Since it was officially opened in 1967 The Championship Golf Course has been one of the best college facilities in the United States It was the site of the 1950 1976 and 1992 NCAA Division I Men s Golf Championships as well as the 1998 NCAA Championships In 1987 the course was the sight of the women s NCAA tourney The course offers many sweeping views of the city of Albuquerque thanks to severely sloping fairways and elevated tee boxes The green complexes are especially undulated so you need to have a precise iron game if you want to score birdies If you don t hit approach shots close the speed of the putt surfaces makes lag putting a real challenge