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4.1
1279 Reviews (1279)
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3 Stars
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2 Stars
36
1 Stars
27
Conditions
3.9
Value
3.7
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.1
82.3%
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4.3
30 Reviews (30)
5 Stars
14
4 Stars
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3 Stars
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1 Stars
1
Conditions
4.4
Value
3.6
Layout
4.6
Pace
3.9
Amenities
4.1
StaffFriendliness
4.5
86.7%
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4.0
90 Reviews (90)
5 Stars
38
4 Stars
30
3 Stars
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2 Stars
4
1 Stars
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Conditions
3.8
Value
3.6
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.4
81.1%
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73 out of 90 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Resort/Public
Style Desert
Par 71
Length 6917 yards
Slope 142
Rating 72.9

The Boulders Golf Club & Resort complex features two outstanding 18-hole courses. Both courses are very well maintained, and the scenery is incredible. Boulder's South Course is exactly the type of desert course people come to the Phoenix-Scottsdale resort corridor to play. A round of golf on the South kicks off on the par-4 first hole, which measures 421 yards from the blue tees, which is quickly followed by a short par 3, measuring 150 yards from the blue tees. Things get long on the fifth hole, a 545-yard par 5, which is just a warm-up for the 11th hole, a par 5 that measures 601 yards from the blue tees. It doesn't get much easier to finish: The 18th is a par 5 that measures 513 yards from the blue tees.

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Course Details

Year Built 1984
Fairways Bermuda Grass
Greens Bent Grass
Golf Season Year round
Architect Jay Morrish (1986) Jay Morrish (1991)

Rentals/Services

Carts Yes - included in green fees
GPS No
Pull-carts No
Caddies No
Clubs Yes

Practice/Instruction

Driving Range Yes
Golf School/Academy Yes - "Boulders Golf Academy"
Teaching Pro Yes
Pitching/Chipping Area Yes
Putting Green Yes

Policies

Credit Cards Accepted VISA, MasterCard, Amex, Discover Welcomed
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Dress code Collared shirt required, no denim

Food & Beverage

Restaurant

Available Facilities

Clubhouse, Spa

Available Activities

Swimming, Billiards

Available Sports

Fitness, Tennis

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4.1
1279 Reviews (1279)

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Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Greens were fast with a lot of small pebbles

Breakfast burrito and sandwich was very bland. 18% gratuity is built into drink orders. Make sure you bring water and your glass on the start where the bottled water cost $10

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 199
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
Handicap 5-9
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

First Time @ Boulders

The course is really phenomenal. The scenery is truly breathtaking. The layout is also great.

However, the greens are quite poor, especially at this price point and do not match the level of quality of the rest of the course. Greens are bumpy and weedy.

Really want to play the course again soon, but the poor greens quality gives me reservations.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Handicap 25+
Skill Beginner
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Average
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Boukders

The course is spectacular from a scenery and layout standpoint. Trully breathtaking. However, the South course greens conditions do not match the rest of the course. They are extremely bumpy, inconsistent and weedy. Not sure what grass this is, but extremely poor. Could not gauge speed but more importantly rolls were nowhere near pure. I would consider going back in a heartbeat to play again, but the greens would make me seriously consider choosing another option.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Amy

The most beautiful course I have ever played. Tough carries for a lady from the reds but really fun and worth it

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
4.0
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Previously Played

Dissappointed

The greens were very bumpy with large sand particles. The remaining course is beautiful as always.

I have played the course several times this season and the greens were the worst I have seen.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 21
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Beautiful course, unusual situation

My husband and I have played Boulders N several times over the years and loved it. This was our first go at Boulders South. When we reached starter at #1 he told us there were 2 singles with us. One was there. Second man drove up late with a woman in the cart. There was one set of clubs. Everyone thought she was approved as a ride along. To our surprise she pulled a club out of his bag and proceeded to hit once starter moved. We other 3 were shocked! Neither she nor her partner hit in bounds. They began searching for balls. This repeated on second and 3rd shots. The “single man” commented to us that this couldn’t continue. It was illegal to play a 5 some, let alone out of a bag. And they weren’t decent players for this level of course play. We agreed. It would take 25 minutes on each hole! Our “3rd” golfer called the golf shop and explained situation and was told it would be taken care of; someone would come and resolve the situation. No one did! Finally our “single man” told them they would have to go back to get paired up with another single or twosome. No one came to help them. They joined a twosome that was coming along for awhile. Many holes later we saw one had left. And finally they the other golfer left as well. We saw the couple sporadically but noticed they “skipped” 18 - probably because they knew they had illegally played a 2 for 1 and out of one bag to boot! Disappointed such a prestigious course didn’t address this issue! We felt we shouldn’t have had to take action - whole situation was very distressing and left a bad experience when it should have never happened in the first place.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Good
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 205
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Top 500 Contributor
Previously Played

Spectacular

Beautiful course well maintained spectacular views must play!

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Not what it used to be

It’s clear that the South course is not a priority now that the North is for members only. It’s too bad because the property is still beautiful and the layout is good. I’m not a fan of supposed premium courses spray painting dormant greens in the winter. Spend the money on good winter greens if you’re going to charge players $300. These were rock hard and couldn’t hold most approach shots.

Conditions Average
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 16
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 1
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing

Gorgeous but expensive

I absolutely love this course but with the Canadian dollar demanding an additional 45% I need to be a little careful . I only played here because I go a decent deal from golf now. $207 before taxes for. 1230pm tee time. The course is normally $340!to 450!!! That is way too much IMHO. Round was approx 4 hours and 40 mins.. we had to wait on a few holes but we were never pushed from behind.. I will attach pictures which will attest to the beauty of this course. But I have three major complaints… #1 no water provide on cart, ice is but no water bottles! At that price … come on!!! Instead they charge you $9 for a bottle water on the course !!! The family I played with ordered two waters and one local beer and it came to $30!!!! That is gauging and very sad that the course feels this is the right move. Would I play again? Absolutely but I would only do so if I got the hot deal price and next time, I’m bringing my own water!

Conditions Excellent
Value Fair
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Played On
Reviews 16
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 5
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 7
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Beautiful course picturesque scenery

Beautiful Golf Course picture scenery pace of play is whatever you get there is no Ranger the day I played the people in front of us had absolutely no golf etiquette There were two empty holes in front of them and they didn’t try to pick up the pace at all. But we still did manage to finish in 4 1/2 hours

Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 5
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart

Too slow pace of round

I love The Boulders and used to play it everytime I went to Scottsdale pre covid. The setting is beautiful and the course is very well maintained. However, I feel overall golf in Scottsdale has gotten too expensive and there are other parts of the country with much better value for golf. And the round took us 4 hours and 50 minutes. We were waiting on almost every hole on the back nine. Courses need to do a better job of keeping people moving at a 4:15 pace.

Conditions Excellent
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 7
I Recommend This Course
5.0
First Time Playing
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
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