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Las Cruces Golf
LAS CRUCES, NM - Nestled in warm southern New Mexico, Las Cruces is home to exciting championship style golf at amateur prices, adding one more way to enjoy our 350 days of sunshine a year.
Local courses take advantage of many desert characteristics, forcing golfers to steer clear of tricky desert brush and unforgiving desert rough. At almost 4,000 feet above sea level, golf balls travel farther, sometimes bringing into play unexpected obstacles that can require some creative shot making.
Sonoma Ranch Golf Course is southern New Mexico’s newest public golf course. The18-hole par 72 layout challenges golfers with fairways and greens that blend seamlessly with the natural desert landscape, and the rugged peaks of the Organ Mountains provide a breathtaking backdrop to the course. Sonoma Ranch includes a full service restaurant and practice facility. The course was also nominated for “Best New Course” in 2000 by Golf Digest.
Las Cruces’ longest course is New Mexico State University Golf Course. Measuring in at over 7,000 yards (from the blue tees) this 18-hole course takes golfers on a scenic journey of challenging greens and fairways, framed by roughs of native desert landscape. As the only university in New Mexico and one of the few in the nation to offer the Professional Golf Management program (PGM), NMSU is also one of the most challenging public courses in the state. Views of the Organ Mountains and plush Mesilla Valley cap off every round. In addition to practice facilities, there is a pro shop, snack bar and traveling beverage cart. The course is also home to the NMSU Aggie men’s & women’s golf teams, and has hosted three NCAA Championships as well as numerous high school and regional championships.
The oldest course in the city is the Las Cruces Country Club course built in 1928. The semi-private course offers 18 holes of competitive golf on bent-grass fairways and greens. The club offers auxiliary memberships and features a full service restaurant, pro shop and practice facilities.
Picacho Hills Country Club is the only private membership course in the city and offers a reciprocal agreements with others clubs. The 18-hole par 72 layout was built in 1978 and features bent-grass tees and greens, and bluegrass fairways. The desert style course is located on the cities’ west side, only minutes from downtown Las Cruces. The private club also has practice facilities, tennis courts, a swimming pool and full-service clubhouse with restaurant.
In addition to the fine courses Las Cruces has to offer, there are several courses located only a short distance away. Dos Lagos Golf Course, Santa Teresa Country Club & Golf Course and Anthony Country Club Golf Course are all about 30 minutes south of Las Cruces.
Desert Lakes Golf Course is a public course in Alamogordo, N.M., about an hour east of Las Cruces. And about 30 minutes east of Alamogordo is the Lodge at Cloudcroft Golf Course in Cloudcroft, N.M. This nine-hole public mountain course is only open April through November.
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