SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.—May 20, 2025—The Boulders Resort & Spa Scottsdale, consistently named one of the “Best Golf Resorts in the Southwest,” and heralded as one of the finest 36-hole golf facilities worldwide, recently broke ground on a multi-focused project to enhance the iconic Boulders North Course. Scottsdale-based Casa Verde Golf, a Troon Company and an industry-leader in golf course construction and renovation, is overseeing and executing the work. The North Course will reopen for play this fall.
Originally designed by golf course architect Jay Morrish and open for play since 1985, the North Course is known for its rugged beauty and dramatic desert panoramas. The current renovation project will enhance the playability of the North Course. Green surfaces will be restored to their original shape and size, and resurfaced with TifEagle turf, mirroring the new green surfaces on the Boulders’ South Course (which underwent a similar greens refinement project in 2022). TifEagle turf is an ultra-dwarf hybrid grass that offers improved speed, consistency and playability as well as smooth transitions during seasonal weather changes. TifEagle is also a more resilient turf that supports the region’s water stewardship efforts and does not require the annual overseeding process, which traditionally takes place in October on Arizona golf courses. In addition to the greens renovation, the Boulders will also invest in tee box enhancements as all tee boxes on the North Course will be laser leveled and resurfaced, as will all tee boxes on the par-four and par-five holes of the South Course.
“We are truly excited for the North Course refinement project and the tee renovation projects,” said David Benham, the Boulder’s Director of Club Operations. “This further illustrates our commitment to maintaining top playing conditions and club environment for our members and guests.”
Casa Verde Golf Vice President Arthur Schaupeter, a golf course architect and ASGCA member, is overseeing the project. He has more than 30 years of experience designing, developing and renovating golf courses across the country.
“The net result to the North Course refinement project will be more pin locations and playability enhancements to what is already an iconic course,” said Schaupeter. “Arizona courses that have recently converted to TifEagle greens include Stone Canyon, Superstition Mountain, TPC Scottsdale, Silverleaf, and Terravita golf courses.”
The North Course enhancement project comes three years after Boulders executed bunker renovation projects on both courses, installed new pump stations, and renovated the South Course’s greens. In 2024, the property renovated and resurfaced the practice putting green.
About the Boulders Resort & Spa Scottsdale
An extraordinary desert hideaway, the Boulders Resort & Spa features 160 guest casitas and 58 one-, two- and three-bedroom villas, five restaurants and a lounge, two championship Jay Morrish-designed golf courses, eight tennis courts, twelve pickleball courts and a full-service Spa. For more information call 480-488-9009 or visit www.TheBoulders.com.
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About Boulders Club
The Boulders Club features a 6,811-yard, par-72, championship North Course and a 6,726-yard, par-71 championship South Course, both designed by Jay Morrish. World-renowned as one of the finest golf resorts in the western United States, the courses are considered the most demanding in the Southwest. Both the North and the South courses are built right into the desert foothills - including stunning ancient boulder formations, striking Sonoran Desert sunsets and natural desert terrain. The North Course features spectacular views of Black Mountain and the South Course, considered to be the most scenic, is known for its signature No. 5 hole that plays right up to a dazzling rock outcropping which shelters the green and No. 7 hole, a gigantic balancing rock (“Rosie’s Rock”) that is perched on the tee. For more information on the Boulders Club, visit www.BouldersClub.com or call 480.488.9028.
About Troon
Headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., Troon is the world’s largest golf and golf-related hospitality management company providing services at 940-plus locations in 45-plus states and 40-plus countries, including operational responsibility for 575-plus 18-hole equivalent golf courses. In addition to golf, Troon specializes in homeowner association management, private residence clubs, estate management and associated hospitality venues. Troon’s award-winning food and beverage division operates and manages 600-plus food and beverage operations located at golf resorts, private clubs, daily fee golf courses and recreational facilities. Troon’s family of brands includes Troon Golf, Troon Privé, Troon International, Indigo Sports, CADDIEMASTER, ClubUp, Cliff Drysdale Tennis, Peter Burwash International, True Club Solutions, RealFood Hospitality, Strategy and Design, Casa Verde Golf, ICON Management and Eventive Sports. For additional news and information, visit www.Troon.com.
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