Santa Fe picks Indigo Sports to manage municipal 27

Indigo Sports will manage Marty Sanchez Links de Santa Fe, a 27-hole municipal golf facility in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Indigo Sports, a Troon Company, will manage the golf operations, agronomy, retail, food and beverage, and sales and marketing.

The City of Santa Fe Governing Body approved a four-year contract with Troon to manage and operate the Links de Santa Fe and all related facilities, beginning February 1.

Links de Santa Fe features an 18-hole Baxter Spann-designed championship course that plays to a par of 72 and measures 7,272 from the tips, as well as a 9-hole Spann-designed executive golf course named “The Great 28.”

“Santa Fe has always been a great place to live, work, visit and play,” mayor Alan Webber said. “Now, with the world-class golf course operator, Troon, partnering with the city, our outstanding Marty Sanchez Links de Santa Fe is poised to show off for residents and visitors alike. Santa Fe has a lot to be proud of, and our golf course is such a great gem, the future looks like a hole-in-one!”

Links de Santa Fe is located eight miles west of the historical downtown district and boasts 360-degree mountain views and the beautiful high-desert landscape. In addition to 27 holes of golf, the facility features a driving range, a practice putting green, and a short game area.

“Working with the onsite managers and team, we are excited for the opportunity to enhance the experience at Links de Santa Fe,” Troon Regional Director of Operations Bill Colgan said. “The staff is committed to providing great service and improving course conditions in 2024 and beyond. We look forward to welcoming Santa Fe residents and numerous visitors this golf season.”

Marty Sanchez Links de Santa Fe is named after Santa Fe native Marty Sanchez. Sanchez was the son of Lee Sanchez Jr., whose love for golf was passed along to all four of his children. By grade school, the younger Sanchez was winning tournaments across New Mexico, and was later a star golfer at Santa Fe High, earning a scholarships to New Mexico Junior College and Western New Mexico University. After college, Marty moved back to Santa Fe and began learning the basics of course management. Sanchez died of cancer in 1992 at 25. Shortly after Marty’s passing, former Santa Fe mayor Sam Pick promised the Sanchez family that the city would one day name a golf course after Marty. His namesake course opened in 1998.