Paa-Ko Ridge Golf Club

Spectacular mountain layout cut through a mountainous evergreen forest. Hilly. Many elevated tees and significant elevation changes. Walkable but most people ride. Holes laid out to make players feel they’re playing a single hole cut into the woods. Superb conditions. Great views in all directions. Attentive service. One of 26 courses in the nation rated at the maximum 5 stars by “Golf Digest’s Fodor’s Best Places to Play Guide” in 2008. Ranked No. 28 on GOLF magazine’s “Top 100 You Can Play” list. Rated by the Zagat Golf Guide as one of 25 top-rated courses in the nation and the only one in the Southwest to receive an “extraordinary” rating. No. 3 public course in U.S. in Golf World’s “Reader’s Choice” poll in 2008. Has a third nine, Nos.19-27, so named as to differentiate the original 18. Designed by Ken Dye. 35 minutes east of the Albuquerque airport.