The Boulders Club
Carefree, Maricopa County, Arizona · Cave Creek & Carefree golf market
- Access
- mixed
- Holes
- 36
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The Boulders Club is the golf operation of The Boulders Resort & Spa, a luxury resort woven into the granite boulder formations that give Carefree/north Scottsdale its most recognizable desert landscape. The club operates on a non-equity, tiered membership model that is unusual for its precision about what does and does not require homeownership: the Premier Golf Membership (the club's primary golf-access tier) is open to people who do not own property in The Boulders, while the Premier Social and Premier Clubhouse memberships are restricted to Boulders property owners.
Golf & Course
The club is reported to operate two 18-hole courses (36 holes total) integrated into the resort's boulder-strewn terrain, though the specific architect and course names were not independently re-confirmed via a primary source in this research pass.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Non-owners may join as a "Non-resident Premier Golf Member." Boulders property owners are not required to join any membership tier at all — the club's own member FAQ states an owner "may, but is not required to," join as a Premier Golf, Premier Social, or Premier Clubhouse member. The golf membership is non-equity: the club reports refunding $20,000 of the $80,000 initiation fee upon a member's resignation, with no capital assessments. Social and Clubhouse memberships, by contrast, are only open to people who already own property within The Boulders community.
Living in The Boulders Club
The Boulders' residential fabric (custom homes and casitas built into and around the boulder outcroppings) is the basis of the ownership-gated Social/Clubhouse membership tiers; the golf club itself functions more like a standalone resort club that happens to sit inside that same footprint.
Location & Surrounding Area
Located in Carefree, near the Carefree/north Scottsdale boundary, in the Sonoran Desert boulder-field terrain the resort is named for.
Costs & Fees
Figures below are labeled Current only when the source itself frames them as presently accurate. Everything else is labeled Historical — a source checked today does not make an old fee a current one.
Golf membership initiation
Historical$80,000
Reported Premier Golf Membership initiation fee of $80,000, non-equity structure with $20,000 refunded to the member upon resignation. Sourced via real-estate/community secondary pages referencing the club's own published membership terms; the club's own site (theboulders.com / bouldersclub.com) could not be fetched directly this research pass (site access blocked), so this is not a direct-primary-source confirmation. Treat as reported, not confirmed-current.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm current initiation fee and whether it has changed from the reported $80,000/$21,000 (golf/social) figures.
- Confirm exact course names, architect, and number of holes directly with the club (36 holes across two courses is the commonly reported figure but was not independently re-confirmed this pass).
- Confirm whether the residential enclave itself is gated.
Notable
- Non-equity golf membership structure: $20,000 of the reported $80,000 initiation fee is refunded to the member upon resignation.
- Social and Clubhouse membership tiers require Boulders homeownership; golf membership does not.
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