So, I was born and raised in New Mexico but I have lived in the mid west(Cincinnati area) most of my adult life. It is a huge difference in topography, where we are used to carving out holes through the woods and the green grass at IAIA you throw over and around the bushy juniper trees and chamisa brush. With the snow capped mountains in the background it's a pretty special place to watch a disc in flight.
I like that there is plenty of elevation change through out the course, I am a big fan of the turf tee pads and they are in great shape. Very nice tee signs made of cedar that give all necessary info including short tee pad location. On multiple throw holes(par 4/5's) Ryan has also set out white posts to let you know which direction the basket is located(he plans on putting distance to the white posts on the tee sign). I also like the Titan baskets which are New Mexico themed, turquoise color, powder coated, are in great shape and catch well. He also has NM themed next tee stakes on each hole. I really liked the red flags with hole # on top of each basket. They go well with the theme thing and I really liked that they can be adjusted so that if the basket is tucked behind a juniper tree the flag can be raised so that you can see where the basket is from a distance. I would love to do that at Idlewild but I'm sure they wouldn't last in a public park.
The course flows very well, it's the walk isn't very long between basket and next tee. The front nine is shorter than the back so there are a few more birdie opportunities. Par is good on some of the par 4s in the back.

I also like that you get free relief when you throw a disc in one of the juniper trees through out the course, Hopefully that will keep the trees from getting torn up. I'm not sure if that applies to the disc being under the tree as well.

Currently the cost may be a bit prohibitive for the traveling disc golfer($50.00 membership fee)unless you hook up with a member, then it's free to play. They plan on implementing a daily fee in 2016.

I had the pleasure to play the back 9 with Ryan the course pro/co designer/ maintenance guy then I came back the following day to play the front. It was windy on the back nine and calm on the front. I've played some great courses and this one is right up with them all. It's just a different kind of golf than what I'm used to. IAIA is the best course I've played in NM
We have plans to go to Santa Fe every Thanksgiving so I will be back to play this great course again.