North at Boulders Golf Club & Resort in Carefree, Arizona, USA

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4.1

1272 Reviews (1272)

5 Stars

786

4 Stars

313

3 Stars

110

2 Stars

1 Stars

Conditions

3.9

Value

3.7

Layout

4.4

Friendliness

4.5

Pace

4.1

Amenities

4.1

82.4%

Recommend this course

1119 out of 1272 reviews

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4.3

28 Reviews (28)

5 Stars

4 Stars

3 Stars

2 Stars

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Conditions

4.6

Value

3.9

Layout

4.6

Pace

4.1

Amenities

4.1

StaffFriendliness

4.5

89.3%

Recommend this course

25 out of 28 reviews

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4.0

83 Reviews (83)

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Conditions

3.8

Value

3.7

Layout

4.3

Pace

4.1

Amenities

4.0

StaffFriendliness

4.4

80.7%

Recommend this course

67 out of 83 reviews

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About

Holes 18

Type Resort/Private

Style Desert

Par 72

Length 6959 yards

Slope 138

Rating 73.3

Nestled among 12-million-year-old boulders in the scenic desert foothills near Scottsdale, Arizona, Boulders Golf Club & Resort is one of the country's most prestigious resort destinations. The North golf course at Boulders plays big brother to the South Course, and offers bentgrass and marvelous views of the Black Mountain, as the course winds through the community of Boulders. Both golf courses spring from the desert foothills and feature take-your-breath-away panoramic vistas -- among those of spectacular formations of boulders, stunning Sonora sunsets and indigenous terrain.

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Tees

Tee	Par	Length	Rating	Slope
Black	72	6959 yards	73.3	138
Blue	72	6811 yards	72.6	139
Blue/White	72	6489 yards	71.1	134
White	72	6311 yards	70.1	131
White (W)	72	6311 yards	75.8	137
White/Copper	72	6003 yards	69.0	126
Cooper	72	5864 yards	68.3	123
Copper (W)	72	5864 yards	73.5	135
Gold (W)	72	5440 yards	70.7	126
Red (W)	72	4900 yards	68.1	116

Track Rounds

Scorecard

Scorecard for North

Metrics:

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Black M: 73.3/140	513	195	548	404	425	142	347	356	417	3347	451	445	525	457	183	483	424	220	424	3612	6959
Blue M: 72.6/139	513	195	548	404	425	142	347	356	347	3277	451	445	525	404	183	483	424	195	424	3534	6811
Blue/White M: 71.1/134	481	150	517	404	400	142	347	356	347	3144	425	395	479	404	183	483	357	195	424	3345	6489
White M: 70.1/131 W: 75.8/137	481	150	517	375	400	133	338	350	347	3091	425	395	479	375	145	468	357	176	400	3220	6311
White/Copper M: 69.0/126	412	150	473	375	375	133	338	350	347	2953	425	365	438	350	145	468	324	176	379	3070	6023
Copper M: 68.3/123 W: 73.5/135	412	143	473	364	375	118	320	330	340	2875	403	365	438	350	127	458	324	145	379	2989	5864
Gold M: 66.0/116 W: 70.7/126	412	125	465	329	317	118	294	300	340	2700	403	310	430	329	104	343	324	140	357	2740	5440
Gold/Red W: 69.0/117	412	125	415	329	317	118	294	252	258	2520	400	310	378	329	104	340	255	110	352	2578	5098
Red W: 68.1/116	331	120	415	323	317	93	294	252	258	2403	400	310	378	272	80	340	255	110	352	2497	4900
Handicap	6	18	4	10	2	16	12	8	14		1	9	5	3	15	13	7	17	11
Par	5	3	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	36	4	4	5	4	3	5	4	3	4	36	72
Handicap (W)	3	17	1	13	5	15	9	7	11		8	12	6	2	16	14	4	18	10

Course Details

Year Built 1985

Fairways Bermuda Grass

Greens Bent Grass

Golf Season Year round

Architect Jay Morrish (1985)

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

Accolades

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Reviews

4.1

1272 Reviews (1272)

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talia10

Played On 09/27/2021

Reviews 2

2.0

Verified Purchaser

First Time Playing

Conditions Poor

Value Fair

Layout Good

Friendliness Fair

Pace Poor

Amenities Good

Comment

u000002292513

Played On 09/19/2021

Reviews 1

Handicap 25+

Skill Intermediate

Plays A few times a week

2.0

Verified Purchaser

Previously Played

Perfect weather

Used cart

WAY OVERPRICED FOR THE CONDITION

MOST OF THE GREENS WERE IN VERY POOR SHAPE. WOMEN'S TEES ARE AN AFTER THOUGHT. TRAPS WERE IN POOR CONDITION, AND EVEN THE FAIRWAYS NEEDED WORK. MY ROUND WAS FAR MORE EXPENSIVE THAN GRAYHAWK, FOR MUCH WORSE CONDITIONS. GETTING THE CART WAS CHAOTIC AND THE CADDIE TAKING THE CART AT THE END WAS SIMPLY RUDE.

