UNM Championship Adding Length
The University of New Mexico Championship Course is adding a new set of tees to bring the length of the course from the tips to 7,557 yards — an increase of 233 yards.
The new tees, dubbed “Lobo tees,” are being built on Nos. 5, 7, 11, 13 and 18. The biggest change comes on No. 7, where 54 yards are being added to bring the hole’s total length to 522 yards.
Other changes:
No. 5, a par 4, will get longer by 45 yards and play 487 yards;
No. 11, a par 3, will get 16 yards longer, playing 220 yards from the back.
No. 13 will get 44 more yards to become a 505-yard Par 4.
No. 18 will have 38 yards added and become a 562-yard uphill Par 5.
Lobo golfer Nick Geyer, who has played shots from all of the new tees, says the back tees bring trees surrounding forward tee boxes into play to form narrow chutes for collegiate players to play through. “Some trees will certainly have to be trimmed,” he said.
The new tees boxes, now being sodded, won’t be available for play until the fall, most likely in time for the Lobo Tucker Invitational. The new boxes will lengthen the front nine from 3,713 to 3,812 yards, and the back nine from 3,611 to 3,45 yards.
Other UNM golf news:
The parade of cart-rescue teams heading out onto the course to tow back dead golf carts will likely cease in a couple weeks when UNM takes delivery of 74 new EZ-Go electric carts.
UNM has dispensed with its cart-mounted GPS system.
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