Utah's dramatic topography is influenced by the Rocky Mountains' Uinata, and Wasatch Ranges featuring massive mountain peaks and valleys, canyons, lakes, unique rock formations, and vast forested regions. The Basin and Ridge area includes the Great Salt Lake west through the Great Salt Lake Desert to the Bonneville Salt Flats then extending south to "Utah's Dixie" in the lower southwestern corner where the high plateaus and deep canyons and valleys of Bryce Canyon, Cedar Breaks National Monument, and Zion Canyon are located.

Sand Hollow Resort, Entrada at Snow Canyon Country Club, and the Ledges in St. George are the best public access golf courses you can play in the southwest while Valley View, Thanksgiving Point Golf Club, Hobble Creek, and Soldier Hollow are the top golf courses around Salt Lake City/Provo area. This guide to the best public golf courses in Utah finds such hidden gems in unique settings such as the Hideout near the Four Corners, the Moab Golf Club near the Arches National Park, Millsite, and the Palisade State Park Golf Course.