Conditions Poor

Value Poor

Layout Good

Friendliness Poor

Pace Good

Amenities Average

Difficulty Somewhat Challenging

Comment

TheBouldersGolfClub

Commented on 10/01/2021

Thank you for taking the time to give your feedback. We would like to apologize for the course conditions not living up to your expectations. We have begun the winter rye seeding process and all the summer time issue will be all gone. Please reach out to The Golf shop to further discuss other issues. Ask for Dean Ballard Head Professional - Thank you

shanaman

Played On 09/28/2021

Reviews 2

4.0

Conditions Good

Value Good

Layout Excellent

Friendliness Good

Pace Excellent

Amenities Good

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u000001978903

Played On 09/28/2021

Reviews 2

Skill Intermediate

Plays Once a week

4.0

Verified Purchaser

Previously Played

Wild life

Course was fun. Some blind shots especially for a first time playing this course. Little upgrades are being done so couldn’t use putting green and very wet greens in the morning. A few sand traps had only mud in them. The wildlife was great! Coyotes, snakes, hawks, found a deer hoof on fairway and a dead bobcat by a green. If the greens were consistent speed I would give a 5 star..

Conditions Good

Value Good

Layout Good

Friendliness Excellent

Pace Excellent

Amenities Good

Comment

TheBouldersGolfClub

Commented on 10/01/2021

Thank you for taking the time to give your feedback. Glad you enjoy the round. See you again soon

Mytracy22

Played On 09/27/2021

Reviews 13

Handicap 5-9

Skill Advanced

Plays A few times a week

3.0

Verified Purchaser

Previously Played

Perfect weather

Used cart

Shabby conditions

The traps were hard and had little sand. They looked like they were about to redo them (I would hope). The greens were encircled with crabgrass. The fairways were spotty.

The driving range was closed while they overseed South course. The problem was we weren’t told by GolfNow and the website for the boulders did not list that either. Unacceptable!

Conditions Fair

Value Fair

Layout Good

Friendliness Good

Pace Excellent

Amenities Good

Difficulty Moderate

Comment

TheBouldersGolfClub

Commented on 10/01/2021

Thank you for taking the time to give your feedback. We would like to apologize for the course conditions not living up to your expectations. We are having challenges with Goose Grass that is caused by the amount of moister we have had this summer. We should have the courses back in tip top condition in a couple weeks. Looking forward to you giving The Boulders a second chance. Hope to see you soon.

u532321033

Played On 09/22/2021

Reviews 1

3.0

Verified Purchaser

Previously Played

Over rated

Course was in terrible shape. Dead patches in fairways and near greens, bad traps, grab grass surrounding greens. Clearly a course living off its past reputation.

Conditions Fair

Value Fair

Layout Average

Friendliness Good

Pace Excellent

Comment

TheBouldersGolfClub

Commented on 09/23/2021

james5808072

Played On 09/20/2021

Reviews 5

Handicap 10-14

Skill Intermediate

Plays A few times a week

4.0

Verified Purchaser

First Time Playing

Great Course

Great layout, fun course, not any severe undulation and elevation changes. Scenic, greens need a liitle help in spots after season-long play, good where not dried out & injured, good fairways & teeboxes.

Conditions Average

Value Good

Layout Excellent

Friendliness Excellent

Pace Excellent

Amenities Good

Comment

TheBouldersGolfClub

Commented on 09/23/2021

Thank you for taking the time to give your feedback. We would like to apologize for the course conditions not living up to your expectations. We have begun the winter rye seeding process and all the summer time issue will be all gone. Looking forward to you giving The Boulders a second chance. Hope to see you soon.

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bhollins

Played On 09/20/2021

Reviews 28

Skill Intermediate

Plays A few times a week

4.0

Verified Purchaser

Previously Played

Great layout

Tee boxes plush, fairways excellent. Greens not so good.

Conditions Good

Value Excellent

Layout Excellent

Friendliness Excellent

Pace Excellent

Comment

TheBouldersGolfClub

Commented on 09/23/2021

TheBouldersGolfClub

Commented on 09/21/2021

Thank you for taking the time to give your feedback. We would like to apologize for the course conditions not living up to your expectations. We are having challenges with Goose Grass that is cause by the amount of moister we have had this summer. We should have the courses back in tip top condition in a couple weeks. Looking forward to you giving The Boulders a second chance. Hope to see you soon.

