ABOUT HIDDEN VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB GOLF COURSE IN DRAPER, UTAH

Hidden Valley Country Club began in 1957 when Fort Douglas Country Club purchased 284 acres of land at the current Sandy location to replace their golf course that was located on the campus of the University of Utah. The purchase price for the 284 acres, 282 shares of Little Willow Irrigation and 115 shares of the Draper Irrigation was $337,000.

Since the Fort Douglas golf course was on public land and could not be held privately, the University began operating the golf course in 1959; which is the same year Hidden Valley opened the original 18-hole golf course designed by the renowned architect William Bell, Jr. from Pasadena, California. In 1957, a letter was mailed to the members of Fort Douglas, wherein Mr. Bell stated that the Sandy location was well suited for a golf course and the area should produce a high class residential neighborhood.

In 1977 Hidden Valley sold 50 acres of what it considered surplus land. That land is now the development which runs parallel to 17th East in Sandy, on the west side of the golf course. In 1979 the Club decided to construct an additional nine holes of golf for approximately $441,000. Local golf course architect William Neff was hired for the design work and in the spring of 1980 the additional nine holes were open for play. Today, those additional golf holes are referred to as the Mountain Nine and have some of the most scenic golf holes in the Salt Lake Valley.

In 1997 the equity members of the Fort Douglas / Hidden Valley Country Club voted to sell the Fort Douglas Clubhouse to the James L. White Jewish Community Center. The proceeds from the sale were allocated for the construction of a new Clubhouse which was erected at the current Hidden Valley site. The construction of the 44,000 square foot facility began in the spring of 2000 and was completed in the summer of 2001 at a cost of approximately $6.5 million.

Hidden Valley was selected as the #1 rated golf course in Utah, for 2001-2002 and consistently places in the top 10 year after year.