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The Boulders Golf Club
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Rating: 3.6
Pace of Play
2
Greens
4
Service
4
Value
3
Design/Layout
5
The Boulders is in far north Phoenix/Scottsdale in the Carefree/Cave Creek area off Cave Creek Highway. The resort is an old classic, first class all the way, excellent conditions, facilities and service. The course is a trip, playing through gigantic rock formations and of course, boulders. Two great courses here, the North plays to 6,811 yards, 137 slope, from the tips; the South, 6,726 yards 140 slope, both designed by Jay Morrish in the early 1980’s. Routed through an upscale resort home housing development, but does not infringe on the course experience. Beautiful views, fun and unusual course, expensive in the season, we usually play in the summers…early.
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Posted by: oneswingthought
May 25th, 2012
The North course is longer and features several subtle dog leg holes, and is a more traditional layout with generous fairways, but the back nine is the most challenging. The more advanced players would prefer the North: score on the front, hang on to finish strong on the back. For the best scenery and more manageable course, the South is for you-no forced carries (over desert) from the forward tees, but narrower fairways.
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Posted by: Marve
May 7th, 2011
If you are going to play one high-dollar, high-end golf club during your trip to Phoenix, you have got to consider The Boulders. The course was a treat from moment we checked in at the guardhouse of the gated community till we hit the clubhouse for the post round snack. Every amenity is afforded you here. There are two separate 18's to choose from, the North and South courses. We played on a overcast and rainy Arizona day, we chose the North course which comes at you straight out of the box with a 513 yard par 5 featuring a blind tee shot. You do not want to follow my lead and go left at all because the entire left side of the fairway is abutted by the practice range, so unless you are playing a pink or yellow ball or get very lucky, you are dropping three because you are never going to find your errant shot amidst the hundreds of sliced practice range balls. This course is so well designed that even though you can tell which of the holes are the showpieces, each of the others is so pleasing to the eye that they all seem like they could compete for the title of "signature hole." The Boulders gets its name from the enormous rock formations littering the course at every turn. They are so grand and imposing, yet fun. Just giant piles of rocks every which way you look, some even coming in to play scattered amidst the fairways. The track is impeccably maintained, tightly weaved fairways that spill all over the desert. The North was sweet, there are giant houses lining the course, several forced carries over the cactus, scrub brush and sand, and the hole diagram card is essential for first-time players to help you plot through. We found we played a little more conservatively to keep it on the short stuff and avoid the penalties that putting it in the brown stuff brings. There are a few holes where water comes in to play, but aside from the terrifying 183 yard par 3 #14, which is all carry, the threats from them can be minimized with a little course management. They had multiple practice greens, a driving range, a few sand bunkers surrounding short game practice areas. It has all the bells and whistles.
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