Golf Courses
Whether you're a pro seeking a challenging course or just starting to learn the sport, you'll find great places to play golf in the Santa Fe area. The courses often incorporate natural elements of the high desert--sandstone ridges, dramatic rock, deep arroyos and pinon, juniper and other native trees. The majestic mountain vistas that surround you can only inspire your game.
Choose from municipal and privately owned courses that are open to the public. Most golf courses offer individual and group lessons as well as pro shops and restaurants. Golfers appreciate playing in this high desert oasis, where an average of 300 sunny days a year provides ideal conditions.
Read the Rocky Mountain Golf Magazine's blog about playing golf, and finding great places to dine, in Santa Fe.
Accommodations at Quail Run Resort
3101 Old Pecos Trail
Santa Fe, NM 87505
505-986-2257
Santa Fe, NM 87505
505-986-2257
Discover the premier vacation destination in Santa Fe. Quail Run offers luxurious vacation rentals from one bedroom condominiums to lavish four bedroom homes. Our guests have access to a nine hole golf course, complete fitness center with certified personal trainers and exercise classes, spa services, indoor lap pool and tennis programs. The Grille provides a casual atmosphere to enjoy elegant meals in the restaurant's dining room or outdoor patio.
Only minutes away from the plaza. Experience all that we have to offer!
Black Mesa Golf Club
115 State Road 399
Espanola, NM 87532
(505) 747-8946
Espanola, NM 87532
(505) 747-8946
Located approximately 25 miles from downtown Santa Fe.
The environment at Black Mesa is pure, absent of any man-made distractions. As you enter the site, your first glimpse of the course gives you a taste of this vast, dramatic property. The course plays through dramatic sandstone ridges with Black Mesa visible from several locations. Each hole features characteristics that make them both strategic and memorable in its own unique way. The layout showcases distinctive bunkering, native arroyos as hazards, and green contouring in keeping with the scale of the natural landforms.
The environment at Black Mesa is pure, absent of any man-made distractions. As you enter the site, your first glimpse of the course gives you a taste of this vast, dramatic property. The course plays through dramatic sandstone ridges with Black Mesa visible from several locations. Each hole features characteristics that make them both strategic and memorable in its own unique way. The layout showcases distinctive bunkering, native arroyos as hazards, and green contouring in keeping with the scale of the natural landforms.
Marty Sanchez Links de Santa Fe
205 Caja del Rio Rd.
Santa Fe, NM 87506
888-735-4657
(505) 955-4400
Santa Fe, NM 87506
888-735-4657
(505) 955-4400
Located just eight miles west of the downtown Plaza, is New Mexico's only municipal golf course, Marty Sanchez Links de Santa Fe.
The course, built in 1998, is a fusion of desert and links design elements, and is sited to maximize the panoramic views of the four surrounding mountain ranges including the Sangre de Cristos of the Sourthern Rockies, the Jemez,
The course, built in 1998, is a fusion of desert and links design elements, and is sited to maximize the panoramic views of the four surrounding mountain ranges including the Sangre de Cristos of the Sourthern Rockies, the Jemez,
Ortiz and Sandia mountains. Designed by Baxter Spann, this championship course has five sets of tees that make the course challenging yet playable for all skill levels, perfect for beginners, but also a test from the back tees for experts.
The par 3 executive course, called “The Great 28" was named one of Travel & Leisure Golf's "Top Three Big Little Courses in the United States.”
The course is bisected by two high-desert ridges, adding variety to your shots. Fairways are framed by native juniper and pinon trees, and native grasses separate the fairways. The sides of the fairways are bowled to allow errant shots to more easily find the short grass.
The par 3 executive course, called “The Great 28" was named one of Travel & Leisure Golf's "Top Three Big Little Courses in the United States.”
The course is bisected by two high-desert ridges, adding variety to your shots. Fairways are framed by native juniper and pinon trees, and native grasses separate the fairways. The sides of the fairways are bowled to allow errant shots to more easily find the short grass.
Paa-Ko Ridge Golf Club
1 Clubhouse Drive
Sandia Park, NM 87407
(505) 281-6000
Sandia Park, NM 87407
(505) 281-6000
This 18 hole privately owned public golf course designed by award-winning architect, Ken Dye, with an additional 9 holes currently under construction. The course is situated on the east side of the Sandia Mountains, at elevations ranging from 6,500 to 7,000 feet, surrounded by the mountainous terrain and vegetation of the New Mexican high desert. The layout of the course features landing areas and greens separated by arroyos, native vegetation, and rock outcroppings. Each hole in the upscale course has five sets of tees allowing play from 5,702 to 7,562 yards, and many of the holes play downhill through ponderosa, piñon and juniper.
Pueblo de Cochiti Golf Course
5200 Cochiti Hwy
Cochiti Lake, NM
(505) 465-2239
Cochiti Lake, NM
(505) 465-2239
This course sits at the foothills of the Jemez Mountains and is probably one of the most scenic courses in the Southwest. It is a spectacular high desert design that is carved delicately into the natural landscape and surrounded by cedars, piñons and ponderosa pines. No structures are built on the course and no homes or busy roads are nearby. Elk are seen in the wintertime coming down from upper elevations to feed on the greens. The front nine is walkable, but the back nine is hilly and makes for a workout, especially at the course's 6,000-foot elevation. Thanks to the elevation, however, it is possible to reach hole #17, a 503-yard, par 5, in two with a mid-iron. The downhill putts can be treacherous on the fast, undulating greens.
Santa Fe Country Club
Airport Rd
Santa Fe, NM 87507
(505) 471-0601
Santa Fe, NM 87507
(505) 471-0601
The Santa Fe Country Club is synonymous with golf in Santa Fe. Now Open to public play our Par 72, Championship Golf Course invites players of all skill levels to enjoy our fabulous New Mexico climate and legendary Southwestern hospitality. The Santa Fe Country Club is a tourist friendly golf course, where visitors always pay the same as locals.
The Club at Las Campanas
132 Clubhouse Drive
Santa Fe, NM 87507
505-995-3500
Santa Fe, NM 87507
505-995-3500
Nestled at the foot of the stunning Sangre de Cristo Mountains, The Club at Las Campanas offers a truly unique setting in which to enjoy an ideal life in Santa Fe. The Club at Las Campanas opened in 1991, and is the only full-service private club in northern New Mexico—with exquisite club amenities just six miles from the cultural mecca of downtown Santa Fe including two Signature Nicklaus Golf Courses,
a Fitness & Tennis Center and world-class equestrian center.
Towa Golf Resort
40 Buffalo Thunder Trail
Santa Fe, NM 87506
(505) 455-9000
Santa Fe, NM 87506
(505) 455-9000
Located just 12 scenic miles north of Santa Fe on Highway 84/285, at the new Buffalo Thunder Resort in the heart of beautiful Northern New Mexico. Towa offers challenging golf, amazing southwestern vistas and first-rate service. Twenty-seven of the 36 holes, designed by Hale Irwin and William Phillips, are now open for your enjoyment and golfing pleasure. A first class Clubhouse and Golf Shop features a full service restaurant and bar complete with meeting facilities.
