The Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort and Spa, located on Santa Ana Pueblo's reservation between Santa Fe and Albuquerque, New Mexico, is named one of America's "75 Best Golf Resorts," by GOLF Magazine. The list, compiled from a survey distributed to 25,000 magazine subscribers, appears in the magazine's March 2004 issue.

Golf Magazine's ranking becomes the resort's second recognition by a national consumer magazine in recent months. The Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort was listed among Conde Nast Traveler's "Top North American" resorts in November 2003. The resort was also listed on Cond� Nast Traveler's 2003 Gold List and was awarded a Four-Diamond ranking by AAA in 2002 and 2003.

"Being recognized by such a prestigious publication as Golf Magazine is a significant honor for the pueblo, the resort and our dedicated staff," said General Manager Steve Dewire. "We are grateful for the resort's growing popularity and positive effect it has had not only on the pueblo's economic development, but also on New Mexico tourism. We are thankful to the Santa Ana Tribal Council for their great vision in initiating this development."

"We are elated to learn that golfers have embraced the Twin Warriors Golf Club and that awareness of the course is growing," said Roger Martinez, director of golf for Twin Warriors Golf Club. "Architect Gary Panks should also be credited for this esteemed recognition. He made the courses design a personal endeavor and successfully captured the land's natural beauty to its fullest while not encroaching on the Pueblo's sacred land."

The Twin Warriors Golf Club features a uniquely designed course due to its location on 400 acres of the Santa Ana Pueblo. In designing the course, architect Gary Panks worked closely with the Pueblo to review the reservation's grounds and ensure the course did not disturb any ancient cultural sites on their sacred land. During its development, the course was expanded from 200 acres to 400 acres due to the discovery of 20 new ancient cultural sites around which the course was re-routed. The cultural sites range from arrowheads to an old cave dwelling with signs of inhabitants 900 years ago and a horse corral from the 1800s.

The course now offers golfers an opportunity to enjoy the pueblo's serene setting adjacent to the Sandia Mountains and the Rio Grande River, while still protecting the history and culture of the Santa Ana Pueblo.

Opened since May 2001, the Twin Warriors Golf Club is a par-72 championship course, featuring eighteen holes of high desert golf routed around grassy knolls and ridges dotted with juniper, pinon pine and wild flowers. It is also set among dry washes known as arroyo's and eroded land features, along with the sacred butte known as Tuyuna or "Snakehead".

The Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa, the largest resort ever developed on Native American Land, is situated on more than 500 acres. Along with it's unique cultural environment, offering traditional pueblo bread baking demonstrations and tribal dance performances, Tamaya also features the full-service Tamaya Mist Spa and Salon; tennis courts; Tamaya Cultural Museum and Learning Center; a children's program, Camp Tamaya; and a family program, called Srai-Wi (meaning "to gather children together and share with them" in the Santa Ana Pueblo's native language). For reservations or more information, call the resort directly at 505/867-1234 or visit www.tamaya.hyatt.com.

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