Paa-Ko Ridge Golf Club is a Public, 27 hole golf course facility in Sandia Park, New Mexico.
Paa-Ko Ridge Golf Club first opened for play in 2000. The course was designed by Kenneth Dye, Jr. Paa-ko Ridge added a 3rd, named Nos. 19-27 to preserve the identity of the award-winning original 18, opened in 2006. The 3rd nine was also designed by Kenneth Dye, Jr.
The course consistently ranks in the Top 50 of both Golf Digest’s and Golf magazine’s “Top 100 Courses You Can Play.”
This 27-hole public golf course is situated on the east side of the Sandia Mountains, at elevations ranging from 6,500 to 7,000 feet. The course is named after the Anasazi Pueblo Indian ruins nearby and is a mountain style of design. The layout of the course features landing areas and greens separated by arroyos, native vegetation, and rock outcroppings. Many of the holes play downhill through ponderosa, pinon, and juniper.%u200B
Each hole on the upscale course has five sets of tees allowing play from 5,702 to 7,562 yards.
Tournament Tees: 7,562, course rating 75.2, slope rating 138.
Championship Tees: 7,195, course rating 73.1, slope rating 134.
Middle Tees: 6,707, course rating 70.8, slope rating 130.
Regular Tees: 6,210, course rating 68.6, slope rating 122.
Forward Tees: 5,702, course rating 66.2, slope rating 119.
Regular Tees (W): 6,210, course rating 74.6, slope rating 141.
Forward Tees (W): 5,702, course rating 71.8, slope rating 134.