Red Hawk Golf Club

We’ve been playing Red Hawk for years. Compared to 5 years ago the course is in terrible shape. The sand traps are unplayable with weeds/goatheads in them, some with standing water so deep you can’t find your ball (mostly in the green side ones). If you’re going to pride yourself on having a large number of bunkers you need to take care of them. Lots of bare spots in the fairways and some in the rough. With the amount of rain we’ve had the course should look amazing (NMSU and Painted Dunes in EP do). Quite a few weeds around the green side bunkers too. Numerous greens have some dead spots, not sure if it was from cattle on the greens, hail, or players using wedges. Pace of play is unbearably slow most days. Marshals don’t do anything to speed it up. Players don’t seem to care about taking care of the course and are often seen driving their carts in the desert and on the greens. Mask mandate was put in place Friday and on Sunday not even the staff was wearing masks inside, and you know the governor will look for any reason to shut down golf again-let’s not give her one.

While visiting family in El Paso, I was searching for a nice course to play. All the courses in El Paso looked dry and flat so I decided to make the 45 min drive to las cruses and play this course. The reviews I read here in Golfpass.com were really positive so I my expectations were above average.

I arrived just after sunrise as a walk on (single golfer) and had no problem getting started. It was my first time playing playing a desert course. Holy crap I did not expect to have such a hard time. The fairways were pristine. Greens looked good but were really slow (possibly due to morning dew?). The rough was punishing and the layout was challenging but not unbearable.

I would love to play this course again and highly recommend it to anyone in the area. If you have trouble hitting your driver straight I suggest playing chicken stick golf, or be prepared to lose a lot of golf balls.

Great Course. Greens rolled true. Fairways are tight. Overall great experience!! Will return.

2 thumbs up! Need to work on the bar / restaurant.

The monsoon season is really giving this course some much needed rain, however the rough was always tough, but now it's horrendous. Better bring it

Went out about 11:15am and had the whole place to myself! Was great to work on my swing and hit a couple of balls.

Has been watered quite a bit lately--so greens pretty slow.

Fairway roughs are a little long, hard to hit out of and easy to loose your ball if your aren't in the fairway; Sand traps are pretty bad--full of weeds or water; Lots of 2-somes and some should re-evaluate their game and hit from a blue tee vs red (hunting for ball in desert or sand trap often!).

Watching rain clouds move in (beautiful), then suddenly the skies open and dumped on us for over 45 minutes!!

The rough is the roughest in town. Too long and thick.

The course looks fairly simple straightforward until you play it! Well designed greens, you really have to hit the ball in the right area of the pin or you are facing one of those dreaded three parts! My only complaint is all the bunkers are basically unplayable.

They should all be marked ground under repair.

Course is beautiful, but overwatered. Rough is tall, thick & wet. Bunkers are a mess. Greens were recently sanded & brushed (so we were told), but we’re very slow.