rbjazzman

The course has gone downhill the last few years. First of all, the COVID SPAMDEMIC is over! Where are the ball washers at the tee boxes! Some of the sand traps only have one rake. There's water fountains at several areas BUT, only a few are turned on! The marshals work in exchange for play time but THEY DO NOTHING! The marshals I've interacted with have VERY BAD ATTITUDES! The course use to carry water in a LARGE IGLOO COOLER for free and I must say this was a HUGE BONUS for people on medication that makes them thirstier than most people. I consider the lack of working water fountains a HEALTH HAZARD! The course will learn the hard way about these simple things.

It's been several years since I played this course and will not be going back. The rough in many areas is unplayable. The fairways have MANY bare spots as well as the greens. I hit several really good drives and never found my ball. Never lost so many balls. They need to spend some money on this course.

I would have rated this course 5 stars but I'm very concerned about the LACK OF DRINKING WATER out on the course! They want you to buy water and BUY ICE! The state of New Mexico is still under the thumb of its LIBERAL/LEFT WING Governor who is keeping some of the draconian China Flu regs in place...i.e. no water on the course. So, if you plan to come out and play this beautiful golf course, BRING PLENTY OF DRINKING WATER!

Overall this is a fine facility. Beautiful course with challenging greens. I especially appreciated the staff friendliness. I would have given 5 stars had it not been for Dennis, the general manager. He seemed rude, agitated at the process of utilizing GolfNow for my scheduling tee times. This was my third round of golf this week and the other pro shop attendees were quite friendly. Dennis attempted to over charge us for the round. I ended up paying the GolfNow price but in the end was left with a sour taste for Pinetop Lakes Country Club. I hope Dennis reads this.

The course was soggy. Too many leaks in the irrigation.

This is my go to course when I play. Pace of play could be improved by a few more players letting faster players play through. Grounds are well kept. My only problem with this course is the lost and found. I've lost several range finders that were never turned in or were lifted by cart cleaners before I could get back there to look.

The staff at NMSU continues to give me reasons NOT to play here. We arrived on time for our tee time and were told we could start on #1. We proceed to the #1 tee box and found there were no scare cards on the cart or in the box used to store them. We returned to the club house to get a card and pencil only to be told by another starter..a RUDE man, that we are going to start on #10! I told him we were already at #1 and came back because no one put scare cards anywhere to be found! Now we look over to #10 and there is a log jam starting in front of us. Plus he put a walker in our group which slowed things up even more. PLUS, we had to play in the sprinklers for the first 3 holes since the grounds keeper would not turn them off as we came through! Play here with patience...you'll be tested by the rude employees. The positive take away is that they always have cute and very friendly beverage cart girls at NMSU! Try to hold your tongue when it comes to the over-baring staff.

Course in poor shape and owner needs to find another business that doesn't require dealing with the public. This guy runs off potential members...literally! Save your time and money and play the beautiful courses 40 minutes away in Branson!