Scottsdale golf courses: every course you can book, side by side

Scottsdale golf courses open to visitors number more than 30 within 47 minutes of Old Town, from TPC Scottsdale and Troon North to Talking Stick, We-Ko-Pa and the short courses. Another two dozen clubs nearby, Desert Mountain and Whisper Rock among them, are private. Green fees seen in 2026 ran from under $30 in summer to $550 at peak.

This guide puts every bookable Scottsdale course in one table, marks the private clubs and points to the rest of the Valley. Fees were seen between February and November 2026, mostly in November, and change by date. Drive times are free-flow from Old Town (Scottsdale Rd at Indian School Rd).

Quick facts

• Bookable in and around Scottsdale: more than 30 courses within 47 minutes, counting Fort McDowell, Paradise Valley, Fountain Hills, Carefree and Cave Creek.
• Priciest: TPC Scottsdale Stadium, up to about $550 after the Phoenix Open (2026).
• Best value near Old Town: Talking Stick, two Coore and Crenshaw courses 15 minutes away.
• Private and members only: Desert Mountain, Whisper Rock, Estancia, Silverleaf, Desert Highlands, Mirabel and more.
• Overseed: most courses close for two to three weeks between late September and early November.
• Time zone: Mountain Standard Time all year; no daylight saving.

Every Scottsdale golf course you can book

"Estimate" means a third-party tracker or directory, not the course. The Troon North and TPC Champions estimates come from a user-contributed tracker dated April 2026; the Boulders figure from a directory updated in 2024. Grayhawk adds a 5% water fee, and We-Ko-Pa's rates exclude 9% tax. "Call first" means the course shows on Google Maps as active but no 2026 course source confirmed it.

Scottsdale golf courses by area

Central Scottsdale and Paradise Valley. The closest rounds to Old Town are resort and short courses. The Phoenician is a short resort 18 under Camelback Mountain, Mountain Shadows is an all-par-3 course, and McCormick Ranch is a mid-priced public 36 partway through a regrassing project, with temporary rerouting possible while back-nine work continues. Scottsdale Country Club is public despite its name, with TrackMan range bays and a 12-hole Forrest Richardson short course. Camelback's two resort courses belong to the JW Marriott Camelback Inn; their booking rules could not be confirmed.

Talking Stick and Fort McDowell. These are the tribal courses, and the best value-for-quality in this list. Talking Stick, owned by the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, is wide, firm and walkable. We-Ko-Pa, owned by the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, has no houses on either course and charges the same fee for both. See the We-Ko-Pa Saguaro course guide and the Talking Stick O'odham course guide.

North Scottsdale. TPC, Grayhawk and Troon North are the marquee daily-fee names, and they price like it. Legend Trail and McDowell Mountain are the cheaper alternatives with loyalty cards for winter regulars. See the TPC Scottsdale Stadium course guide, the Troon North Monument course guide and our north Scottsdale golf guide.

Carefree, Cave Creek and Rio Verde. Boulders South is the resort round. Dove Valley Ranch is a forgiving Robert Trent Jones Jr. course, and Rancho Mañana is a short, hilly par 70. More in Carefree and Cave Creek golf.

For a ranked shortlist rather than the full list, read the best golf courses in Scottsdale.

Private golf clubs in Scottsdale

None of these sell public tee times. You play them as a member's guest unless a route is named.

• Desert Mountain: seven courses, six of them Nicklaus designs; members and accompanied guests, with membership tied to owning property there.
• Whisper Rock Lower and Upper: about 300 invitation-only members.
• Scottsdale National: members and guests, plus the three-day PXG Xperience fitting-and-golf program for non-members (price not checked).
• Troon Country Club: members and invited guests, with published reciprocity with Royal Troon in Scotland.
• Ancala: members, plus reduced-fee Arcis Access play for members of other Arcis clubs.
• Boulders North: the Boulders Club members' course since 2023.
• Gainey Ranch: private; the Grand Hyatt Scottsdale next door lists guest access, but that was not checked against the club, so confirm it for your dates.
• Members and guests only: Desert Highlands, Estancia, Silverleaf, DC Ranch, Mirabel, Desert Forest, Pinnacle Peak CC, Terravita, FireRock, Tonto Verde (limited guest play) and Rio Verde CC.

Who can get on, club by club, is in private golf clubs in Scottsdale.

When Scottsdale golf courses close for overseed

Nearly every course here is bermuda overseeded with rye each fall. The 2026 closures from course records:

• Troon North: Pinnacle closed September 20 to October 8; Monument October 4-24.
• Grayhawk: Talon September 28 to October 11; Raptor October 12-29.
• We-Ko-Pa: Cholla October 5-22, then cart path only to November 24; Saguaro October 12-29.
• Talking Stick: O'odham closed September 27 to October 15; Piipaash October 19 to November 5, then cart path only to November 26.
• TPC Scottsdale: dates not published; the Stadium normally closes in early October, when Phoenix Open build-out begins.

Many of the smaller Scottsdale golf courses publish no dates at all. Our Phoenix golf overseed guide tracks them all.

Beyond Scottsdale: the rest of the Valley

Phoenix proper has the best-known muni, Papago, 9 minutes from Old Town and showing GolfNow pricing from $109, plus the city courses on the Phoenix Golf Card; see Phoenix golf courses. Mesa has value daily-fee rounds such as Longbow, where Troon's site showed $50.15 to $59 for November 7, 2026, and the snowbird RV resorts; see Mesa golf courses. Chandler has the home-free Whirlwind Cattail at Wild Horse Pass. Farther out, The Wigwam Gold in Litchfield Park and Gold Canyon's Dinosaur Mountain are 42 and 54 minutes away.

Two former Scottsdale-area names need a call: Orange Tree's website now shows a domain-for-sale page, and Villa Monterey's website did not resolve, so neither is on our map. Tucson is the other big Arizona golf base; see Tucson vs Scottsdale golf.

Plan it on the map

Open the Scottsdale golf map to see every Scottsdale golf course with its tees, drive time and overseed dates, private clubs marked, and the resorts and rentals beside them. The $30 plan turns the list into a day-by-day trip on courses that are open on your dates.