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The Boulders Resort & Spa Scottsdale recently commenced a multi-focused project to enhance the Boulders North Course. Scottsdale-based Casa Verde Golf 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 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 is a resilient turf that supports the region’s water stewardship efforts and does not require the annual overseeding process.
In addition to the greens renovation, the Boulders will also invest in tee box enhancements as tee boxes on the North Course will be laser leveled and resurfaced, as will tee boxes on the par 4 and par 5 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,” Schaupeter said. “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.
