the tips I can tell you that I would not have very much fun. This was my first round since I had hip-replacement surgery in February. I struggled. Keeping your ball on those immaculate fairways is essential if you are going to score well here. Lots of rough, narrow landing-areas, many holes have water-hazards and/or huge waste bunkers. There ARE some good driving holes...but not that many. This course is "target-y" ... had today not been a scramble tourney I would have played from the white-tees and hit a lot of three-woods and hybrids as my tee-shot.

The greens were also almost perfect. The only reason I don't give them the Cheeseburger "immaculate" rating is because I couldn't figure them out. Super fast downhill ... very slow uphill ... although I don't believe that they are Bermuda..there is certainly some grain to contend with. The breaks are fairly easy to read... the ball seems to break to the nearest water...the only times that it's difficult is when you have water in both sides of the green. As I said...there are a LOT of water-hazards out there!

This gem is definitely on my "go back" list...but there seem to be a whole treasure-chest full of gems in the SLC area. I hope to have at least a weekly review before the snow flies and closes everything down in late October/early November. It's good to be back on Greenskeeper.org !!

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