Tiger Woods reveals plans for new 8,000-yard course in Utah, which includes a 700-yard par 5 and a nearly 300-yard par 3 (!)

Tiger Woods’ course design firm, TGR, announced its newest project, an 18-hole course dubbed Marcella Club, to be built on a new alpine ski resort in Park City, Utah. It would mark Tiger’s fourth 18-hole original design and his first routed through the mountains.

An early rendering indicates the par-72 layout will measure over 8,000 yards from the back tees—including a par 5 (the 10th) that could be stretched to over 700 yards and a par 3 (15th) that tips out at 292 yards. Each par 5 would measure more than 600 yards. Of course, Park City sits at 7,000 feet above sea level, so the holes won’t nearly play that long. There are also a few par 4s that will play less than 400 yards from the championship tees, plus a par 3 that will max out at 150 yards.

“I couldn’t be more excited to be partnering with Marcella Club to design and create a new championship golf course just outside Park City,” Tiger said in a press release. “Utah is an incredible place, with favorable year-round weather that offers opportunities to be active outdoors throughout all four seasons—golfing, skiing, biking, hiking, and fishing—the list goes on and on. I’m thrilled to be designing a course in such a special location; this new course is uniquely beautiful and will offer engaging play for every ability.”

The course will be part of 36 holes to be shared by Marcella Mountain and Marcella at Jordanelle Ridge with private homesites available for purchase at each. Ski-in, Ski-out access to Deer Valley, former host of the Winter Olympics, will be available from the development. The company says this will be North America’s first world-class alpine village to be developed since 1981.

Construction on Marcella Club is scheduled to start Summer 2024, and the development will announce the designer of the second 18-hole course at a later date. 

Tiger’s previous 18-hole courses include Bluejack National, ranked 124th on Golf Digest’s Second 100 Greatest rankings, Payne’s Valley, ranked as Golf Digest's Best New Public course in 2021, and El Cardonal at Diamante in Mexico. His design team also has short courses opened at The Hay at Pebble Beach, The Playground at Jack’s Bay in the Bahamas and short courses at Diamante.