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Angel Fire Resort and Country Club, at 8,700 feet above sea level, offers mountain golf with two distinct flavors. The front nine meanders through unspoiled canyons of aspen, spruce and pine; the back nine plays though mountain meadows. Water comes into play on 16 holes. No. 6, the signature hole, features a vertical descent of…

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High desert links design woven through sandstone foothills of Santa Clara Pueblo. Fairways follow the natural flow of the land over ridges and valleys leading to undulating greens situated in box canyons or beneath rocky ridges. Designed by Baxter Spann, Black Mesa is a tough, but fair challenge for golfers of all skill levels with…

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This Par 72 premium daily fee public golf course is named after the historic Butterfield Trail which existed in 1858-1861 as a mail route from Missouri to San Francisco. Highlighted by natural sand dunes, and native flora and fauna. A Tom Fazio design. Butterfield Trail Golf Club features over 55 feet of elevation changes and avails itself to drama and relief with vertical transitions, making each and every hole a “signature hole.”  Ranked No. 3 by Golfweek in 2010 as “Best Municipal Courses” in America.  In 2008, Golf Digest…

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If you like modified desert-links style golf virtually straddling the Continental Divide, tucked beneath scenic Mt. Taylor, the Coyote del Malpais Golf Course in Grants is your cup of tea. Coyote offers 18 holes and 16 lakes at 7,000 feet above sea level. The course is home to USGA qualifiers and a frequent venue for state high-school championships. Designer: William Howard Neff. Nearby attractions include El Morro Monument, containing rock carvings from the 1500s left passing Spanish Conquistadors, the Ice Caves, permanent ice deep underground, and a mining museum that…

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Desert Lakes, a public facility at the base of the Sacramento Mountains, features four sets of tees. The front nine is a tree-lined, parkland-style layout that highlights large greens with subtle undulations. The back nine, “the desert nine,” is cut out of Sonoran desert. Water hazards come into play on 11 of 18 holes. Alamogordo offers a year-round playing season, with summer highs in the 90s and moderate weather all winter long. Desert Lakes specializes in golf outings. Nearby are the towering gypsum sand dunes of White Sands National Monument,…

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This Ted Robinson parkland design rises and falls across dramatic alpine terrain. Towering pines frame fairways and offer idyllic views of 11,973-foot Mt. Sierra Blanca. Tough but fair greens. Superb conditions. 7,000 feet above sea level. Recently lengthened to accommodate the New Mexico Open and Adams Tight Lies events. No. 7 on Golf Digest’s Top 10 in New Mexico. Operated by the Mescalero Apache tribe as part of the Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort & Casino. 273-room hotel on-site. Horseback riding and big-game hunting. Nearby Ruidoso offers restaurants, shops,…

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“Lush” best describes this rolling course with plenty of mounding. The contrast between pristine, well-maintained fairways and dense rough reminds you why you’re supposed to keep the ball in the short grass. Modified parkland. Plenty of mounds in fairways and rough, with fair but testy multi-tiered greens. Deep bluegrass rough and dense native vegetation off…

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Lake Carlsbad’s 18-hole regulation course runs through the hills east of the Pecos River and features tight fairways and plenty of changes in elevation that make it a challenging experience for players of all abilities. Panoramic views helped earn it a ranking as one of the Best Courses in Southeast New Mexico. The world-famous Carlsbad Caverns National Park is nearby.

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This picturesque course, located southwest of the renowned Santa Fe Plaza, is set against the stunning backdrop of three mountain ranges. Pinons and junipers bordering turfed areas frame most holes. Fairways favor accurate placement off the tee to avoid approach carries over large greenside bunkers. Greens are a stern test, but uniformly fair. Links…

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Just north of the intersection of Interstates 10 and 25, the 18-hole NMSU Golf Course is framed by the majestic Organ Mountains to the east and the Mesilla Valley to the west. NMSU’s easily walkable Floyd Farley design, a modified-parkland layout, melds both desert and parkland features. Home to the NMSU Men’s and Women’s Golf Teams and a hub of campus activity, the NMSU Golf Course has played host to three NCAA National Golf Championships. Alumni include PGA Tour members Rich Beem, Bart Bryant and Tom Byrum. The 15,000-square-foot…

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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…

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Designed by architects Ken Dye and Jeffrey Brauer, Painted Dunes has garnered accolades from Golf Digest, Texas Golfer, the USGA and the Dallas Morning News as one of the premier golf facilities in Texas and the Southwest. Undulating greens and rolling hills put a premium on shot-making and putting. The championship layout rewards individuals who can manage their golf game around penalties that await the overly aggressive player. Carved out of the Chihuahuan Desert, the East, West and North courses sit in the foothills of the Franklin Mountains. Plenty of…

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Pendaries, called “the sweetest little golf course in New Mexico,” is a mountain parkland course set amid ponderosa pines with terrific views of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. There’s not a single bunker on the course. At 7,500 feet above sea level, Pendaries is a cool getaway May through October. Good practice range. Has conference facilities perfect for church and business groups. On-site lodge with 18 rooms, saloon and restaurant. Condos and town homes also available. RV park nearby. 90 minutes northeast of Santa Fe.

