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    Black Mesa Golf Club

    Espanola, NM Public

    Overview

    Black Mesa is back in our ranking of America's 100 Greatest Public Courses for the first time since 2014. Though located not far from the town of Española, there is no development on or near the vast, high desert property. The Baxter Spann design feels worlds away, flowing through a Martian landscape of buttes, sagebrush dotted ridges and dry arroyos. If the idea of hitting shots through canyons, along bluffs and over rock outcroppings to blind targets isn’t enticing enough, the weekday green fee of $79 should be.

    About

    Holes 18
    Length 7307
    Slope 137
    Price $89
    Facility Type Public
    Year Opened 2003
    Designer Baxter Spann

    Awards

    100 Greatest Public
    Best Courses in Every State

    Ranking history:

    100 Greatest Public: Ranked from 2007-2014, 2023-'24.
    Highest ranking: 44th, 2007-2008.

    Previous ranking: Not ranked 2015-'22.

    Current ranking: 95th

    Best in State: Ranked in Top 5 in New Mexico from 2005-2016 & since 2019; Top 10 in 2017-2018.
    2023-'24 ranking (and previous): 4th.

    Golf Digest Logo Panelists

    Ratings from our panel of 1,900 course-ranking panelists

    4.6

    100 GREATEST/BEST IN STATE SCORES

    Shot Options
    6.9241
    Character
    6.761
    Challenge
    7.1453
    Layout Variety
    7.1413
    Fun
    6.8493
    Aesthetics
    6.9947
    Conditioning
    6.3322

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