JBrownluvsgolf

Played On 09/20/2021

Reviews 18

Skill Advanced

Plays A few times a week

4.0

Verified Purchaser

First Time Playing

North Course

When I booked my tee time every review was favorable. The day before my scheduled golf day, the reviews warned about the greens and the surrounding fringes. Lots of small brown areas of dead grass were dotted throughout the greens. The fringes were full of weeds and just plain old dirt.

The staff was great and that’s what bumped their overall rating up. I will return and hopefully the course conditions will have improved.

Conditions Average

Value Average

Layout Good

Friendliness Excellent

Pace Good

Amenities Good

Not the fringe of the green. Every hole was like this. Photo submitted by JBrownluvsgolf on 09/20/2021

Comment

TheBouldersGolfClub

Commented on 09/21/2021

Thank you for taking the time to give your feedback. We would like to apologize for the course conditions not living up to your expectations. We are having challenges with Goose Grass that is cause by the amount of moister we have had this summer. We should have the courses back in tip top condition in a couple weeks. Looking forward to you giving The Boulders a second chance. Hope to see you soon.

u000007962291

Played On 09/17/2021

Reviews 1

Skill Advanced

4.0

Verified Purchaser

First Time Playing

Course condition

I was really surprised of the poor condition. There was way too many weeds around the greens to be acceptable. The greens were in poor shape.

The Grass was too long in the Tee boxes.

Once you placed your tee. You could hardly see your ball.

The practice putting green was in horrible shape.

I found the condition shocking.

Conditions Fair

Value Good

Layout Good

Friendliness Excellent

Pace Good

Amenities Good

Comment

TheBouldersGolfClub

Commented on 09/18/2021

Thank you for taking the time to give your feedback. We would like to apologize for the course conditions not living up to your expectations. We are having challenges with Goose Grass that is cause by the amount of moister we have had this summer. We should have the courses back in tip top condition in a couple weeks. Looking forward to you giving The Boulders a second chance. Hope to see you soon.

u2281687

Played On 09/17/2021

Reviews 16

Skill Advanced

Plays A few times a week

5.0

Verified Purchaser

Previously Played

Conditions Good

Value Good

Layout Excellent

Friendliness Excellent

Pace Good

Amenities Good

Comment

u314159932545

Played On 09/16/2021

Reviews 1

5.0

Verified Purchaser

First Time Playing

Conditions Excellent

Value Excellent

Layout Good

Friendliness Excellent

Pace Excellent

Amenities Good

Comment

u000007790826

Played On 09/12/2021

Reviews 24

Skill Intermediate

Plays Once a week

3.0

Verified Purchaser

Previously Played

Wont be back anytime soon-

I have golfed this course many times and this is the 1st time Im leaving being highly disappointed!

First the Good-

Friendly Staff checking In and at Bag Dropoff

Front 9 we cruised, 2hrs and 10 mins. Big thumbs up to that!

Now the Bad-

Back 9 they let out Members (Waited over 15mins to Tee off after Front 9) than waited anywhere from 5 to 8mins on every Tee Box

Course wasnt in the Best of Conditions

Fairways were good

Greens really bad and alot of dead spots on them, Fringe was Mud or Crab Grass and couldnt putt thru most of it

Bunkers next to No Sand, alot of Rocks and Grass in them

Stopped in for a Bagel at turn and Bartender had the Personality of a Stale Bran Muffin

And with all the Not Good above they still charged 119, Course shouldve been No more than 70 bucks at best

Hopefully they turn things around as this is Normally a really great Course

Conditions Fair

Value Average

Layout Excellent

Friendliness Poor

Pace Fair

Amenities Average

Comment

TheBouldersGolfClub

Commented on 09/18/2021

Thank you for taking the time to give your feedback. We would like to apologize for the course conditions not living up to your expectations. We are having challenges with Goose Grass that is cause by the amount of moister we have had this summer. We should have the courses back in tip top condition in a couple weeks. Looking forward to you giving The Boulders a second chance. Hope to see you soon.

u1179270136

Played On 08/23/2021

Reviews 1

Handicap 10-14

Skill Intermediate

Plays A few times a week

3.0

Verified Purchaser

First Time Playing

Perfect weather

Used cart

One & Done, Nice but Overpriced

We reside in the N Phoenix/Scottsdale area during the winter. We decided to play Boulders while there in August to help a family member move. Rate was $89 vs $200+ in winter. Its a nice layout with beautiful scenery. Course condition was good but perhaps not as good as I would expect from an exclusive high end resort. We enjoyed it, glad we played it but its one & done for us as I don't think its a good value at the price.

Conditions Average

Value Fair

Layout Good

Friendliness Good

Pace Good

Amenities Good

Difficulty Moderate

Comment

TheBouldersGolfClub

Commented on 09/11/2021

Thank you for taking the time to give your feedback. Glad you enjoy the round. You should look into the Troon card and get an even better rate than the $89 rate. Hope to see you again.

