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Teeing Off 2025 at the Coral Canyon Amateur
As Coral Canyon Golf Course in Washington, Utah, begins its 25-year anniversary celebrations, the 2025 Coral Canyon Amateur provided a fitting start to the new Utah amateur golf tournament season. Held January 3-4 under sunny skies but with cold wind gusts the 36-hole event launched new opportunities for players to earn Utah Golf Association Player Performance Rankings (PPR) points. It also crowned the season’s first champion: BYU sophomore Peter Kim.
Kim opened the tournament with a (-7) 65, nearly birdieing half the holes on Coral Canyon’s fast greens and challenging layout. Kim said, “I was most happy about just getting back out and playing in a tournament, keeping my card clean and just have some fun playing well.”
Kim’s impressive form continued in the final round. Battling challenging hole locations, he carded a (-3) 69 to finish at (-10) 134 for the tournament. His four-shot victory over Corner Canyon High’s Ben Wilson set a high standard for the 2025 season. “The key to playing well this weekend was mainly my driving,” Kim explained. “I hit it well off the tee and put myself in a lot of places to score.”
Kim’s win marks a promising start to the year. “It feels great to start the year off with a win, and hopefully it’s the start of many more this year!”