The Boulders Resort & Spa Scottsdale

The name got my attention and the pictures did not do it justice. A course to test your skills and your intuition. A mind bender with so many shots.

Trust your distance and get a yardage book!

Boulders is such and can be a beautiful course. The layout, holes with views are fantastic. Super disappointed with greens and bunkers. The greens had no grass... literally. Putting on cracked and dried something. The bunkers felt like concrete 1" down? Tees and fairways were good. Sorry Boulders... not coming back here soon!

Greg W

The course is tough but the views are fantastic. Unfortunately we were not warned about the conditions of the greens and that was a disappointment. We paid regular season green fees for overseeding/burnt greens and that’s not what you would expect from a higher end course. Definitely prefer the transparency and fee adjustment provided by Dinosaur, Quintero & TPC Scottsdale.

We were really looking forward to our round and it did not live up to the hype.

Worst greens in the valley. Big mistake changing them from bent grass. Concrete hard, dry and very bumpy.

The Boulders (South) is a neat desert layout. Fun tee shots and Interesting hole designs make you take less than driver a lot off the tee. My complaints are that the greens and bunkers are worse than any local muni in the valley. The bunkers were compact and unraked. The greens were being eaten by a fungus and pretty fuzzy & bumpy too. This was lackluster considering the time of year, weather, price, and other courses in the area. Staff was great.

Pace of play was very slow. Greens were hard and bumpy. Fairways were in great condition.

We’ve played this course many times but have never seen greens as bad as this. The ball doesn’t roll, and if it does, it usually bounces sideways as it hits clumps of Poa. The rest of the course is in good nick, but don’t expect to be able to putt these greens for a while.

Such a uniquely beautiful golf course… great condition, fun layout.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.