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Rainmakers represents a rare opportunity for you and your family to enjoy all the natural beauty and recreational possibilities Ruidoso, New Mexico has to offer in an exceptional championship golf club community. The heart of the Club is the golf masterpiece created by Robert Trent Jones II, one of the most celebrated golf course designers in the world. Each hole presents a unique contrast of flowing fairways and rolling greens in world class conditions with meandering arroyos and natural rock outcroppings that frame the player’s journey around the course.…

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The Raton Municipal Golf Course is a 9-hole course nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains with gorgeous view of majestic New Mexico mesas. Play within sight of wildlife, including deer, wild turkey and an occasional red fox. This parkland-style course is fun and challenging. Several fairways provide the long-distance bomber an opportunity to blast away, but be sure to bring your short game to score. Tee-times generally not required. Beginners welcome. A cool respite during summer heat. Just off Interstate 25 at the Colorado border.

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Nestled between Cook’s Peak and the Florida Mountains, Rio Mimbres Country Club is named for the former residents of the area, the Mimbres Indians, who between 850 and 1150 A.D. made astonishingly beautiful pottery – before they mysteriously disappeared. The course features Bermuda-grass fairways winding through native desert and some of the best-kept greens in the Southwest. The course has moderate elevation changes and is easily walked. Its adobe-style restaurant offers an ideal spot to relax after a round. Rio Mimbres is a semi-private course convenient to Interstate 10 and…

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The desert-style resort golf course was designed by Scott Miller. Friendly, expansive fairways make tee shots less of a concern than your approach. Fairway bunkers come into play from all tee complexes. Each hole gives the illusion of offering far less landing area than is actually available. Transition areas of decomposed granite and sparse…

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Modified desert links on rolling terrain near the Rio Grande. Heavy native desert vegetation bordering each hole, some forced carries. Friendly mounding directs off-center shots back to the fairway. Challenging greens require you to be below the hole. Daily-fee course allows unlimited replays. Rated among the best women-friendly courses in the nation by Golf…

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Sierra del Rio is New Mexico’s newest golf course, winding through gentle folds in the native desert terrain, with four ponds and lakes and 89 sculpted bunkers. Part of the larger Turtleback Mountain Resort, Sierra del Rio offers a country-club experience for the daily-fee golfer. True desert-links layout designed by Dick Phelps. Gradual elevation changes across 150 to 200 feet make the course easily walkable. Five teeing grounds on each hole, and several have six. Sierra del Rio is just off Interstate 25 in Elephant Butte. Mild weather encourages…

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Silver City Golf Course surprises visitors with a tree-lined delightful parkland layout running along lush creek bottomland several miles from Downtown Silver City, a mining boom town during the 1890s and still has plenty of Victorian architecture in evidence. Although the course is relatively short, it takes discipline and good course management to score well. Silver City is the home course of Western New Mexico University’s golf teams. Good practice facilities. Tough greens. Easily walkable. Convenient to plenty of affordable lodging, antiquing and shopping.

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This championship golf course is eloquently laid out by world renowned architect Cal Olsen. Sonoma Ranch is delicately carved out of the southwest terrain. The golf course quietly rests above Mesilla Valley while the Organ Mountains loom just to the east of the golf community.  Sonoma Ranch was voted the #1 Golf Course in Southern New Mexico,  and it won a best new course nomination from Golf Digest in 2000 and holds a 3 ½ out of 4 star ranking in it’s Places to Play List.  After your round…

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Designed by Jep Wille, Taos Country Club’s modified desert links design has hosted top state professional and amateur championships. The course winds through sagebrush against the spectacular high-desert backdrop of North New Mexico and Wheeler Peak, New Mexico’s highest mountain. Taos is renowned for its spectacular sunsets.
Bent-grass greens, blue-grass fairways and fescue rough are bordered by knee-high sage and junipers. Practice facilities include 17,000 square feet of putting and chipping greens. Multiple tees accommodate all levels of golfers. The club’s restaurant and bar serve a variety of cuisines…

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Towa Golf Resort is a modified desert links course that runs along a ridge overlooking the Pojoaque Valley north of Santa Fe. Studded with boulders, piñons and Cholla cactus, Towa features expansive views of New Mexico’s spectacular high-desert landscape. TravelGolf.com describes Towa as having “all the ingredients for stardom in New Mexico.” Terrific views…

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Desert links course and fancier sister course to Santa Ana Golf Club. Broad resort-style landing areas. Superb conditioning. Hosted the Trans National, the nation’s oldest women’s amateur golf event, the New Mexico Open, and the 2003 PGA of America’s PGA Professional National Championship. Venue for the 2008 Southwestern Amateur and the 2009 PGA Professional…

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The UNM Championship Golf Course, a modified parkland design by Red Lawrence, is hilly but walkable, although it can be a real test for anyone with a heavy bag. Huge multi-tiered greens, some 50 yards deep, mean getting on in regulation may not be enough. Ranked among the Top 10 collegiate courses in America…

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White Sands is one of the best-kept secrets in the Southwest. PGA Tour pro Rich Beem holds the course record at 63. With 11 holes and 18 teeboxes, players use multiple tees and swap out two holes on each nine to play an 18-hole course. Rated “The Best Nine Holes” in the Sun Country PGA Section. Fast greens. Good practices facilities. On White Sands Missile Range, a military base, but open to the public. Proof of insurance and vehicle registration required. Closed Monday. Allow extra time for base entry. 20…