Golf Courses in Southern NM

Sonoma Ranch Golf Club

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 of…

Rainmakers Golf Club

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. With…

Butterfield Trail Golf Club

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 and…

Silver City Golf Course

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.…

Rio Mimbres Country Club

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…

Painted Dunes Golf Course

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…

Lake Carlsbad Golf Course

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.…

Desert Lakes Golf Course

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,…

Sierra del Rio Golf Course at Turtleback Mountain Resort

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 year-round…

New Mexico State University Golf Course

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 clubhouse…

Inn Of The Mountain Gods

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,…

White Sands Golf Course

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…