Gallery, Dove Mountain golf courses to revert to private status

The glory days of the golf community on Dove Mountain peaked when Tiger Woods won the 2008 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship on the Gallery Golf Club’s south course. The tournament then moved to the rival Ritz-Carlton Golf Club for six seasons. Now the Gallery and the Ritz-Carlton golf facility, named the Dove Mountain Golf Club, are one. The Escalante Golf group of Fort Worth, Texas, has agreed to buy the Gallery’s 36 holes and return it to all-private status; it had recently been operated by Troon Golf. The Dove Mountain course will also revert to private status, with limited availability to guests at The Ritz-Carlton hotel.