Played in late October. Piñon and valley, the Hale Irwin courses. Boulder was closed for repair till next year. The other William Phillips designed nine got ripped out in 2005. I'm Glad the course is there, the course was fun, with some interesting challenges. Runs through the badlands up and down through the sand hills. Piñon hole 1, 3 , and 6 were cool. I would go again when I'm in the right frame of mind. I don't want to knock an obviously struggling business but the conditions are quite bad. Disastrous. I'm not sure what happened, but the fairways are fried and the greens have bare spots. Lots of damage and bare dirt around the greens that give you a bad bounce. The plus is that the course was totally empty in the afternoon, played an 18 in 2 1/2 hours. It's not pretty but still stimulating, obvious good design. Good for match play. I'm a desert dweller so I'm ready to take some scrappy conditions. Twilight price was great. So I'm hoping that the superintendent has a plan to repair the course? I'm fascinated, how did things go so wrong? Irrigation, disease, labor cuts, drought? Present state feels like something you'd find in case study book, or a bottom ten worst conditions list. It looks like they are repairing the bunkers. Hopefully turf is next. I'd love to read an official explanation of what happened and what the plan is to fix. I would visit just to monitor the rehab. Could be a great spot. I'm routing for you Pojoaque!
4 months ago
Cool setting and interesting/fun design... unfortunately the condition of the course was not good. Now, in all fairness we played off season - Early April - but having been on many courses across the country it's very evident that they need to give the superintendent a much bigger budget. That said the staff was nice.
a year ago
They are trying to bring it back. Greens are very nice. Fairways are rough yet. The driving range is off mats right now. Liked the chipping green area.
in the last week
Normally this is 4 star to my standards but an issue I seen that wasn’t per se golf course related but they can do what they want. The front nine looked great the back nine needed a little more maintenance but they had weather issues that may cause them problems. The golf carts ran great plus they have the GPS to help you out. The pro shop had options for what you may want clubs balls outer wear. The staff was great and no issues with that. The issue I seen was with the chef of police which you may or may not run into in the parking lot he accused the driver of the cart I was in going to fast. (How fast does a cart really go). He was very confrontation to the driver of the cart and said “if you don’t like what I’m saying get off this land and never come back”. Placed on that I can’t really recommend this place due to the reservation police being rude and power hungry to be mean to non native people.
a year ago
Update 3/2024 do not golf here. This place is a toilet! No food or beer. The “golf pro” was not friendly at all when we asked about getting some drinks. Bought a membership before the round and was given a refund at the end. I will never play here again. It is evident that management and Hilton do not care. I would be very disappointed if I traveled here for good golf. Greens where green were good, they have not been trimmed or rolled. Fairways are trash see pics.
The course is in terrible shape... I am really appalled that they would charge $69 for 18 holes on this course. It’s my understanding that the course is coming back. Had I traveled with the hopes of playing golf here and saw it today I would have been so mad. Staff was great, super friendly and eager to assist where needed. The municipal courses in Santa Fe are much better. Update 9/2022 course is still in very poor shape. I spent $80 to loose balls just off the fairway in 6-8 foot weeds. Fairways were very patchy the front of greens were the worst with no grass growing. I would play black mesa for this price any day of the week.
2 years ago
