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4.1
1251 Reviews (1251)
5 Stars
774
4 Stars
308
3 Stars
107
2 Stars
36
1 Stars
26
Conditions
3.9
Value
3.7
Layout
4.4
Friendliness
4.5
Pace
4.1
Amenities
4.1
80.7%
Recommend this course
1101 out of 1251 reviews
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Average Rating
Avg Rating
3.8
60 Reviews (60)
5 Stars
22
4 Stars
20
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
4
1 Stars
6
Conditions
3.5
Value
3.6
Layout
4.1
Pace
4.1
Amenities
3.9
StaffFriendliness
4.4
78.3%
Recommend this course
47 out of 60 reviews
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3.9
98 Reviews (98)
5 Stars
40
4 Stars
33
3 Stars
11
2 Stars
6
1 Stars
8
Conditions
3.7
Value
3.5
Layout
4.3
Pace
4.0
Amenities
4.0
StaffFriendliness
4.5
77.6%
Recommend this course
76 out of 98 reviews
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About

Holes 18
Type Resort/Semi-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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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

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4.1
1251 Reviews (1251)

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Reviews 4
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Boulders South--Updated Info

Recent reviews about long rounds were concerning, however, South is OFF cart path only and a marshall was on hand. 4.5 hr round which is expected given distances between tees, etc. All good!

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 3
Handicap 5-9
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Perfect weather
Used cart

Great Day, Great Course

The surroundings were beautiful. The course was in great shape. Fast greens. Hard to read. The course is extremely challenging, because your tee shot is either in the fairway or out of play. Not much in between.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Good
Difficulty Extremely Challenging
Played On
Reviews 22
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Boulders

This is an awesome course with great views and a wonderful layout. Always a pleasure to play here.

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 12
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 8
Handicap 15-19
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played
Perfect weather
Used cart
Conditions Excellent
Value Excellent
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 22
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Boulders

Great course with friendly staff. Beautiful views will make you forget bad shots.

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

Boulders is a must!!

If you are anywhere near Phoenix Boulders GC is an absolute must!! Great course, Scenery and Staff!!

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 4
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Fantastic vistas, tough layout for a first timer

Absolutely beautiful aesthetically speaking. However, for a first-timer, the course design makes it super hard to know where to hit and the software in the cart is not great to help you. Without a range finder in your bag, you will need some luck out there.

Conditions Good
Value Fair
Layout Average
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 20
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 4
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
1.0
Previously Played

Overpriced... Slow play ..no course ranger

. Do not play this course if you have other choices. It's overpriced compared to every other premium public course in Scottsdale. It took over five hours to play around. We waited on every shot at the turn, the staff told us to hurry up, we said where ? The final insult injury was they don't give you any bottles of water. There are none available in the course and you can buy a bottle of water for 9 dollars. I used to love the boulders. No more.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Average
Pace Poor
Amenities Fair
Played On
Reviews 14
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
5.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing

Beautiful site

The course was absolutely picturesque and very challenging!

The cart path only rule made it a long round. Over 5 1/2 hours. Still a great place to play, if you get the chance

Conditions Excellent
Value Good
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Playing the Boulders south during overseeding

Would not play the course with overseeding and no driving range for warm up. The 14.00 dollar beers was extreme too.

Conditions Fair
Value Poor
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Average
Amenities Poor
Difficulty Fairly Easy
Played On
Reviews 3
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Boulders

Excellent layout with great backdrop of boulders on South course. Varied hole layouts make for interesting round.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 2
Skill Intermediate
Plays Once a week
2.0
Previously Played

Not worth it, Customer Experience is NOT their priority

Second time playing The Boulders, and the course layout and landscape is second to none in the PHX area, but that's about where the good times end. Tee times are already expensive, but F&B is way too spendy, feels like I'm at a stadium and they're trying to rip you off. Our drinks and breakfast burritos to start the day was over $200... Our 8:30 AM round took 5 1/2 HOURS! Groups severely backed up on every tee box, it's cart path only this time of year, which really sucks, but they need to space out the times better so it's reasonable to play without waiting for every shot.

We didn't see the beverage service cart until hole 11, (3 hours into the round) but the worst part of all of it was THERE WERE MAINTENCE CREW ON EVERY SINGLE HOLE. Mowing, blowing, digging, pulling weeds, and being extremely noisy without any regard to the golfers. Horrible ettiquite. They continued to run their machines while we were putting, oftentimes the mowers drove right past us in the fairways, followed by multiple guys with leaf blowers 50 years away.. and on one par 3, the mower didn't stop mowing the fringe the whole time we were teeing off. It felt like I was at Top Golf trying to hit the guy grabbing the balls...

Overall, an awful experience. We talked to the director, John, after our round to bring up our concerns, and his response surprised us at the time, but looking back, seems par for the course out there. He said he would "do some research" and email me... To which today I got his email saying "next time you come out, let me know and I'll see what I can do."

Customer Service starts at the top buddy, and your staff clearly gets their attitude from you. There won't be a next time for us, unfortunately.

Conditions Good
Value Poor
Layout Excellent
Friendliness Fair
Pace Poor
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 6
Skill Advanced
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Visuals still the only draw

The Boulders has unprecedented real estate which will continually draw golfers to pay terribly high rates for a look at the views. This course needs some serious attention and updates. The golf carts and on-cart technology is from the 90’s, worked about 4-5 holes of my round and my cart had 4-5 large holes in it. The course, though in overseeding and beautiful green color, was years behind in its upkeep with improper edging around bunkers and greens that had long lost their original shape and design. I hate to speak this way about The Boulders as the terrain and views are beyond compare, the rest of this enterprise is lost in the 90’s.

Conditions Average
Value Fair
Layout Good
Friendliness Average
Pace Fair
Amenities Average
Played On
Reviews 1
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 Average
Amenities Excellent
Played On
Reviews 15
Handicap 10-14
Skill Intermediate
Plays A few times a week
3.0
Verified Purchaser
First Time Playing
Hot weather
Used cart

Cart path only

If Innew it was cartpath only and no driving range, I would have cancelled my TTime and went somewhere else.

Conditions Poor
Value Average
Layout Average
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Excellent
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 2
Handicap 10-14
Skill Advanced
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 Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
Difficulty Somewhat Challenging
Played On
Reviews 8
I Recommend This Course
3.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Pace of play

Excellent course and layout. Marshalls have to better enforce pace of play. Pace was painful and unnecessary as groups wasting time ahead chatting in the fairway with people on the tee repeatedly. Hanging out on the tee box telling stories after they have hit while people waiting at the tee.

Conditions Good
Value Average
Layout Good
Friendliness Excellent
Pace Poor
Amenities Good
Played On
Reviews 17
Skill Advanced
Plays Once a week
I Recommend This Course
4.0
Verified Purchaser
Previously Played

Second Time Here

Well this was the second time here over the years. The last time was as pleasurable. This time had a nice foursome. Course was in very good condition and greens true and fast. I actually like the layout of the North Course, it has some holes that make it interesting and doesn’t try to kill you on every shot. Also, booked on GolfNow and for ~$80 this course was a great value. After my experience this time, I’d come here to play again.

Conditions Good
Value Excellent
Layout Good
Friendliness Good
Pace Good
Amenities Good
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