Black Mesa Golf Club
Española, New Mexico · 18 holes · par 72 · Public. Designed by Baxter Spann, opened 2003.
A caddie's yardage book for every hole: plays-like distance from USGS lidar elevation, reach and carry numbers for every bunker and water hazard, green front, middle and back, which way each green falls, and the lay-up zone on par 5s. Distances are from the back tees along the mapped hole; for a shorter tee, take off the scorecard difference.
Course profile
- At about 5,750 ft the ball carries about 7% farther than at sea level, so a 150-yard shot plays like about 140. Golfers visiting from low elevation should expect to club down.
- Biggest climb: hole 16, where the green sits 40 ft above the tee and plays about 13 yards longer.
- Biggest drop: hole 13, where the green sits 63 ft below the tee and plays about 21 yards shorter.
- 17 greens tilt 2% or more. Each hole below says which side of the hole leaves an uphill putt.
Maps: tee at the bottom, green at the top. The dashed line is the mapped hole; the gold band is the lay-up zone; the arrow on the green points downhill.
Scorecard
| Hole | Par | Hcp | Black | Blue | White | Green | Gold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 7 | 385 | 334 | 300 | 277 | 223 |
| 2 | 4 | 11 | 404 | 364 | 330 | 310 | 269 |
| 3 | 5 | 1 | 603 | 553 | 514 | 503 | 495 |
| 4 | 3 | 13 | 203 | 174 | 163 | 151 | 92 |
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 496 | 447 | 431 | 392 | 360 |
| 6 | 5 | 15 | 565 | 530 | 500 | 466 | 438 |
| 7 | 4 | 17 | 356 | 310 | 292 | 255 | 240 |
| 8 | 3 | 5 | 238 | 213 | 187 | 160 | 130 |
| 9 | 4 | 9 | 440 | 391 | 342 | 317 | 278 |
| 10 | 4 | 6 | 457 | 416 | 397 | 395 | 315 |
| 11 | 3 | 18 | 172 | 172 | 158 | 138 | 100 |
| 12 | 4 | 12 | 403 | 343 | 344 | 319 | 279 |
| 13 | 5 | 8 | 591 | 508 | 494 | 478 | 434 |
| 14 | 4 | 16 | 389 | 328 | 305 | 282 | 239 |
| 15 | 3 | 14 | 216 | 195 | 187 | 177 | 146 |
| 16 | 5 | 4 | 536 | 475 | 473 | 433 | 363 |
| 17 | 4 | 2 | 424 | 422 | 364 | 351 | 343 |
| 18 | 4 | 10 | 429 | 402 | 313 | 313 | 269 |
Tees
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | Male | 7307 | 73.9 | 141 |
| Blue | Male | 6719 | 70.5 | 136 |
| White | Male | 6277 | 68.6 | 130 |
| Green | Male | 5876 | 66.9 | 125 |
| Gold | Female | 5157 | 71.2 | 125 |
Hole 1 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 390+14 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 372 · 385 · 400front · middle · back
- Green size
- 39 × 28yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 37 ydswide at 236
- Green slope
- 5%falls to the front
In play
- Water right: 6 to reach, 124 to carry
- Water across the hole: 81 to reach, 149 to carry
- Bunker left: 310 to reach, 321 to carry
- 2 bunkers across the hole in front of the green: 346 to carry
- Bunker front-right of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 5 yards longer: the green sits 14 ft above the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 273 yards.
- Water crosses the hole: 81 to reach, 144 to carry.
- Water crosses the hole: 88 to reach, 149 to carry.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 37 yards wide at 236 and narrows to 24 at 226.
- The green is guarded on the right by bunkers; miss left.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back to front, about 5%. Finish on the front side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 39 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 2 · Par 4
- Plays like
- 400-12 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 380 · 404 · 422front · middle · back
- Green size
- 44 × 20yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 22 ydswide at 227
- Green slope
- 7%falls to the front-left
In play
- Bunker front of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards shorter: the green sits 12 ft below the tee.
- Dogleg left at about 257 yards.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 22 yards wide at 227.
- Bunkers short of the green; take enough club to carry it.
- The green falls from back-right to front-left, about 7%. Finish on the front-left side of the hole for an uphill putt.
- The green is 44 yards deep: a back pin can play about 3 clubs more than a front pin.
Hole 3 · Par 5
- Plays like
- 607+12 ft
- Green · Black tee
- 592 · 603 · 614front · middle · back
- Green size
- 30 × 39yards deep × wide
- Fairway
- 45 ydswide at 255
- Green slope
- 7%falls to the front-right
In play
- 2 bunkers left: 506 to reach, 530 to carry
- Bunker front-left of the green
- Bunker back-left of the green
Playing notes
- Plays about 4 yards longer: the green sits 12 ft above the tee.
- No hazards mapped in the driving zone (180 to 300 yards).
- The fairway is about 45 yards wide at 255.
- Best lay-up: 100 to 150 yards from the green, where the fairway is about 23 yards wide with no bunkers or water within 16 yards.
- The green is guarded on the left by bunkers; miss right.
- The green falls from back-left to front-right, about 7%. Finish on the front-right side of the hole for an uphill putt.
Holes 4 to 18
4 · Par 35 · Par 46 · Par 57 · Par 48 · Par 39 · Par 410 · Par 411 · Par 312 · Par 413 · Par 514 · Par 415 · Par 316 · Par 517 · Par 418 · Par 4
The rest of this guide has the same caddie detail for every hole:
- 15 plays-like yardages
- 34 hazards with reach and carry
- 14 green slope reads
- 3 par-5 lay-up zones
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Hole maps, hazards and playing notes come from mapped course data and USGS 3DEP elevation (public domain), not a visit. Plays-like numbers use the Skitty caddie's rule of one yard per 3 ft of rise, from the longest tee; altitude uses 1.16% of carry per 1,000 ft. Tees, hazards and conditions change; check with the course before you play. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0) via OpenGolfAPI. Scorecard yardages and ratings as published. See a mistake? Email [email protected].