Life on the links: golf communities hook multi-generational families.

• Author: King, Heather L.
• Position: Executive Living

Whether you're an executive seeking a more relaxed environment to raise your family or an empty nester looking to slow down and have a place to entertain family, friends and colleagues, Utah offers a variety of golf communities designed to fit your lifestyle.

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Not Your Dad's Golf Community

Red Ledges, a 2,000-acre development located in Heber Valley, is one of the state's newest golfing communities. "The goal from the beginning was to be a premier mountain recreation community," says Todd Cates, vice president and project manager for Red Ledges.

This private development includes the recently opened 18-hole Jack Nicklaus Signature Course, with plans for a nine-hole Nicklaus Design short course, a Cliff Drysdale Tennis Academy and Jim McLean Golf School in the works. Other amenities include an equestrian center and a village center with pools, spa, kid's club, private Deer Valley ski lodge, Adventure Cabin and dining. The design of Red Ledges, explains Cates, "Is making sure that we are providing the lifestyle and the services to the people who want to live in this type of a community."

In Park City, Promontory Club is spread across 7,000 acres with its own herd of elk roaming the property. This private luxury resort community offers championship golf courses designed by Pete Dye and Jack Nicklaus, an equestrian center, a kid's cabin and private ski lodges at Deer Valley and Park City Mountain ski resorts. Tennis, spa and restaurants round out the scalable amenities with build-out plans to include a total of five golf courses and additional clubhouses.

"This is no longer your dad's golf community," Rich Sonntag, managing director at Promontory, explains. "One of the primary focuses of a place like Promontory is having those hooks for the other members of that three-generational family so the son or daughter will bring their families. What we are aiming for is an active, multi-generational lifestyle. This is a family legacy home where the kids and the grandkids are all going to have wonderful memories."

At Your Service

Although the term "golf community" is still an excellent description of what's available at both Red Ledges and Promontory, today's golf communities have found that members are now also seeking opportunities for world-class, year-round activities. Beyond club-provided access to Main Street Park City and three ski resorts, Promontory's Sonntag says, "We have a clubhouse called the Outfitters Cabin that's...