New Mexico State University Golf Course

About New Mexico State University Golf Course

NMSU is a parkland course in the high desert, not a target-golf layout. Floyd Farley designed it and it opened in December 1963, and the pines and oaks planted since have grown in and narrowed the fairways. The greens are small to mid-sized bentgrass. It's a par 72 with four sets of tees, and the par 3s carry a lot of the weight: the 2nd plays 216 yards and the 17th 225. The 11th is the one with the view, a downhill 197-yarder with the city, the Mesilla Valley and campus behind the green. The hardest holes are long par 4s like the 451-yard 7th, but the 8th and 12th are par 5s long hitters can reach in two.

It has a real golf pedigree. The course has hosted three NCAA national championships plus WAC tournaments and USGA qualifiers, and Golf Digest named it the second-best public course in New Mexico in 1996. Rich Beem, Bart and Brad Bryant and Tom Byrum all learned the game here before the PGA Tour. It's home to the Aggies' golf teams and the university's PGA Golf Management students, and it doubles as the cross-country course that hosted the 2017 WAC championship. The patio looks at the Organ Mountains and A Mountain.

It's one of 7 courses Yoink watches in the Las Cruces & Southern New Mexico area, and the closest alternative is Sonoma Ranch Golf Course, about 4 miles away — handy when your first choice is booked solid.

Booking a tee time at New Mexico State University Golf Course

Tee times open 7 days ahead, online or through the pro shop; groups of 24 or more can book further out. Walk-ins are taken from 30 minutes before the first tee time. The course is open to the public seven days a week, year-round. 2026 rates for 18 are $55 with a cart and $37 walking on weekdays, $65 and $47 on weekends, with sundown rates from 4 p.m. and lower rates for NMSU faculty, staff and students.

How to get a tee time at New Mexico State University Golf Course