The Boulders Resort & Spa Scottsdale

The beverage cart pricing is choose your own adventure, the pace of play was like seeing a bunch of snails compete in the Olympics. The course was overall in good shape but def would have paid a little more for green fees not to get held up on every hole during the Arizona summers.

This course was beautiful, but the fairways were mowed too close to the dirt in many areas compared to the fairways at the Wildfire Golf Club- Palmer Course we played the day before $56.00 that had excellent fairways not mowed to the dirt. We did many pictures of many holes that had huge boulders which was more picturesque than Wildfire's Palmer course. Many holes required placement shots and were playing longer than I liked for White tees, so I had to move up to closer tees on the par 4's to reach the greens in regulations. The greens were hard to read appearing to have a sloop, but were straight and vs versa.

Love the South Course

Course conditions were ideal

Pace started slow but picked up quickly and was 3.5hr round.

My 4 big takeaways

A. No waters in cooler prior to round

B. Only saw cart girl twice and never shared how much final tab was going to be

C. Great Summer Price, Winter course is unaffordable

D. Tipped the guys and end of round, They put my bag up at Club dropoff and NEVER saw them again!

Highly recommend Course

But again rates in Winter are ridiculous

Overpriced for the end of June in Arizona. Was 105 degrees out and still paid $115. Course was not in as good of shape as I would have hoped. Greens were very sandy. We played Troon North the weekend before playing here and paid $85 and it was in MUCH better condition. GPS on the carts is a bit janky for this course being at a Hilton.

First time at the Boulders and look forward to playing again. I played the South course from the Blue tees. Course was a good mix of long drives to get to some of the par 4s and some 210-230 drives to get in the best position. Found the greens to be mixed (as expected in the desert) with some holding a shot and others letting it roll to the bag.

Tips: don't be on the short side of the greens since it is hard to get a short chip to hold.

- play with someone who has played out there before. Cart paths are intertwined like spaghetti between holes.

I have not been to the Boulders in a while and expectations were exceeded. Awesome everything. Can’t wait to get back again. Thanks.

Should be posted that the greens were just punched shouldn’t be a surprise when we get to the course

Not my type of course. I like courses with green from tee to green. Every hole required a hit over desert conditions. I had no problem with these conditions but not what I prefer.

South course fairways poor and greens are in seriour redo and are hard as a rock and impossible to putt. Downhill putts must be running in 20s.

Played the South Course over Memorial Day weekend. Layout was scenic and challenging. Course was incredibly firm and fast. Greens were rolling at 12 on the stimpmeter according to starter Tony, who was a super helpful guy. Bag drop guy said the South is a good 6-8 shots harder than North, so the South is what you want to play for the value. 10/10 will be back.

The greens were very patchy and infested with different grass species.

The boulders is an absolute treat to play with all of its beautiful scenery and in my opinion, is worth the going rate usually charged... USUALLY LOL.

Currently the course isn't worth more than 95$ at peak hours on the weekend... however they are still charging practically TPC prices.

Play Quintero or Dove Valley Ranch instead when prices and quality is in flux at the boulders!