About this course
Black Mesa in La Mesilla, New Mexico, opened in 2003 and was designed by Baxter Spann. It sits on land of the Santa Clara Pueblo north of Santa Fe, in badlands terrain of ridges, arroyos and black volcanic rock.
The routing works with the natural folds instead of flattening them. Fairways tumble between ridgelines, blind and semi-blind shots appear throughout the round, and the greens sit in natural hollows and shelves. At about 6,500 feet the ball carries, which helps on the longer holes.
It is open to public play, priced well below comparable desert resort golf, and remains one of the more unusual pieces of ground in the state.
Type
Desert
Region
Southwest
Holes
18
Par
72
Yardage
7,307
Established
2003
LooperScore
88.8
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Design & architects
- Baxter Spann, architect
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Courses within 150 miles of Black Mesa Golf Club, by true distance.
Towa Golf Resort - High Course
Pojoaque, NM · 4.5 mi away
Towa Golf Resort is a 27-hole championship course north of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Hale Irwin designed the course, which opened in 1999. It has three nine-hole layouts: Boulder, Pinon, and Valley. The design uses arroyos, rock outcroppings, and views of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Jemez Mountains, and Rio Grande Valley. Fairways are Kentucky bluegrass and ryegrass; greens and tees are bent grass.
Towa Golf Resort - Lakes Course
Pojoaque, NM · 7.5 mi away
Towa Golf Resort sits on the Pueblo of Pojoaque, north of Santa Fe, as part of the Hilton Santa Fe Buffalo Thunder resort. The 27-hole facility offers three nines, and the Lakes routing brings water into play more than its sisters. The holes play against a backdrop of the Sangre de Cristo and Jemez mountains.
Los Alamos Golf Course
Los Alamos, NM · 15 mi away
Los Alamos Golf Course is an 18-hole public course owned by Los Alamos County, New Mexico, built in 1947 by the Atomic Energy Commission and among the oldest 18-hole courses in the state. Set on the Pajarito Plateau at about 7,400 feet elevation beneath the Jemez Mountains, it plays through ponderosa pines and cottonwoods to a par of 72 over roughly 6,800 yards, with sloping fairways and small greens. The course underwent a turf renovation completed in 2024 with a phased reopening through 2026.
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