UNM Woes...$1.3 Million Maintenance Budget!?

Brad Klein fleshes out a few details about how the troubled University of New Mexico Golf Course is over $4 million in the red and the struggles can be attributed to a green fee and maintenance upgrade to compete with local upscale daily fees.

With green fees now set at $20-$39 for UNM students and $52-$70 for others, the course still runs an annual operating deficit of $400,000. The maintenance budget, including upkeep of the school’s on-campus nine-hole North Course, comes to $1.3 million a year. An aging cast-iron irrigation system, balky septic system and antiquated heating and cooling add maintenance “baggage,” Trujeque said.