Detailed description of Red Hawk Golf Club
Red Hawk Golf Club is an 18-hole public golf course located in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
The course, designed by Ken Dye, first opened for play in 2011.
Red Hawk Golf Club is has 100 acres of turfed fairways occupy a high desert landscape, with eight of the holes routed around five small lakes. The course is known for its links-like playing conditions and the Organ Mountains that fill the background. The combination of links-style and prairie dune features provides an unparalleled golfing experience for those visiting the Southwest.
Black tees: par-72, 7,523 yards, 74.9 / 133
Gold tees: par-72, 7,173 yards, 73.0 / 129
Red tees: par-72, 6,688 yards, 70.9 / 126
Blue tees: par-72, 6,068 yards, 68.2 / 124(M), 73.4 / 133(W)
White tees: par-72, 5,502 yards, 70.0 / 122
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Guest (cart included), played on Wednesday, April 2019 at 8:00 AM
Day 22 - 100 days, 100 courses (Wednesday, April 3, 2019)
Day 22 took me out of Arizona and into New Mexico and the Red Hawk Golf Club.
When I envisioned what this trip would be like, Red Hawk was what I imagined. Not the course, the people.
The starter was warm and very friendly, giving me the lay of the land and because I was early he was trying to find a good group for me to go out with.
He did that in spades. I played 18 with Ron and Jean (and 9 with Sheila).
Retired school teachers from Canada, they spent 3 months a year down here and the rest of the time in Ottawa. They have been doing this for about 20 years.
They are about 2 weeks away from going back and you can tell they are apprehensive about the cold.
Over the course of 18 holes, we talked about everything. Golf (of course), our kids, New Mexico, sports (hockey, football, baseball, curling even came up). Could have been old friends.
All 3 were good golfers and I have discovered a disturbing trend. Most of the people that I have played with have had at least 1 Hole in One. Ron has had 7!
The golf was good. I started out on fire having 2 pars and a birdie on the first 4 holes, but then the course fought back. I lost 3 balls: 1 rolled off of a turtleback green into a pond, a second was right of the fairway but couldn%u2019t be found and then most frustratingly, on 18 I took a very conservative shot approaching the green to avoid the water. The shot did that, but bounced off of something and took a hard right into the pond. Final score an 88.