Club Awards

Recent Awards

Golf Digest - Top 40 Golf Courses in Arizona (2023)
Arizona Golfer - Top 27 Golf Courses You Can Play in Arizona (2023)
Golf Weekly - Best Courses You Can Play - #12 North Course and #10 South Course (2023)
Golf Digest Editor's Choice - Best Golf Resort, Southwest Region (2021)
U.S. News & World Report - Gold Badge (2017)
Colorado Avid Golfer - #3 Golf Course Restaurant in Phoenix - Boulders Grill (2017)
Golf Digest - Editor's Choice for Best Golf Resort in the Southwest (2016)
Travel + Leisure - Best Resort in Arizona (2016)
Mobile Golfer's Top 50 Golf Courses You Can Play in America - #41 Boulders South Course (2016)
Golf Magazine - Gold Medal Award (2016)
Golf Digest Editor's Choice - Best Golf Resort, Southwest Region (2016)
#11 Top Golf Resort - Andrew Harper's Hideaway Report, Readers' Choice (2014)
10 Top Golf Resorts with Terrific Tennis Facilities - Golf Vacation Insider (2014)
Best Courses You Can Play - Arizona: #13 North Course and #14 South Courses (2014)
#12 Golf Resort in the World - Andrew Harper's Hideaway Report (2013)
Top 25 Golf Resorts in the World - Links Magazine (2013)
#14 Great American Golf Resorts - Harper Traveler (2013)
#3 American Golf Course for Women - Golf Digest (2013)
#3 Tennis Resort in the US - Tennis Resorts Online (2013)

Past Awards

Andrew Harper's Hideaway Report

#11 Top Golf Reports (Readers' Choice)
#10 Great American Golf Escapes - 2013
#12 Golf Resort in the World - 2013

Arizona Foothills Magazine

2010 Best View - South Course
2010 Most Challenging Course - North Course
2010 Best Instructor - Donald Crawley

   

Conde' Nast Traveler

2012 Readers Poll - #4 Golf Resort in Arizona
2012 Readers Poll - #1 in Golf Staff & Service
2006 Readers Golf Poll - # 38 Resort in the U.S.
2005 Readers Golf Poll - # 19 Resort in the U.S.
“Top 100 Golf Resorts” – 2003, 2005
“Top 75 Golf Resorts” in the USA - #1 Resort in Arizona, 2002
"World's Best Spas" 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
"Golf Poll" - #1 Resort in Arizona 2001, 2005
"The Gold List" - Top Resorts in the World 2000-2006
"Readers' Choice Awards" - Top 50 N. American Resorts 2004

"Readers' Choice Awards" - Top 30 N.American Resorts 2001, 2002

"Readers' Choice Awards" - Top 25 N. American Resorts 1998 - 2000

"Golf List" - Top 20 Mainland Resorts 1997, 1998

"Best of the Best" - # 22 Resort in the World 1998

  

Desert Golf Magazine

# 1 Resort Course - North Course 2009
 

Departures Magazine 

Favorite Places - Readers' Survey 2003, 2004
 

Forbes Magazine

Top 12 Private Golf Communities 2011
 

Golf Digest 

"America's Top 50 Courses for Women" #3 2013
"America's Top 50 Courses for Women" #2 2010

“America’s Top 75 Golf Resorts”:
  #40 Resort for 2009
   #16 Resort for 2006
   #10 Resort for 2004
   #9  Resort for 2002
“Top 50 Golf Shops” 2003, 2001
"2001 Top Ten Desert Courses"
"America's 25 Best Resort Courses" 1996



Golf For Women

# 1 Course for Women South Course 2005, 2006
# 2 Course for Women 2004, 2007
# 3 Course for Women South Course 2013
Top 100 Fairways Award
"50 Best Courses for Women" List 2002 - 2007
"Top 50 Golf Shops" 2001

 

Golf Magazine

Golf Magazine Platinum Medal Award 2008
Gold Medal – 1988 to 2010
The Boulders is one of only 5 resorts to win the Gold Medal in every
     Golf Magazine ranking since it began in 1988

“Top 500 Best Holes in the World” - # 5 South Course

Top 100 Courses You Can Play 2006, 2004, 2002

 

Golf Odyssey

Top 20 Golf Destinations in the U.S. - 2002
 

Golf Vacation Insider

10 Top Golf Resorts with Terrific Tennis Facilities - 2014

Golf Week

Best Courses You Can Play 2014 - #13 North Course and #14 South Course
Top Arizona Golf Courses 2013 - # 12 North Course and #21 South Course

2012 GOLFWEEK's Best - #87 Resort Course in America (North)
Top Arizona Golf Courses 2012 - # 10 North Course and #18 South Course
Top 100 Resort Courses 2005 – North and South Course
Best Resort Courses 2011 - #74 South Course and #87 North Course
 

Links Magazine

Top 25 Golf Resorts in the World - 2013
Best of the Desert - 2006

Gourmet

Annual Readers’ Poll, 2000 Top Five “Best For Golf”
  

Harper Traveler

#14 Great American Golf Resorts - 2013

Luxury Golf Homes & Resorts

"Best of Class" - Luxury Golf Experience Awards 2001
  

Meetings & Conventions

Gold Tee Award - Finest Golf Resort, 2001, 2002, 2003
Gold Key Award - Outstanding Meeting Resort 2001, 2003

 

Racquet Magazine

Top 100 Tennis Resorts in the World
  

Ranking Arizona

"Top Golf Shops" - # 1 in Arizona
 

Skyguide

Best in Travel Awards - 2003 # 2
Golf Resort in Arizona

 

Sports Traveler

Top Six Tennis & Golf Resort
  

Successful Meetings

“Pinnacle Award” 1989 –2001, 2004
Outstanding Golf & Meeting Resort 2000

 

Tennis Magazine

50 Greatest U.S. Tennis Resorts 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, #8 2008
#2 in the Southwest Region 2012

  

Tennis Resorts Online

Top 100 Tennis Resorts -
  #2 Tennis Resort, 2007
  #3 Tennis Resort, 2013
  #6 Tennis Resort, 2006
  #9 Tennis Resort, 2010

Top 100 Tennis Resorts 2003 - 2005
  

The Robb Report

Top 10 - Great Golf Getaways
"# 2 Best Golf Resort" 1999

  

Travel & Leisure

"World's Best Spa Awards" 2003
"World's Best Awards" - Top 100

U.S. Hotels, Top Hotel Spas 2002, 2003
"2000 Reader's Poll" - Top 100 Hotels Overall
Top 100 Hotels in Continental U.S. & Canada 1999, 2000

  

Travel & Leisure Golf

#7 Golf Resort in the USA 2006, 2008
# 2 Golf Resort in the USA 2005
# 1 Golf Resort in the Southwest 2005
"2001 Top Ten Desert Courses"
"World's Best Golf Resorts" 2003

 

Urban Land Institute

Environmental Award of Excellence
"America's 100 Best Golf Shops"

 

Zagat Survey

Top 20 for service 2006
 # 1 Service in Arizona 2006