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health27

Played On 09/09/2021

Reviews 13

Skill Intermediate

Plays Once a week

5.0

Verified Purchaser

First Time Playing

Conditions Excellent

Value Excellent

Layout Excellent

Friendliness Excellent

Pace Excellent

Comment

BRIAN3514427

Played On 09/06/2021

Reviews 5

Handicap 0-4

Skill Advanced

Plays A few times a week

3.0

Verified Purchaser

Previously Played

Conditions Poor

Value Poor

Layout Average

Friendliness Average

Pace Average

Amenities Poor

Comment

v3HIS0pWikR9tYtZrvLS

Played On 09/06/2021

Reviews 1

Skill Intermediate

Plays Once a month

4.0

Verified Purchaser

Fun Course

Fun course, a few greens had dead spots on them with some sort of crab grass growing. The fairways were in excellent condition.

We had lunch at the restaurant after our round. The service was terrible for no one being in the restaurant. We waited for our drinks, then waited for our food, then waited for our check. Finally, I got up and went and chased down the waiter to get our check so we could leave! Not good!

Conditions Good

Value Average

Layout Good

Friendliness Good

Pace Average

Amenities Good

Comment

TheBouldersGolfClub

Commented on 09/09/2021

Thank you for taking the time to give your feedback. We would like to apologize for the green conditions not living up to your expectations. I will pass on your restaurant feedback to our Food and Beverage manager. Looking forward to you giving The Boulders a second chance once the summer heat is done. Hope to see you soon.

rkeefer

Played On 09/03/2021

Reviews 6

Handicap 10-14

Skill Advanced

Plays A few times a week

3.0

Verified Purchaser

Previously Played

Greens are terrible

Greens are unkept full of ball marks and very slow. Pace of play 5 plus hours unwarranted. Need to space the tee times out further and push the poor players more. I won’t be back!

Conditions Average

Value Average

Layout Good

Friendliness Excellent

Pace Fair

Amenities Average

Comment

TheBouldersGolfClub

Commented on 09/04/2021

Thank you for taking the time to give your feedback. We would like to apologize for the course conditions not living up to your expectations.Our expected pace of play is 4 hours 30 minutes and yesterday we were a little slow at a pace of 4:40. Looking forward to you giving The Boulders a second chance. Hope to see you soon.

Josh1071249

Played On 08/25/2021

Reviews 4

Handicap 10-14

Skill Intermediate

Plays Once a week

5.0

Verified Purchaser

Previously Played

Boulders is well worth it

Course is challenging but fair, greens were very good and staff was helpful. I can’t get enough of the centerpiece of the “boulders” and the way the course is situated around them. You won’t be disappointed!

Conditions Excellent

Value Excellent

Layout Excellent

Friendliness Good

Pace Excellent

Amenities Good

Comment

TheBouldersGolfClub

Commented on 09/03/2021

Thank you so much for the kind words. Hope to see you back at The Boulders soon!!

bboylan

Played On 08/28/2021

Reviews 1

Skill Advanced

Plays A few times a week

5.0

Verified Purchaser

Previously Played

Conditions Excellent

Value Excellent

Layout Excellent

Friendliness Excellent

Pace Good

Amenities Excellent

Comment

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FAQ

What is the address of North at Boulders Golf Club & Resort?

North at Boulders Golf Club & Resort is located at 34636 N Tom Darlington, Carefree, Arizona 85377, Maricopa County.

Is North at Boulders Golf Club & Resort open to the public?

Yes, North at Boulders Golf Club & Resort is open to the public.

What year did North at Boulders Golf Club & Resort open?

North at Boulders Golf Club & Resort was built in 1985.

Who designed North at Boulders Golf Club & Resort?

Jay Morrish (1985) is the architect of North at Boulders Golf Club & Resort.

What type of grass does North at Boulders Golf Club & Resort have?

North at Boulders Golf Club & Resort has Bent Grass greens and Bermuda Grass fairways.

What is the par of North at Boulders Golf Club & Resort

The par of North at Boulders Golf Club & Resort is 72.

What is the length of North at Boulders Golf Club & Resort

The length of North at Boulders Golf Club & Resort is 6959 yards.

What is the rating of North at Boulders Golf Club & Resort

The rating of North at Boulders Golf Club & Resort is 73.3.

What is the slope of North at Boulders Golf Club & Resort

The slope of North at Boulders Golf Club & Resort is 138.

What are the course conditions at North at Boulders Golf Club & Resort?

Based on reviews, other golfers are saying that the course conditions at North at Boulders Golf Club & Resort are good.

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