The Club at Las Campanas

The Club at Las Campanas sits at the heart of one of the Southwest's largest single golf-residential developments: Las Campanas, a 4,700-acre, 17-enclave gated community roughly seven to ten miles northwest of the Santa Fe Plaza, in the high desert foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains at around 7,000 feet elevation. The club's two courses were both designed by Jack Nicklaus -- the Sunrise Course, opened in 1993 and notable as the 100th course in Nicklaus's design portfolio, and the Sunset Course, opened in 2000. Golf Digest's most recent New Mexico state rankings place Sunset at #1 in the state and Sunrise at #4, giving Las Campanas the rare distinction of anchoring both of the state's top-ranked courses at a single private club. Beyond golf, the club operates an equestrian center, a swim/tennis/fitness/spa facility, and three separate clubhouses with varying food-and-beverage programs.

Membership is by invitation and subject to board approval, structured in two primary tiers: a Social Membership (reported initiation in the $75,000-$100,000 range) covering the Hacienda, spa, fitness, tennis, pools, and equestrian center but not golf, and a Full-Equity Golf Membership (reported at ~$150,000) that adds unlimited golf across both courses. Membership is reportedly capped -- around 525 Golf memberships and 350 Social memberships -- though this research could not independently confirm current waitlist status for either category. Critically, and consistent with this platform's proximity-is-not-access discipline, multiple independent sources confirm there is no residence requirement to join the club and no requirement to own property in Las Campanas at all: club access and real estate here are two entirely separate transactions, with no confirmed homeowner priority or discount found in any source reviewed.

The surrounding community itself is substantial and still growing: homes have traded from roughly $875,000 to over $5.5 million (median around $1.62 million over the trailing 12 months per one market-update source), with lot sizes from a third of an acre up to five acres across the development's 17 distinct enclaves. Las Campanas is reported to be debuting its largest and final planned neighborhood phase, The Village, with a preliminary 2026 release of 38 custom home sites and 62 new luxury homes -- a detail worth confirming directly given how time-sensitive new-phase release information typically is.